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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.
Stephen Sutton, inspirational cancer charity fundraiser, dies
Stephen Sutton, the teenager who raised more than £3.2m for the Teenage Cancer Trust, has died in hospital on May, 14th.
"My heart is bursting with pride - write on the Stephen Facebook Profile his mom - but breaking with pain…
A Global Earthquake record were made on April 2014
Earthquakes happen every day, and as this animation shows, small ones happen more frequently than once per hour. Moderate-to-large earthquakes are less common, however, perhaps 1-2 per month on a long-term average. Therefore April…
Clinical review: Acute respiratory distress syndrome
Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a potentially devastating form of acute inflammatory lung injury with a high short-term mortality rate and significant long-term consequences among survivors. Supportive care, principally with…
How to reduce the volcano risk in Indonesia
JAKARTA, 1 May 2014 (IRIN) - Millions of Indonesians who live near the country’s more than 130 active volcanoes are constantly having to decide whether to evacuate or not. Supporting “volcano cultures” with up-to-date…
Diagnosis, management, and prognosis of preschool wheeze
(LANCET) - Preschool children (ie, those aged 5 years or younger) with wheeze consume a disproportionately high amount of health-care resources compared with older children and adults with wheeze or asthma, representing a diagnostic…
Pediatric rescue: Child's head stuck in a fence, how to release it
Pediatric rescue: Child's head stuck in a fence, how to release it
You can liberate a child's head stuck in a fence using webbing and a halligan. A Firefighter's group in Idaho made this useful video.
(Disclaimer: this is just a drill this…
Scientists successfully create vaginas in lab to help women born without
REUTERS - Four young women born with missing or abnormal vaginas were implanted with lab-grown versions made from their own cells, the latest success in creating replacement organs that have so far included tracheas, bladders and urethras.…
Stroke Thrombolysis: Save a minute, save a Day
Background and Purpose - Stroke thrombolysis is highly time-critical, but data on long-term effects of small reductions in treatment delays have not been available. Our objective was to quantify patient lifetime benefits gained from faster…
An update on out-of-hospital airway management practices in the United States
In the United States, Emergency Medical Services rescuers provide out-of-hospital treatment to patient suffering life-threating conditions such as cardiac arrest, stroke, seizure, respiratory failure and major…
Albumin Replacement in Patients with Severe Sepsis or Septic Shock
For decades, human albumin has been administered to patients to provide adequate oncotic pressure and intravascular volume. However, a report indicated that the administration of albumin may be potentially harmful in critically ill…