March 2015

The call management cycle algorithm is designed to act as a best-practice guide bringing together high-impact changes, both operational and control room based, that can bring about a real and sustained improvement in performance and patient…

This checklist is intended as an aid to all NHS ambulance trusts and their staff to ensure that all possible steps are being taken to improve and streamline the care of patients presenting to emergency care. Although this checklist focuses…

Authors: Paul E Pepe1,2*, Lynn P Roppolo1,2 and Raymond L Fowler1,2 1 University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Department of Emergency Medicine, Dallas, USA 2 The Parkland Health and Hospital System, Dallas County, USA This…

Objectives: The ‘‘emergency department algorithm’’ (EDA) uses emergency department (ED) diagnoses to assign probabilities that a visit falls into each of four categories: nonemergency, primary care–treatable emergency, preventable emergency…

Spencer Day is the world open day where rescuers, ems professionals, safety services, fire brigades and First Responders come together under one roof to discover the most important news in the field, experience brand innovative devices and…

Response time, i.e., the time from dispatch of an ambulance to its arrival at the scene of an emergency, is an important measure of performance in an urban ambulance system. We developed a model that predicts the entire distribution of…

German air traffic control confirms Germanwings A320 travelling from Barcelona to Dusseldorf has crashed in France. French president says there are likely 'no survivors' in Alps crash of plane carrying 148 people.  A resident of…

Wounds from gunshot, knife or traumatic accidents are the most difficult to treat. If the injoured person doesn't receive immediatly assistance, this kind of injury could be fatal. Usually from the military field came new tecnologies that…

FAST EXAMINATION AS AN IMPORTANT ASSESSMENT IN PATIENTS WITH TRAUMA (Focused Assessment with Sonography in Trauma) Authors: Hisham A. Ben Lamin MD. - Chiranjivi Potu MD. FAST examination is used in emergency Blunt trauma to Abdomen and…