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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.
3D printed exoskeletons: New Zealand student creates the Cortex
What is the cortex made up of? Anyone who has had the bad experience of a bone fracture knows well that one of the worst aspects of the situation, in addition to pain and functional limitation, is having to wear an uncomfortable plaster…
Child saves grandfather thanks to the Heimlich manoeuvre learned in an Italian Red Cross project
Italy / a child practices the Heimlich manoeuvre on his grandfather: in an extraordinary display of courage and quick wit, a child managed to save his grandfather from a severe respiratory crisis
Leonid Ivanovich Rogozov, the surgeon who operated on himself
Leonid Ivanovich Rogozov, the surgeon who operated on his own appendix: in an old issue of the British Medical Journal, a very special story was reported some time ago, a beautiful true story: the extraordinary human and professional case…
Italy, the socio-cultural importance of voluntary health and social work
The importance of volunteering in the italian collective tissue: among the most significant training models are associations such as Federavo, the National Federation of Healthcare Volunteer Associations, Lilt, the Italian League for the…
Interesting case study from Texas (USA): sepsis in nursing home patients
Sepsis in nursing home patients, an interesting case study from the USA: NPUSA nursing home expert, Amy Woolman, RN recently reviewed the following case involving a patient with a pre-existing urinary tract infection. This case sadly had a…
Ukraine emergency, the extraordinary story of little Makhar: the Red Cross story
Little Makhar is now in Italy with his mother, and thanks to the Red Cross he has a chance of a better future
Ukraine: from London's Air Ambulance Charity, StreetDoctors and citizenAID training videos for war…
War in Ukraine: a coalition of UK medical charities and senior trauma doctors has released a series of training videos to help civilians save lives in the war in Ukraine
UN: "Ukraine at risk of siege, let's bring food before it's too late"
UN WFP on the aggression against Ukraine: "In Kiev, Kharkiv and Dnipro, 7,000 tonnes have arrived in the country"
Ukraine, volunteers at the border with Romania: "We are preparing for refugees"
War in Ukraine: "At the moment the situation in the north of Romania is calm, although the border police have reported more movement than usual and the arrival of about 100 cars of Ukrainian citizens fleeing Russian attacks"
Russia, a life for rescue: the story of Sergey Shutov, ambulance anaesthetist and volunteer…
The story of Sergey Shutov, an anaesthetist in the city's ambulances and a volunteer fireman, comes from St Petersburg in northern Russia