emergency

A crash involving two fire engines sent one of them careering across a busy pavement and into the front of a Chinese restaurant. Fifteen people, at least five of them firefighters,…

A breakdown in communication or lack of effective strategies is often the reason a disaster turns into a catastrophe. Solid collaboration between each unit of the disaster preparedness community is the difference between weathering the…

Frederick M. BURKLE, Jr. Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts and Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington, DC. James M. LYZNICKI James J. JAMESCenter for Public Health…

For decades, human albumin has been administered to patients to provide adequate oncotic pressure and intravascular volume. However, a report indicated that the administration of albumin may be potentially harmful in critically ill…

Shira A. Schlesinger, MD, MPH Kristi L. Koenig, MD, FACEP, FIFEM University of California, Irvine Center for Disaster Medical Sciences Community Paramedicine Comes to California Community Paramedicine engages pre-hospital providers to make…

Police and firefighters were responding, and the street contained at least two damaged cars. At least two people died and one was injured. The helicopter crashed near KOMO's offices causing a big fire. The visibility was clear and winds…

This European policy brief is an output of RISC-KIT (Resilience-Increasing Strategies for Coasts- Toolkit) and PEARL (Preparing for Extreme And Rare events in coastaL regions). It provides some key messages about the development of national…

On 23rd August 2013 a helicopter in service between oil platforms and the Scottish mainland fell into the sea just 3 miles from Sumburgh airport, killing 4 of its 18 passengers. Air accident investigators trying to establish the causes of…

The death toll of the magnitude 7.1 earthquake in the Philippines rose to 144 on Wednesday. The quake took place on Tuesday, injuring 291 people and frightening many who were celebrating religious festivals. Tuesday in fact marked the start…

A passenger with absolutely no previous flying experience safely lands an aircraft after the pilot falls unconscious and collapses on the controls. This news story from the English skies reminds us of Airport '77 the US forerunner of the…