Health and Safety

With an estimated 2.77 billion users worldwide, the social media phenomenon has taken the world by storm. In South Africa, almost half the population uses the internet, including 8 million Twitter users and 16 million Facebook users.

Knowing a paediatric patient's weight is critical while managing paediatric emergencies because dosing resuscitation drugs are generally based on weight. However, in many out-of-hospital settings, the child's weight is unknown.

Survive an OHCA - The American Heart Association revealed that hands-only CPR increases survival rate.

On-demand healthcare can be supported with apps, which are are also poised to bring back a practice that seemed like it belonged firmly in the past: the house call.

How to notify infectious diseases (NOIDs) and reportable causative organisms? Is there reliable evidence that can shed light on the legal duties of laboratories and medical practitioners?

Let's check brand-new innovations and devices out at Arab Health 2019! The 44th edition of the show is taking place from 28 - 31 January 2019 at the Dubai World Trade Centre and the Conrad Hotel.

Drones are the future, also in EMS and medical fields. But the application of these new devices is not easy. However, Denmark will see the intervention of these special drones to deliver blood and medical instruments. Falck will be a…

Supervising Fire Inspector Jon Watson alerted his FDNY colleagues to the need to remove unsecured propane tanks from a construction site at 540 Fulton Street in Brooklyn on Friday. The tanks are on the truck behind him. (Gardiner Anderson /…

NHS Long Term Plan to tackle major killer conditions and save up to half a million lives

A transformer explosion on 27th December and this flashes a bright blue/green light in the sky. No injuries, no victims but the FDNY is still monitoring the area.