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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.
Are Paramedic Program Educators Overworked and Underresourced?
Paramedic educators play a critical role in advancing EMS education, with their responsibilities often extending far beyond the classroom. While a 2005 study led by University of Toledo professor Judith Ruple described some characteristics…
Most cancer types 'just bad luck
Most types of cancer can be put down to bad luck rather than risk factors such as smoking, a study has suggested.
A US team were trying to explain why some tissues were millions of times more vulnerable to cancer than others.
The results,…
Facts, lies and tales about ebola
A recent article on the British newspaper The Guardian, (The Guardian, Monday 22 December, 2014) reported several groundless conjectures, lies and unverified information about Emergency's work in the fight against Ebola in Sierra Leone.…
Poor sleep causes weight gain, susceptibility to diabetes
Sleep apnea is a disorder in which the airways become blocked and cause interruptions consecutive to inhaling for several seconds, usually the tongue prevents the passage of air and is needed to snore to wake up and breathe again; however,…
EMS Stress Training Concept "Kobayashi Maru" Scenarios
NAEMSE MAGAZINE, 2003 - Teaching basic emergency medical skills requires a delicate balance between "teaching for the test" and "teaching for the real world". Every EMS instructor struggles with how to prepare a student for the pressure of…
Ebola, first patient treated with experimental drug has been discharged
December, 30, EMERGENCY - On the 28th December, the first Ebola patient treated in Africa with the experimental drug ZMAb has been discharged from the Ebola Treatment Centre run by EMERGENCY NGO in Goderich, Sierra Leone.A.M., 72 years old,…
6 reasons why online health information may be unreliable
"Really?" Is the first sentence that you usually think when Dr. Google gives you some information about a health problem. And - you know - most people use this engine for a medical search online. Unreliable online information is one of the…
ECG criteria, 3 simple rules from Ken Grauer - ECG recognize VT
A question about ectopy and aberrancy, even if of minor influence on therapy that was based on clinical presentation, was interestingly debated in ECG+ community.
Four in five new NHS nurses are from overseas
Four in five extra nurses recruited in the last year are from abroad, according to new figures which sparked warnings that the NHS has become “astonishingly over-reliant” on foreign labour.
Nurse leaders accused hospitals of “panic-buying”…
Prevent Medical Errors in the Field with Cognitive Strategies
EMS is dispatched to the home of an 82-year-old female with a chief complaint of shortness of breath. On arrival, the crew learns she has had a dry cough for a week and is now complaining of significant malaise and shortness of breath when…