Browsing Category
Stories
Stories section is the place where you find Case Reports, editorials, opinions, tales and daily miracles from rescued and rescuers. Ambulance and rescue historical moments, from people who save lives every day.
If Prince was a drug addict…So was I
Prince was found unresponsive in the elevator in his home after not responding to phone calls. His friends arrived on scene to find him dead. EMS called him on scene at 1007. While the world continued to mourn, articles began popping up…
Doctors are #NotATarget - Doctors without borders' resolution
Doctors Without Borders has launched a social media act of solidarity to stand up for the protection of civilians and civilian infrastructure, patients, medical staff and hospitals in conflicts.
MEDEST118 - When chest compressions and early defibrillation are not the most important…
Author: Mario Rugna
The chain of survival is well known and most of us work everyday to spread it’s use at every level. Chest compressions is, along with early defibrillation, the most important and evidence based intervention to save a…
The San Bernardino, California, Terror Attack: Two Emergency Departments’ Response
The San Bernardino tragedy is a shooting occourred on December 2, 2015
First touristc cruise ship on Northwest Passage: Canadian Coast Guard will face new problems
SOURCE CBC - As a large cruise ship gets ready to sail the Northwest Passage this summer, there are safety concerns about how prepared the Canadian Coast Guard would be should something go wrong.
The mammoth Crystal Serenity cruise ship…
What do you mean "stress"?
Source: Stress, Cognition, and Human Performance: A Literature Review and Conceptual Framework
What is Stress?
It’s a question that has beguiled many prominent researchers of this era. The term itself is amorphous and sustains the…
Epidemic and emerging disease alerts in the Pacific region
The Pacific Public Health Surveillance Network (PPHSN) is a voluntary network of countries, areas and organizations, dedicated to the promotion of public health and response in the Pacific.
Sanitation in Asia Pacific Countries - New partnerships help resolve urban challenges
By Rosemarie North, IFRC
Innovations that bring together the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, local government and the private sector could solve sanitation problems that threaten the health of urban populations.…
Thailand - Interior Ministry urges drought relief aid provision
BANGKOK (NNT) – The Ministry of Interior (MOI) is urging officials to provide relief aid and assistance to the drought affected public, urging the local administration to establish a disaster mitigation center on the local level too…
Downpours cause deadly floods, mudslides in Sao Paulo
Source: AL Jazeera - Parts of Brazil have gone from a state of drought to intense flooding after torrential downpours hit southeastern areas of the country