April 2015

The Aid One Cover, a new first aid device to give confidence to anyone to save lives is now available. Aid One started from an idea of industrial designer Jussi Koskimäki. Coming from a scouts and military service medic background, first…

SOURCE NORDIC ROTORS - As the Swedish Armed Forces decided to close its helicopter activities in Stockholm and Gothenburg the need for a new civil SAR operator became evident. The search and rescue alert was threatened in the regions.…

Some tornadoes strike rapidly, without time for a tornado warning, and sometimes without a thunderstorm in the vicinity. But if there's a warning, like the Missouri StormAware sirens, it is important to know what to do. Tornadoes cause…

Overdose is common among persons who use illicit opioids such as heroin and among those who misuse medications prescribed for pain, such as oxycodone, hydrocodone, and morphine. The incidence of opioid overdose is rising nationwide. For…

The Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians Position Statement on Acute Ischemic Stroke has been published in March 2015  on CJEM. The CAEP Stroke Practice Committee was convened in the spring of 2013 to revisit the 2001 policy…

A volunteer action is like a stone thrown in a lake: its effect has a direct impact. At the same time, like ripples, volunteer efforts reach out far and wide to improve communities. Undeniably, volunteers rock. National Volunteer Week is a…

What about a pedal ambulance? And what about an hybrid vehicle that could be used in tandem? This is the idea of Benoît Angibaud, a designer that address his effort to create an ambulance for the africans rural areas, where it's not so easy…

The 2010 revisions about ALS Algorithm and guidelines includes uninterrupted chest compression, less emphasis on airway and breathing, more application of intraosseus infusion of drugs and fluids if IV access is not available and a…

They call it 'road rage' and it refers to that part of us that flies into a rage against any motorised vehicle, something that goads us irrationally to furious reactions, visible manifestations of panic and tension. Available statistics…

ANN ARBOR, MI, USA – March 5, 2015 – Health Level Seven® International (HL7®), the global authority for interoperability in healthcare information technology with members in 55 countries, today announced the appointment of Patricia Van…