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You will not find an EKG monitor, pulse oximeter or even a blood pressure cuff; medical providers work with nothing more than their hands, eyes and ears
Working with Ebola is unlike any other paramedic job, and never before have I better understood the significance of a simple handshake or hug
A new Ebola Treatment Unit will have a capacity of 100 patients, but the number of patients is slowly dropping
The Larrey Society announces a worldwide, online meeting place for paramedics to learn and exchange best practices
During a three-year trial in Victoria, Australia, motorcycle units had shorter response times for urgent cases and freed up road ambulances for less urgent calls
There was no more hope of finding anyone alive as questions about the neighborhood safety arose
A head-on car accident broke the toddler’s C1 and C2 vertebrae and his collarbone
Emergency response was delayed because a bigger stretcher and ambulance were needed to transport the obese woman
The mudslide covered 125 homes with about 4 acres of mud and dirt as deep as 15 yards
An innovative program expands role of mail carriers to look for signs of illness
Officers responded to a call for a baby locked inside a car; when they couldn’t find the owner, they decided to act
The storm is predicted to turn north and northwest toward the US late Thursday or Friday
Here are things medics need to know before joining a team or self-deploying to an international disaster
The animal rights organization wants the Scottish Ambulance Service to place pro-vegan ads on their vehicles
A man allegedly shot at the ambulance crew with a rifle because he was given a wrong diagnosis
The paramedic crew was taking part in a charity bicycle challenge when they came across a car crash
The ambulance was responding to an emergency call and wasn’t transporting any patient when the crash occurred
More than 4,000 emergency responders deployed to try to ease the congestion and provide alternative exit routes
A group of 10 people smashed the ambulance and told the medics “You are going to die tonight”
“There’s no question that a better and earlier response from WHO could have resulted in thousands and thousands of fewer deaths than we saw”
Medical staff and volunteers struggle to keep up with the influx of severely burned patients
The tanker started leaking after veering off the road and residents converged around it to siphon fuel
The number of people killed is likely to climb as emergency crews are able to get into hard-hit areas on Thursday
The woman, 86, was being transferred between facilities at the time of the collision
The patient riding in the ambulance at the time of the collision has life-threatening injuries
The Saudi civil defense authority said 238 more people were injured in the accident
A new study found many ambulance calls are related to self-harm, mental health and substance misuse
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The doctor hopes the invention will help alleviate medical supply shortages caused by an eight-year blockade on the Gaza Strip
Health officials advise people in Syria, Lebanon and Israel to stay indoors with their windows closed
The patients taken to the hospital were treated and released; most of the 14 minor injuries reported were from the evacuation slide