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The best news of April collected in this browsable edition of Emergency Live: the magazine is online

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COVID-19 in the UK. The announcement of new partnership agreements with 4 London university labs will increase testing capacity by tens of thousands over the winter.

Bad weather in Piedmont: a deplorable and sad story where French first responders failed to intervene after help requests of 40 Italians in danger because of the bad weather. This behaviour forced Italian responders to an unusual trespass.

Instead of the news of last week, the Prime Minister in Malaysia has resulted negative for COVID-19.

Working as an ambulance nurse involves facing ethically problematic situations with multi-dimensional suffering, requiring the ability to create a trustful relationship. This entails a need to be clinically trained in order to identify…

Tom Cruise underwent a COVID-19 research swab at the Umberto I polyclinic in Rome.

Guilt is a human feeling that must be analyzed and must be know how to manage. For a healthcare professional or an emergency first responder, feeling guilty could be risky for physical and mental health, and for the patients, too. What is…

Denounces arrive from DR Congo: humanitarian and medical organizations like WHO, Unicef, Oxfam or Médecins sans Frontières seemed to have taken advantage of their position during Ebola epidemic to commit sexual violence and harassment of…

After 2012, when the Department of Health and the HSE’s National Ambulance Service (NAS) launched the first Emergency Aeromedical Service (EAS) in Ireland, the service transported critical patients to the most appropriate hospital.

A team of scientists in Nigeria has developed a possible vaccine for COVID-19, but the human trials cannot yet be started due to lack of funds.

The Guatemalan and Honduran Red Cross Societies are providing assistance and care to hundreds of migrants who have crossed the border from Honduras to Guatemala.

Bishop of Chinhoyi denounces the Government violence throughout the country and begins speaking that medics in the army could destroy the country.

Anti-COVID-19 facemasks: there are schools that impose the obligation of surgical facemasks on students. Banned fabric masks, as if they were less effective. But, this is not the indication that comes from scientists and doctors.

COVID-19 in Malaysia: Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin on Monday said he will self-quarantine for 14 days after a minister who attended a high-level government meeting to discuss coronavirus developments on Saturday tested positive for…

This year's Nobel Prize for Medicine was awarded to the three scientists who discovered the Hepatitis C virus, an infectious disease that affects the liver and still causes 400,000 deaths worldwide each year.

Pune is facing a shortage of ambulance services, so a couple has converted their van into an ambulance and now is helping underprivileged people reach the hospital on time without paying any charges.

The treatment of acid sphingomyelinase, the new treatment for Gaucher disease type 3 and the consensus on the management of Parkinson's disease risk in subjects with Gaucher disease. These are the main news at the center of the annual…

According to national media reports, the government of Japan has already begun planning approval of the antiviral drug Avigan as a treatment against COVID-19 for November, even ahead of the manufacturer's formal approval request expected in…

The Emergency and Rescue Service in Congo. The city of Isiro is a city of about 150 thousand inhabitants, capital of the province of Haut-Uélé.

COVID-19: Uganda is one of the countries in Africa that is facing a pandemic more head-on in other places concealed and minimized. The number of positive coronavirus cases is growing exponentially.

On 16th October 2020, the World Anesthesia Day 2020 will occur. In relation to this, the World Federation of Societies of Anesthesiologists organized a very interesting campaign to raise occupational wellbeing awareness.

Aiming to reduce pollution and the impact on the environment, the West Midlands Ambulance Service launched the first completely electric ambulance in the UK.

Donald Trump and First Lady Melania turned out to be both positive to COVID-19. Trump posted the breaking news on his own Twitter profile.

COVID-19 in Nigeria, a step forward in the fight against coronavirus of great importance. The Minister of Health Olurunimbe Mamora announced that his department has developed a rapid test for the diagnosis of COVID-19 that provides results…

The Ministry of Health of Spain established new COVID-19 restrictions for municipalities with more than 100,000 inhabitants, with a high rate of infections on Wednesday at 10:48 p.m. The requirements to enforce them should start to be…

A $12 billion financing plan by the World Bank to ensure adequate access for low-income countries to supplies of COVID-19 vaccine once it becomes available.

According to an inquiry by the Care Quality Commission, the East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust staff seems to have many cases of bullying, probably due to its poor leadership.

Let us talk about emergency backpacks that any emergency medical professional - first responders, paramedics and rescuers - daily use. This pandemic that the Emergency Medical Services had to face in these months taught much, also about…

People with Down Syndrome have always been the focus of the ISS-Catholic University study that has drawn a clinical and demographic profile of these patients during COVID-19 pandemic, calculating among them levels of mortality much higher…

With a jet suit, paramedics would reach patients in minutes by "flying" to them. This device has been tested by the Great North Air Ambulance Service.

Squalene is a term that alone would be enough to suggest a hoax. But it is not so. It is a substance already much used by pharmaceutical companies, and for their announcement that they want to use it in the marketing of the vaccine.

Timor Leste, an infirmary for the girls of Laga: a native of Lecco, a missionary nurse, who is also a doctor, works in the orphanage and lives in the Southeast Asian country since 1992.

Nigeria has a new ambulance, and it is the brightest of all. We do not know the brand, model or interior design, but it is definitely the most shining of all. Why? Because it was purchased by a group of poor women from the Jigawa state in…

The UK Government announced that the nation will increase PPE production to prevent COVID-19 infections among social and healthcare workers.

An Australian biotech company launched a nasal spray treatment aimed to boost the human immune system, which could consequently have remarkable effects in reducing COVID-19 tests.

The new COVID-19 vaccine portal inaugurated by the Union Minister for Health & Family Welfare of India will be very important to raise awareness among the communities.

Diabetics are more at risk to develop kidney failure. Especially in case of tubular autophagy. The University of Augsburg is issuing the following study on how these two diseases are linked in diabetics.

Japan is continuing to suffer the repercussions of the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, it's the time of the children. A survey declared that 70% of Japanese kids are suffering from distress because of the pandemic.

Migrants, the COVID-19 has not only blocked the flows of those who leave their land due to war or poverty, but also those who have chosen to return home.

Protecting and supporting health workers and anaesthesiologists is central to Africa COVID-19 response. The WHO and the WFSA are partnering in order to provide the most support as possible.

At the end of August, they registered that almost half of the most commonly used drugs to treat mental health illness in some areas of South Africa were out of stock. Experts warn that COVID-19 outbreak could hide "shadow epidemics" of…

The International Committee of Red Cross (CICR) issued an interview with a French anesthesiologist who was inspired by medical missions in conflict countries. We wish to report the story of Nathalie, who treasured these adventures to spread…

Almost 36,000 companies in Japan have been forced to close down due to the economic damages caused by the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.

The Ministry of Health of Uganda launched the new sickle cell awareness fundraising campaign in order to raise awareness and improve healthcare to any patient affected from this terrible disease.

In the US, two network companies, MissionGO and Nevada Donor Network have successfully carried a human organ and tissue via an Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS). Could this technology be applied to an ambulance drone?

Today the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) published an analysis on the populations affected by climate change. Floods, droughts and hurricanes put on their knees many regions worldwide.

The University of Bologna designed a device that sanitizes the air with cold plasma. Researchers from Alma Mater are designing a device that can significantly reduce the probability of COVID-19 transmission in indoor environments.

It has been detected that during interfacility transports of injury patients by air ambulance, the deliveries ofter register a delay. A study carried out by the University of Toronto explained the causes.

Floods affect Sudan. Interventions of the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS) with the coordination of the NGO Coopi in five villages.

South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SCAS) is holding elections to choose new governors among members of the public to join the Trust’s Council of Governors.

Parkinson's disease. COVID-19 leaves deep scars in patients who have suffered from it. And not only to the respiratory system: also the nervous system is often affected by the damage caused by the coronavirus. All these "traumas" are now…

Anaesthesiologists worked hardly, like other healthcare colleagues, during COVID-19 pandemic. However, their role and their strict contact with infected patients raised a high fear of falling ill. WFSA launches an alert letter to raise…

The outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan scared the entire world, but most of all scared China. The director Hao Wu launched a movie on the horror that healthcare workers in the hospitals of Wuhan lived in those terrible 76 days.

Jakarta reinforced the rules of social distancing since Indonesia is the tenth Asian country by COVID-19 number of cases. Many politicians turned out to be ill.

Cyclone Teddy is expected to remain a powerful post-tropical typhoon and now he is moving towards Atlantic Canada and Nova Scotia.

Sangay Volcano started a long activity which is now increasing and provoking many difficulties for residents in those areas. That's why Red Cross Ecuador has activated the Early Action Protocol for more than 1,000 families who live around…

Philippines records 2,833 new cases of COVID-19 today. The Health Minister declares cases have climbed and also the death toll. The WHO expresses its worry and issues a new report with very important information.

Not only COVID-19, in Ethiopia the fear of contagion has another name: trachoma.

The World Health Organization has declared tied cooperation with the African CDC in order to encourage the research on natural medicines in Africa in order to tackle both COVID-19 and other epidemics.

The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) allegedly has suspended the supply of 35 ambulances from Zambia (Grandview International, in particular) approved by the Ministry of Health of Malawi.

In Swaziland abortion is illegal, the use of contraceptives and abortion pills is widespread and often related to illegal products, which circulate illegally. This could dramatically increase cancer risk among women.

The UN Refugee Agency is saddened by the deaths of three Rohingya refugees who disembarked in northern Aceh, Indonesia last week. The situation, however, is very worrying for all the 293 people which are fleeing.

On Minerva Medica, the Italian Journal of Emergency Medicine published an interesting case report on the post-COVID-19 Guillain-Barré Syndrome in a Caucasian woman at the beginning of the pandemic.

National Ambulance and the Higher Colleges of Technology (HCT) will collaborate to train and recruit a new generation of UAE National Emergency Medical Technicians.

In Uganda, the Ministry of Health has scaled up access to early infant diagnosis and HIV Viral Load testing with new machines. This will absolutely help the existing capacity for progress towards targets for HIV epidemic control and ending…

COVID-19 in Spain: there are about 850,000 inhabitants of Madrid, the capital of Spain, who from today will have to comply with restrictive measures imposed to contain the spread of coronavirus.

COVID-19 made people realize how ambulance services are important. In particular, sometimes, also air ambulance transports are essential.

Fiumicino airport is the first European airport which guarantees COVID-free flights. Also, the BBC spoke about it.

As in December 2019, the today well knows as COVID-19 started its race affecting more and more people worldwide, medical committees got the need to acquire new guidelines on how to manage pregnant women with coronavirus. 

Red Cross in Asia - A survey shows that people are blaming particular groups for spreading the coronavirus including foreigners, people attending religious ceremonies and people who are not following rules such as wearing masks or…

COVID-19 and delirious repressions: in Angola, a young doctor arrested because he did not wear the facemask. He was detained in jail and dies in controversial circumstances, with the suspicion that police violence caused his death.

The race to a COVID-19 vaccine development means also mistakes and some mess, sometimes. That's why Harvard Medical School continues its researches in medicine, biomedical research, medical education and policy related to the SARS-CoV-2…

COVID-19 in Italy. For weeks now, we have been debating the real numbers related to coronavirus deaths in our country. It is clear to everyone that from their analysis there is also a possibility to trace the way forward. In the Journal of…

There have always been clashes on the coronavirus vaccine. However, now it is on its way to be tested and then produced as soon as possible all over the world. But, in the meanwhile, what do we have to do?

Ten per cent of COVID-19 case are nurses, however, according to the International Council of Nurses, governments are not prioritizing them. And this could influence both healthcare workers and patients safety.

From the Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute, Dr Ling Gao and colleagues have developed a strategy that uses exosomes - tiny membrane-bound sacs secreted by cells - to mimic the regeneration of the heart tissue, which is the effect of…

MedEvac Foundation is organizing a webinar on how to avoid chronique fatigue among responders in MEDEVAC operations. The importance of this webinar is also to imrpove safety, because a more "relaxed" responder is a better responder.

Today, the Ministry of Health in Uganda approved the randomized clinical trial to use plasma to treat COVID-19.

Germany, Austria and Switzerland emergency responders have a new ally: it is a brand new app to improve patient's localization.

"Responding to new challenges and opportunities", this is the claim of the NHS People Plan 2020/21. The NHS England published a guideline on how the association will focus from now on.

In May 2020, Cyclone Amphan affected countries in the Sea of Bengal. The storm was the second most powerful the region has seen in two decades, affecting over 12 million people in four countries. That's why Bangladesh understood the…

After COVID-19, India will be probably even more torn apart. In particular, healthcare is experiencing continuous uncertain. Will doctors, nurses and paramedics be the key for the country to reprise in healthcare?

Children Healthcare - Technology and innovation are the focus for Bambino Gesù Hospital in Rome and are used in the treatment and motor rehab in children with disabilities.

The fire in the refugee camp in Lesbos was a disaster also because of too men, women, children, elderly and sick people forced on the asphalt, under the sun all day long, without tents or blankets at night and without chemical baths or…

The World Health Organization has validated Myanmar for eliminating trachoma, a preventable disease that causes irreversible blindness, and which continues to be one of the leading causes of blindness globally.

Urban Search and Rescue Task Force from Massachusetts is landing in Oregon in order to help in the fight against wildfires that are destroying the very western areas of the US.

A considerable bursary to the 21-year-old doctor student who wishes to provide pilgrims assistance at Hajj, in Saudi Arabia.

According to the administration of the Indian city of Pune, from now on, tankers carrying oxygen will get the status of ambulances in order to ease their delivery of oxygen.

The poorest country of Asia, Timor Leste, won one of the most important battles, nowadays: only 27 COVID-19 positive cases and no deaths. There is what we can call a "best practice" in prevention, ever.

With an official statement, the Public Health Wales announced tonight that they registered a data breach among the personal data of Welsh residents who tested positive for COVID-19.

The Turkish Red Crescent official page published the tragic piece of news yesterday evening. A member died during an attack in Syria. In a tweet, the anger of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent President, Francesco Rocca.

The ambulance driver covers a complicated and difficult role. However, sometimes if they are not enough careful, they can make some mess. 

COVID-19 will return to reap victims in October. The WHO doctor Hans Kluge's statements to the French agency Afp do not lend themselves to interpretation and are consciously far from what ordinary people want to hear.

The US CDC suggests in a study that restaurants could be the main hotspot to get COVID-19. The study investigated data from 314 adults who showed COVID-19 symptoms of and were tested at a variety of centers around the United States.