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NOTE: Fourteen percent of NHS staff reported experiencing physical violence from patients, their relatives or other members of the public in the previous 12 months, down from 15% in 2013. Twenty eight percent of all staff report that they…

What better way to kick off your week than by learning a new skill? Recently we've been teaching you how to save a choking baby, but would you know what to do if an adult or child over the age of one was choking? If you wouldn't (or you…

Emergency workers know from experience that people are often weird and have no qualms about calling for help for the most bizarre reasons. We recently discovered that in America shaving pubic hair is becoming widespread, and this dangerous…

Why, Who and How you could perform RSI during pre-hospital emergencies? The New South Wales Ambulance Service, with the Greater Sydney Area HEMS crew had published a rapid guideline, written by Dr Peter Sherren, Senior registrar…

South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust, covers the counties of Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire and Oxfordshire. The Trust covers an area of circa 4,600 square miles with a resident population of approximately 4…

Founded in 1989, the London Air Ambulance has treated more than 30,000 critically injured people. Now it serves the 10 million people who live, work and holiday within the M25. The London HEMS operates in partnership with Barts Health NHS…

TUCSON - Southwest Ambulance employees have authorized a strike if final negotiations between its union and Rural/Metro Corp. over employee benefits fail. The local I-60 chapter of the International Fire Fighters Association, representing…

THE MAIL ONLINE - Australian paramedics back in motherland: short-staffed ambulance ranks to take up jobs in the UK. 175 paramedics flee Australia's short-staffed ambulance ranks to take up jobs in the UK, where they work less and earn up…

WARWICK UNIVERSITY TRIAL SUMMARY  - P.A.R.A.ME.D.I.C. is a cluster randomized controlled trial and economic evaluation. We have chosen to use a cluster randomised design because an individually randomised design would have a significant…

LONDON AMBULANCE SERVICE CORRIGENDA: The London Ambulance Service Chief Executive was not “forced to resign”. She has left for another job Ann Radmore - Chief Executive of the London Ambulance Service - has quit her position after the…