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Despite the evolution of stretchers, the stretcher sheet remains an indispensable aid in certain rescue situations

Ventilators are medical devices used to assist the breathing of patients in out-of-hospital care, intensive care units (ICUs), and hospital operating rooms (ORs)

The vacuum splint is a device which resembles a vacuum mattress of reduced dimensions, it is used in emergency medicine for the immobilisation of traumatised limbs and as a temporary splint

Invasive mechanical ventilation is a frequently used intervention in acutely ill patients who require respiratory support or airway protection

Spencer presents the MERET Emergency Backpacks collection: professional bags and backpacks for advanced rescue

About portable stretchers: on the battlefield, when medics required a device that was easily deployable, strong enough to carry a patient over rough terrain, yet compact enough to be carried in one medic’s gear, the portable stretcher was…

The "ABC rule" or simply "ABC" in medicine indicates a mnemonic technique that reminds rescuers in general (not only doctors) of the three essential and life-saving phases in the assessment and treatment of the patient, especially if…

In emergency medicine, the Kendrick Extrication Device (KED) is a first aid device used to extract a traumatised person from a vehicle in the event of a road accident

The term "cervical collar" (cervical collar or neck brace) is used in medicine to indicate a medical device that is worn to prevent movement of the patient's cervical vertebrae when physical trauma to the head-neck-trunk axis is suspected…

Spinal immobilisation is one of the great skills that the emergency medical technician must master. For many years now, all victims who had suffered trauma have been immobilised and, because of the type of accident, according to the…