Summer and high temperatures: dehydration in paramedics and first responders
Dehydration must not be underestimated in paramedics and first responders! On what occasions heat can impact on responders and how to avoid health complications?
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Ambulance life, which mistakes could happen in first responders' approach with the patient's…
Emergency situations are stressful for all first responders, as well as for the patients’ relatives and friends. That is why it is very important for ambulance practitioners knowing how to approach a patient's relatives and what are the…
Uganda for pregnancy with boda-boda, motorcycle taxis used as motorcycle ambulances to save lives of…
Many women in Africa suffer complications during labour. As reported by AVSI Foundation, every thousand women who are about to give birth to a baby 336 die. A very worrying data. That's why AVSI decided to take into consideration motorcycle…
How to become a paramedic in South Africa? The Kwazulu Natal Health Department requirements
Paramedics are essential in emergency medical services (EMS) all over the world. In this sense, many young people aspire to become a paramedic and in South Africa, there are precise requirements, like anywhere else in the world, that is…
Stroke care certification for the Memorial Hospital of Freemont
May is the National Stroke Awareness Month in the US. In order to meet the higher demanding standards, the Memorial Hospital of Fremont gained the primary stroke certification. This means that citizens can receive high-level care at home…
Ambulance safety standards by the English NHS trusts: base vehicle specifications
What about the ambulance safety standards in the UK? The English NHS ambulance trusts realized the "National ambulance vehicle specification for English NHS ambulance trusts" where they explain the standards of each emergency vehicle they…
Does air pollution impact on OHCA risk? A study by University of Sydney
Now that COVID-19 is going backwards, the world is slowly trying to return to its normal activities, and pollution will increase its presence in the air again. In this article we wish to analyse an aspect that regards EMS and pollution.…
How to become an EMT in the United States? Educational steps
Emergency medical technicians (EMTs), like paramedics, respond to emergency calls, perform medical services and patients transport witht the ambulance to hospitals. They are dispatched to care the sick or injured in emergency medical…
What is the difference between CPR and BLS?
You may have noticed that the two terms CPR and BLS (Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Basic Life Support) are used interchangeably in the medical field. But is there a difference between them?
Arab Health 2020: improving healthcare access to reduce asthma outcome in the MENA region
Arab Health to address the exacerbation of asthma in the MENA region as currently only 30% of people are treated in a controlled environment.