Endotracheal intubation in paediatric patients: devices for the supraglottic airways
Endotracheal intubation (ETI) in children is thankfully rare and our first pass success rate could definitely do with some improvement
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Persistent Leg drainage in a paediatric trauma patient: case report on a 7-year-old child
Persistent Leg drainage in a paediatric trauma patient: a 7-year-old male with a past medical history of asthma sustained multiple injuries in a motor vehicle accident including a left hip dislocation, left femur fracture, left radial…
Insect bites and animal bites: treating and recognising signs and symptoms in the patient
Bee, wasp, hornet and Aleutian stings: treatment, symptoms, cure. In summer, snake bites and insect stings are much more common. Insect bites are dangerous for those who are allergic to the venom
Is your CPR of high quality? Test your skills in CPR with the Zoll quiz
Every rescuer is familiar with and knows how to apply CPR (Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation), but it is not always possible, due to the nature of the job or time, to keep the knowledge acquired during training fresh and alive
UK, South Central Ambulance Service unveils first fully electric ambulances
The Berkshire (UK) emergency ambulance service, South Central Ambulance Service, has unveiled two full electric ambulances
Chemical/biological/radioactive insulation, the excellence of ISOVAC products on the Emergency Expo…
ISOVAC is a company known and loved by Italian rescuers: a considerable part of the bio-containment stretchers that have allowed the medical transport of Covid patients in the last year are equipped with its supports. ISOVAC has chosen…
Gaza, UN agency director Unrwa: 'We give coordinates but Israel bombs us'
Gaza, UN Director Sami Mshasha reports "indiscriminate raids" and "serious dangers for the population". Unrwa is currently assisting 42,000 people
Emergency Museum, A History Pill: The Firefighter Bicycle
The Firefighter Bicycle: Every lover of the history of firefighters knows how much the technology available to the officers for fighting wildfires and rescuing people in danger has improved over time, but maybe not everyone knows that at…
Violence in Gaza, refugee camp bombed. UN to Israel: 'war crimes at risk'.
The ongoing violence in Israel and the Gaza Strip may constitute war crimes: this is the warning issued by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, after a bombing that killed at least ten people in a Shati refugee camp…
MEDEVAC with Italian Army helicopters
Medevac of the Italian Army: how medical evacuation works in operational theatres