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Lightning strikes kill – Emergency on Tatra Mountains
Powerful lightning strikes killed 5 and hurt other 100 on Tatra Mountains in Poland. Emergency rescue helicopters and ambulances have brought the first patients to the hospital.
Lightning strikes killed 5 people, included two…
Paramedics facing terror attacks
Paramedics really are always in danger when they are out with the ambulance. Violence episodes are common and unfortunately, frequent. The setting of this case study is in Israel.
The characters of this real experience are paramedics and…
Blood transfusion in trauma scenes: How it works in Ireland
Blood transfusion directly in trauma scenes could save lives. St. Vincent’s Foundation recently approved a system to enable this procedure and added a fluid warmer to the equipment.
As we know, patients on trauma scenes can only receive…
Why are you a paramedic?
Ambulance professionals are not only there for a vocation. It's a job, and it requires effort and skills to be performed. As paramedics, also EMTs, nurses and instructors have hard paths to provide correct care.
New project of road safety for emergency vehicles
Cities saw an increased number of automobiles. That means more difficulties for emergency response vehicles in terms of road safety. Here we will see how to control the traffic system to provide good pre-hospital care.
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Are you sure you know how to jump off the ambulance?
Over the years, too many rescuers have died near ambulances, just because they stood in an unsafe area at the wrong time. The first rule for first responders and rescuers is safety, of course. So, we interviewed an emergency safe-driving…
TOP 5 emergency job opportunities in Europe – August
The 5 most interesting job position of this month on Emergency Live. Our selection can help you to reach the life you want as an emergency operator.
EMS professionals, are you looking for a new job?
Every day EMS and rescue…
Caregivers and first responders risked to die in humanitarian mission
In many countries in the world, there are not always peace situations which can put on risk humanitarian associations. The risk is also to be killed by armed groups, only for being in "their" territory.
Humanitarian associations are often…
Road accidents: How paramedics recognize a risky scenario?
Whenever an ambulance crew reaches road accidents scenarios they must be careful, because dangerous goods can be present and it may not be safe! How to behave?
A paramedic and a nurse are on the ambulance in order to carry out the usual…
How to test a lunar rescue stretcher?
Two weeks ago, a new device for the rescue of astronauts has been tested underwater. The ESA's Lunar Evacuation System Assembly (LESA) is designed to be deployed by a single astronaut in lunar gravity to rescue an incapacitated crewmate.…
