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Powerful lightning strikes killed 5 and hurt other 100 on Tatra Mountains in Poland. Emergency rescue helicopters and ambulances have brought the first patients to the hospital. Lightning strikes killed 5 people, included two…

Paramedics really are always in danger when they are out with the ambulance. Violence episodes are common and unfortunately, frequent. The setting of this case study is in Israel. The characters of this real experience are paramedics and…

Whenever an ambulance crew reaches road accidents scenarios they must be careful, because dangerous goods can be present and it may not be safe! How to behave?

When is it useful to introduce a motorcycle ambulance unit response in the fleet? We look at the Piaggio project because it can meet the responders' needs in different areas of the world, with the three-wheeled Mp3 in the 500 hpe and 350…

Before 2001, medical helicopters used by Japanese Prefectures to respond to emergencies had not an adequate level of care. Then Doctor-Heli physician-staffed medical helicopter system arrived and grew tremendously. Let's see what it can do!

The number of patients admitted to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)-supported surgical units in South Sudan with injuries from violence remains high ten months after the signing of a peace agreement.

Almost all of you already have treated a drunk patient, especially in urban areas. The problem comes when this patient or some bystander becomes angry and violent at paramedics.

How vital is the quickness in case of emergency? In some congested areas, conventional ambulances do not fit very well to provide emergency care for many reasons. The solution is the motorcycle ambulance.

An EMT living and working in Kenya had to assist patients during a building collapse. The problem of criminal gangs control in some city districts, the problem of communication and difficulty in collaborating with authorities emerge in the…

Almost all of you already have treated injured involved in a road accident. And some of you may have faced some angry bystander. But how about bystanders who want to decide which patient must be treated or not?