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ambulance

Ambulance, developers, coachbuilders of emergency vehicles, medical response car, motorcycle ambulance, bike ambulance, and other vehicles on wheels who deserve EMS.

airMule, Israelian made the first ambulance drone

A drive-by-wire ambulance that goes on the target automatically? Is it is possibile, that's what an Israeli Startup create with the Urban Aeronautics project. The drone is called airMule, it is 20 feed long, over 6 feet wide and weight one…

Solar power ambulances, who lead up the way?

In 2013 the South Central Ambulance Service of England fit his 36 vehicles with solar power panel, who can improve the efficency of all the emergency equipment, powered by a secondary battery system. This project won the prize fo Efficiency…

Are you a Good Samaritan?

It’s been a busy day. On the way home you notice a small knot of people gathered around a middle-aged person, prostrate on the pavement. The bystanders look uncertain of what to do. Do you stop and help?. Now there's a new app: the…

Why Does The Fire Department Respond?

(FIREFIGHTER STORY) - One of the questions we get quite often is why we send "big red" on medical calls. After all, isn't that what ambulances are for? Isn't that a waste of fuel/time/resources for a simple medical call?Before I answer…

How to Build the Crew Chain of Safety

BY BRYAN MCRAY, ROB LAWRENCE, DAN FELLOWS The Richmond Ambulance Authority (RAA) is an organization embracing the EMS Culture of Safety in every department, from field staff to administrative offices. New employees are told by…

Community Paramedicine Comes to California

Shira A. Schlesinger, MD, MPH Kristi L. Koenig, MD, FACEP, FIFEM University of California, Irvine Center for Disaster Medical Sciences Community Paramedicine Comes to California Community Paramedicine engages pre-hospital providers to make…

Californian surfer survives shark attack

Eureka, California – It would have been a perfect day for surfing if it hadn’t been for the shark. It was Sunday morning when Jay Scrivner, a 45-year-old college English teacher, was in the sea off Eureka in the north of…