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10 Steps for Smarter Intubation
While endotracheal intubation is considered the most definitive tool for airway management, complications are often documented with it. And with other airway devices available, some experts question whether paramedics should even continue…
June 14th is World Blood Donor Day
World Blood Donor Day is celebrated every year on the day of birthday anniversary of Karl Landsteiner on 14th of June in 1868. This event celebration was first started in the year 2004 aiming to raise the public awareness about the need for…
Ebola situation report
The week of May 17 saw the highest weekly total of confirmed cases of Ebola virus disease (EVD) for over a month, with 35 cases reported from Guinea and Sierra Leone. This is a substantial increase compared with 9 cases reported the…
Artificial intelligence in forecasting future infectious disease outbreaks
Machine learning can pinpoint rodent species that harbor diseases and geographic hotspots vulnerable to new parasites and pathogens. So reports a new study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences led by Barbara A. Han, a…
Filling the Gap for Effective USAR Team Communications - RescueCom Debuts at Interschutz 2015
Digital radio communications solution will interconnect crucial victim-location systems giving USAR teams greater levels of efficiency and safety
Interschutz, Hannover, Germany, 8-13 June 2015 – A new digital communications solution for…
How Liberia got zero cases of Ebola
9 May 2015, this date marks 42 days since the last confirmed case of Ebola in Liberia was safely buried; WHO is now considering Liberia free of Ebola transmission.
Reaching this milestone is a testament to the strong leadership and…
New Test for eradicating Malaria
The World Health Organization estimates 3.4 billion people are at risk of malaria, with children under the age of five and pregnant women being the most vulnerable.
Mortality rates are falling and a new test is having positive results…
1st MRI scans revealing that infants feel pain like adults
Researchers have discovered that infants’ brains respond to pain in a similar way to adults.
18 of the 20 brain regions activated in adults experiencing pain were also active in infants, this has been found by scientists from Oxford…
What is the Placebo Effect?
A placebo is anything that seems to be a "real" medical treatment -- but isn't. It could be a pill, a shot, or some other type of "fake" treatment. What all placebos have in common is that they do not contain an active substance meant to…
Effective Airway Management and Ventilation: 10 Tips
Maintaining a patent BLS airway and securing an ALS airway via endotracheal intubation can be a dynamic and challenging endeavour, requiring coordinated efforts from multiple rescuers.