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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.
Early Management of Patients With Acute Ischemic Stroke Regarding Endovascular Treatment, updating…
READ ON MEDEST118 - New evidences aroused in treatment of ischemic stroke from early 2015. Large and well conducted trials demonstrated the benefit of endovascular therapy (in association with thrombolysis) on primary clinical endpoints.…
Teamwork in Emergency Airway Management: The New Elaine Bromiley Videos
EMCrit - Four years ago, friend of the show, Minh Le Cong discussed three airway disasters. The first one mentioned was the case of Elaine Bromiley, a routine operation that went horribly awry. In that post, there was a video of the…
New Zealand Fire Service pushes Government on lighters
The Fire Service in New Zealand wants new regulations on child-safe lighters to be fast-tracked by the Government after another house was badly damaged by a child playing with a lighter.
But the Minister of Consumer Affairs, Paul…
3 reasons to use ketamine for prehospital analgesia
Author: Major Andrew D. Fisher, MPAS, APA, PA-C
75th Ranger Regiment, Fort Benning for ems1.com
Recently, ketamine has made resurgence in the areas of emergency and pre-hospital medicine, and for good reasons. Ketamine was first…
Diphtheria back in Spain after 30 years: "EU member States must improve immunisation coverage"
The detection, management and public health response to the first case of diphtheria in Spain in nearly 30 years has highlighted challenges for preparedness against diphtheria in the European Union. The case is a 6-year-old unvaccinated…
AHA2015: Analysis of cardiac rhythm during chest compressions compared to standard care
QUESTION PUBLISHED ON THE AHA WEBSITE, LOOKING FOR THE ILCOR 2015 GUIDELINES PUBLICATION
Main Theme: Analysis of rhythm during chest compression
TFQO: Rudolph Koster
Author(s): Alfredo Sierra & Kevin Nation EVREV
Among adults…
Ramadan fasting for pregnancy and breastfeeding mother
Ramadan is the blessed month in the Muslim calendar. It is obligatory on Muslims to fast in this month. Fasting is not meant to create excessive hardships to the Muslims. The Quran specifically exempts the sick individual from fasting;…
Exposure–response relationships for select cancer and non-cancer health outcomes in a cohort of US…
Here you can find a case study aimed to examine exposure–response relationships between surrogates of firefighting exposure and select outcomes among previously studied US career firefighters.
Eight cancer and four non-cancer outcomes…
UCI fights antimicrobial-resistant pathogens with a $5 million grant
Bloodstream infections are a major cause of illness and death.
According to the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, more than 2 million people a year in the U.S. get antibiotic-resistant blood infections, causing about 23,000…
More than half of the global rural population excluded from health care
A new ILO report shows that 56 per cent of people living in rural areas worldwide do not have access to essential health-care services and more than double the figure in urban areas, where 22 per cent are not covered.
The report Global…