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Read the reviews, opinions and technical sheet about the essential devices for rescue operations. Emergency Live will describe technologies, services, and equipment for ambulance rescue, HEMS, mountain operations and hostile situation, for preventing dangers in complex scenarios.
Ventilators, all you need to know: difference between Turbine Based and Compressor Based Ventilators
Ventilators are medical devices used to assist the breathing of patients in out-of-hospital care, intensive care units (ICUs), and hospital operating rooms (ORs)
All You Need To Know About Automated CPR Machine: Cardiopulmonary Resuscitator / Chest Compressor
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR): before going into the details of what a chest compressor is, let's try to understand the product and its application, which will help you decide when purchasing a CPR machine
Defibrillator maintenance: AED and functional verification
The defibrillator is a life-saving device that performs a correct analysis on the patient to recognise the presence of any heart rhythms that should be defibrillated
Emergency equipment: the emergency carry sheet / VIDEO TUTORIAL
The carry sheet is one of the most familiar aids to the rescuer: it is in fact a tool used in emergencies to load patients, unable to move independently, onto the stretcher or to transfer the injured from the stretcher to the bed
Ventilator management: ventilating the patient
Invasive mechanical ventilation is a frequently used intervention in acutely ill patients who require respiratory support or airway protection
Cervical and spinal immobilization techniques: an overview
Cervical and spinal immobilization techniques: emergency medical services (EMS) personnel continue to be the primary caregivers in the management of most out-of-hospital emergencies, including trauma situations
Who can use the defibrillator? Some information for citizens
The defibrillator is an instrument that can save a person in cardiac arrest. But who can use it? What does the law and the criminal code say? Obviously, the laws vary from country to country, but in principle the 'Good Samaritan rule', or…
Equipment: what is a saturation oximeter (pulse oximeter) and what is it for?
The saturation oximeter (or pulse oximeter) is a device used to measure the oxygenation of the blood, to find out whether the lungs are able to take in sufficient quantities from the air they breathe
Ambulance: Common Causes of EMS Equipment Failures — and How to Avoid Them
Equipment failures in ambulance: few moments are a bigger nightmare for emergency health care providers than arriving at the scene of a crisis or preparing to attend to an emergency room patient and a vital piece of equipment unexpectedly…
Benefits and Risks of Prehospital Drug Assisted Airway Management (DAAM)
About DAAM: Airway management is a necessary intervention in many patient emergencies — from airway compromise to respiratory failure and cardiac arrest