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Safety is the first pillar of a good life for emergency professionals, rescuers and Fire Fighters. We are operating in a complex and hard environment. Risk prevention and improving working conditions are fundamental for better health and life.
Intersec 2017 - UAE Fire Safety and Life Protection codes are completed
Three-day Dubai trade show gets ready for action featuring 1,304 exhibitors from 58 countries
Dubai, UAE: Updates on the UAE’s fire safety codes have been completed, with the proposed changes, developments, and new chapters to be…
The use of Ketamine in pre-hospital setting - VIDEO
Pain management is an important part of the prehospital activities. When required is usually administered on completion of the primary survey. In case of major trauma or multiple trauma, ketamine is a safe and effective option, for example…
UK - New care centres to improve services for millions with complex needs
An NHS England scheme to transform care for millions of disabled people and people those with long term conditions is being rolled out to six new areas across England.
From today, Birmingham and Solihull, Nottingham City, Hertfordshire,…
Jeremy Hunt explains why the new sepsis campaign is so important
This originally ran in the Daily Mail on 15 December. Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt write about the new sepsis campaign.
As a parent, nothing is more scary than when your son or daughter is ill. As you sit with a small, feverish…
Henry Heimlich, the inventor of antichoking manouver dies at 96-year-old
Henry Heimlich, the creator of the widespread lifesaving Heimlich maneuver has passed away at the age of 96 at Christ Hospital in Cincinnati on Saturday
European Standardisation of the in-hospital ‘Cardiac Arrest Call’ Number 2222
The European Resuscitation Council, the European Board of Anaesthesiology and the European Society of Anaesthesiology have today issued a joint statement calling upon European hospitals all to use the same internal telephone number…
Live: Dozens killed as lorry ploughs into the crowd in Nice
At least 80 people are dead after a lorry ploughed into a crowd attending Bastille Day celebrations in the French city of Nice on Thursday night, in what is being investigated as a terror attack.
More than 26,000 people affected by Myanmar floods
Heavy monsoon rains since the beginning of June have caused flooding in five states and regions of Myanmar, resulting in 14 deaths and affecting at least 26,000 people, a United Nations humanitarian coordinator reported today
Somalia: 30,000 people in need of food and safe drinking water after flooding
Flooding in Beletweyne, Somalia has displaced tens of thousands of people who are now in need of food and safe drinking water.
Antimicrobial resistance, the O'Neill's review is a wake-up call for the world
Government response to Jim O'Neill's report on antimicrobial resistance
