Ghana, EMT rescuer killed while transporting pregnant woman: coffin is shaped like an ambulance
The death of Abraham Tetteh Hormeku - Adjei, an EMT in the Central African country, has caused great emotion in Ghana
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"I wanna be a paramedic", the first responder who became a paramedic after an incident
After a bad incident, the teenage Mike Thomas decided he would have become a paramedic, like the first responder who saved his life that day.
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?
How to rapidly and accurately identify an acute stroke patient in a prehospital setting?
Acute stroke is a time-dependent condition. If it happens in a prehospital setting, practitioners have to know how to treat the patient in the best and fastest way as possible. Here the results of a pilot study in Genova (Italy).
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…
FDNY fleet added 100 ambulances to respond to increasing COVID-19 emergency calls
As the coronavirus (COVID-19) is keeping its spread on through the United States, the FDNY added 100 ambulances to face the pandemic in the Big Apple.
500 EMTs and Paramedics leading to NY to join the fight against COVID-19
Around 500 EMTs and paramedics on 250 ambulances from all over the US are reaching New York City, these days, in order to support the Big Apple's colleagues in this fight against COVID-19.
How to decontaminate and clean the ambulance properly?
The ambulance is an essential vehicle to provide emergency medical assistance in pre-hospital care scenarios. That’s the vehicle on which paramedics and EMTs yearly save millions of people all over the world. But as they prodigate to save…
How to Become an EMT?
Are you considering a career in the medical field to save lives as an EMT but don’t know how? Here are 10 simplified steps to show you the path to becoming a successful EMT.