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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.
Sex and Critical Care by Christine Bowles
Christine Bowles takes on the big issue of Sex in critical care. In 2015, why is sexual equality in the workplace even an issue and how can we address it? Listen to the talk recorded live at SMACC Chicago. Follow the Intensive Care Network…
#WECANTWAIT - Good health pass through good sanitation. Today is the UN World Toiled Day
2.4 billion People do not have adequate sanitation. 1 billion people still defecate in the open. Poor sanitation increases the risk of disease and malnutrition, especially for women and children. Women and girls risk rape and abuse, because…
There's no difference between Continuous and Interrupted Chest Compressions during CPR
The Resuscitation Outcomes Consortium Investigation published on the New England Journal of Medicine a big Trial, presented also on monday during the American Heart Association Scientific Session in Orlando, Florida, by Graham Nichol,…
FOAMed - Management of life threatening asthma in the EMS
Management of life threatening asthma in the emergency department.
The Triad Approach, graphic elements as a cognitive tools in emergencies
Clinical crisis management frequently requires key priorities to be initiated in a time-critical fashion to avoid significant morbidity or mortality to patients.
Protection from Needle Stick Injuries in Insulin Injections
Needle Stick Injuries (NSI) with diabetes needles or lancing devices are one of the highest frequency sharps injuries in the healthcare setting.
False Allegations against MSF in Donetsk People's Republic
Ukraine: MSF strongly refutes false allegations levelled in the media by the Humanitarian Committee of the Donetsk People’s Republic.
Today start the World Rescue Challenge 2015 in Lisbon
The seventeenth World Rescue Challenge will start today at 11.00 AM in Lisbon, Portugal.
New ILCOR Resuscitation Guidelines: What about training and courses in UK after 10/15?
The new resuscitation guidelines will be published online on October 2015 at 11AM (UTC +00) following the review of resuscitation science by the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (ILCOR).
Changes in the guidelines will be…
Hospitals and war crimes: a patchy record
LONDON, 7 October 2015 (IRIN) - Médecins Sans Frontières says the bombing of its hospital in Kunduz by a US warplane was a war crime. The four separate enquiries* that have been launched into the incident, which killed 22 people, should…