September 2015

BMJ CAREERS - Rudeness in medical teams harms clinical performance and could have “potentially devastating” consequences for patients, a study has found. The Israeli study looked at the performance of neonatal intensive care unit (NICU)…

More than £6.5m is to be spent on 44 new ambulances for the Welsh Ambulance Service. Health Minister Mark Drakeford said the investment would allow the service to buy 35 standard ambulances and six non-emergency patient transport vehicles…

A Los Angeles firefighter jumped into action at his own wedding to save the life of a guest who was choking

Lower may be better for kidney diseases and heart disease when treating high blood pressure, federal health officials said when announcing they were ending a major study more than a year early due to “potentially lifesaving information.”

MLIVE - A new pilot project allows people without life-threatening symptoms to receive medical care at home from paramedics in Washtenaw and Livingston counties. The program, which began Aug. 7 and is funded by Huron Valley Ambulance and…

KENDRAPARA - The ambulance service in Kendrapara district was paralysed as the drivers launched a protest against the attack on a driver at taxi stand near the court in the town on Sunday. The agitating drivers and emergency medical…

Red Cross organisations condemned on Monday an attack in Nepal by anti-government protesters who stopped an ambulances and killed an injured policeman during unrest over a proposed new constitution. 

The death toll from floods in Japan in recent days has risen to seven, as rescuers searched for 15 people still missing. Police on Sunday (local time) found the bodies of two men in rice paddies in Joso, the worst-hit city. Earlier in the…

MIDDLETOWN, Calif. (AP) — The latest on wildfire barreling through drought-wracked California (All times local): 9:55 p.m. Authorities say a wildfire that overtook several Northern California towns destroyed more than 400 homes and…