Colour-coded 999 ambulance service call system in Wales
A new system for dealing with 999 calls for ambulance service in Wales has come into force.
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Londoners will have a 2nd Air Ambulance, thanks to fundraising
London Air Ambulance has acquired a second emergency medical helicopter, a MD902 Explorer. It has been registered G-LNDN and is expected to be operational early 2016 The fundraising total to date of our ‘Your London, Your Helicopter’ …
The journey to safety & compliance excellence for HEMS operators
The Challenges
It is essential for HEMS operating companies to demonstrate compliance, engender a culture of reporting and safety as well as achieve high levels of efficiency and consistency in audit, safety investigation and related…
Medicare paid $30M for ambulance transports that never happened
By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar
Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Medicare paid $30 million for ambulance rides for which no record exists that patients got medical care at their destination, the place where they were picked up or other critical…
Bike ambulance, the First Responders are faster on 2 wheels
QUEEN’S ROAD (TIMES OF INDIA) - Seventy-three-year-old Ramamurthy is a diabetic who recently went under the knife. When he experienced difficulty in breathing, he dialled 108 for the emergency response services, and was soon attended to by…
Ambulance service a good fit at Exeter Fire Department
EXETER TOWNSHIP, PA. - Just days after the Muhlenberg Area Ambulance Association handed off the reins to Exeter Township's fire-department-based emergency medical service, the department had its brand-new service model tested last week.…
Personality Traits that Ambulance Workers' Professional Performance
An interesting study has been published on Procedia about the personality traits that foster professional workers in the ambulance and pre-hospital field.
Better stroke patient outcomes? A systematic review
What to do to have a better outcome in stroke patients? One of the solutions will start from the analysis of the patient delay in entering hospitals with stroke symptoms.
Medics win bravery award for breaking rules to save Alton Towers crash victim Leah Washington
Three medics who scaled a roller-coaster to save the life of Alton Towers crash victim Leah Washington have won an award for their bravery
Army doctor Major David Cooper, 34, and aircrew paramedic Tom Waters, 27, were on duty with…
New Zealand paramedics will be regulated as health practitioners: "We were like taxi services"
Ambulances are not a different kind of TAXI. And the scope of the paramedics are changed
NEW ZAELAND DOCTOR - Paramedical organisations say they would welcome paramedics being regulated as health practitioners. Paramedics Australasia…