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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.
What happened to Liberia’s Ebola orphans?
MONROVIA, 7 October 2015 (IRIN) - More than 5,900 Liberian children lost one or both parents to Ebola. Some are with a surviving parent, others found loving homes with friends or relatives, but many have been left orphaned on the streets or…
A new DB for clinical records, the innovative example of the Salam Centre for Cardiac Surgery
The WaveMaker platform has reached Khartoum, Africa! An Italian company, Labbit Srl, has developed an IT project to manage patients and clinical records for the entire Salam Centre for Cardiac Surgery in the village of Soba, located south…
Temperature Management After Cardiac Arrest - Advisory Statement
This is an Advisory Statement by the Advanced Life Support Task Force of the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation and the American Heart Association Emergency Cardiovascular Care Committee and the Council on Cardiopulmonary,…
Philippines: Doctors trained in treatment of weapon-wounded patients
Manila (ICRC) – Over 30 surgeons, anaesthesiologists and physicians from private and government hospitals are participating in a three-day training course to enhance their capacity to treat patients wounded by weapons or explosives.
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How to discern between lung failure and pump failure?
Medest118 publish a new interesting video to know what kind of respiratory failure you will have to face during an intervention. Respiratory failure (know more on ERJ) occurs due mainly either to lung failure (resulting in hypoxaemia) or…
Is Applying Or Removing a Cervical Collar Dangerous?
Cervical collars are applied to blunt trauma patients all the time. And most of the time, the neck is fine. It’s just those few patients that have a fracture or ligamentous injury that really need it.
Will lower blood pressure reduce the risk of heart and kidney diseases or stroke? Yes, it could be
Lower may be better for kidney diseases and heart disease when treating high blood pressure, federal health officials said when announcing they were ending a major study more than a year early due to “potentially lifesaving information.”
Who really wants to come to your country? The Nation where migrants want to go
Google Trends publish today an interesting interactive map which show you where migrants want to go. Especially you could see from where migrants will arrive to your country, and what country they will prefer to go for creating a new life.…
Tunisia: Fishermen receive training in saving lives at sea
For years, Tunisian fishermen have been encountering migrant boats in distress, and saving lives by bringing people onto their fishing boats. On 30 August, fishermen rescued 130 people from a boat and brought them to the town of Zarzis…
Nepal politicians fails to spend any of $4 bln donor money
Four months after quakes, Nepal fails to spend any of $4.1 bln donor money
By Andrew MacAskill and Gopal Sharma
KATHMANDU, Sept 2 (Reuters) - Two months after foreign countries and international agencies pledged $4.1…