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FAST examination as an important assessment in patient with trauma
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…
We need more safer laundry pods, to protect children
Poison centers receive many calls each year about children getting into laundry detergent. Swallowing it often causes mild stomach upset, if there are any symptoms at all, but poison center experts say the new highly concentrated…
Burn injuries, 9 rules for the pre-hospital management
1. S.A.F.E approach: as for all pre-hospital emergencies.
Shout/call for help
Assess the scene
Free from danger
Evaluate the casualty
2. Stop the burning process (for example: stop, drop and roll); remove the burning source.…
The utility of advanced prehospital interventions for severe brain injury
This article describes the design and protocol of the Head Injury Retrieval Trial (HIRT) which is a randomised controlled single centre trial of physician prehospital care (delivering advanced interventions such as rapid sequence intubation…
Antibiotics and Airline Emergency Medical Kits
CDC -Volume 9, Number 6—June 2003
Medical events during airline flights have drawn some attention in recently published articles and letters. We would like to share our experience of meningococcemia and meningococcal meningitis during a…
Spencer Product Training show the latest EMS solutions for Indian professionals
A product training session was held by Spencer India at ITC Welcome Hotel in New Delhi, this 10th March. The “Spencer Product Training” is a premier live event dedicated to medical and pre-hospital professionals to increase and develop…
Strange Tattoos: Your Air Ambulance Service on arms
Wales Air Ambulance volunteer Peter Edwards is so dedicated to his favourite charity he’s had a replica helicopter tattooed on his arm. Peter has been volunteering with Wales Air Ambulance for more than three years, where he helps out in…
Are you interested in becoming a student paramedic?
East England Ambulance Service advertising for people who are interested in becoming a student paramedic. If you've not yet applied and think this is the career for you - EEAS NHS like to hear from you. One of the benefits of this in-house…
Dublin Fire Brigade could be set to lose its ambulance section
Dublin ambulance row between council and HSE dates to 2010 - The HSE, which delivers ambulance services across the State outside Dublin, and to some extent in Dublin too, has been consolidating its National Ambulance Service into a…
Libya; the pre-hospital and emergency facilites situation during a civil war
Article by: Dr. Hisham Ahmed Ben Lamin MD, MBBCH, PGDipECho (Australia)
I was asked to talk about the pre-hospital and emergency facilities in Libya, which is really a difficult issue due to chaos situation present in this country. Libya…