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Second part Cardiac arrest survival, male v. female There are mixed results from data compiled from two European studies. In a French study that reviewed data on almost 500,000 patients, researchers found that more women did not…

The American Heart Association (AHA) is having its annual Scientific Session and some of the information below is taken from presentations made there. First, some initial information. A cardiac arrest is not the same as a heart attack A…

Rabat/Geneva (ICRC) – The Moroccan government and the International Committee of the Red Cross/ Red Crescent (ICRC) signed an agreement today that formalizes the relations the ICRC has had with Morocco since the country gained independence.…

Source: NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases The Vaccine Research Center (VRC) has developed an Ebola vaccine candidate in collaboration with Okairos, a Swiss-Italian biotech company recently acquired by GSK. The…

The popular podcast "Inside EMS" from EMS1 host this week a speek of Chris Cebollero and Kelly Grayson, discussing a demand for more trauma counseling for paramedics in Western Australia, after two suicides cases. Grayson said that based on…

This is a contribute from Dott. Guido Parodi published on medEST118.com blog: Guido is a good friend of MEDEST and an exceptional interventional cardiologist working at Careggi Hospital in Florence. The passion for medical research made…

NHS workers, including nurses, midwives and ambulance staff, are staging four-hour strikes in England and Northern Ireland as part of a pay dispute, BBC said. They are protesting about the decision not to implement a 1% rise for all staff…

Ambulance Victoria study questions practice of giving oxygen to heart attack patients ABC, MELBOURNE - The century-old practice of giving oxygen to a heart attack patient could be causing more harm than good, with a study showing patients…

Kenema, Sierra Leone October 2014. The International Federation opened its first Ebola treatment centre in Kenema, in September. It has a capacity of 60 beds and currently has approximately 120 national and 20 international staff. More…

The European Association of Surfing Doctors introduce to you Andrew Schmidt, Emergency Medicine Physician, Director of Lifeguards without borders lecturing all around the world on Drowning The surf world was shocked when two surfers drowned…