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What the 2005 London attack teaches EMS leaders about scalable incident command and mutual-aid coordination
This EMS One-Stop international edition features Steinar Olsen, director for EMS and national preparedness in the Norwegian Directorate of Health
The Rwandan Ministry of Health’s Jean Marie Uwitonze and Dr. Sudha Jayaraman discuss the jewel in the crown of African Ambulance Services
The ambulance is being retired, and will be given to Kasama, Zambia, after a sister city partnership in 2012
The operation took place on the side of a cliff using climbing rope and a harness to keep him steady after his foot became jammed between two rocks
The unknown suspects drove the vehicle from the scene before disappearing with the keys
The move comes after the UK government decided to not award National Health Service workers a 1 percent pay raise
Toronto Paramedic Services wants the public to better understand the training of EMS providers
The family blames cutbacks for her death after she waited in one of 11 ambulances lined up outside the hospital because there no free beds
Obama ordered 3,000 military personnel to West Africa to help erec new treatment and isolation facilities, train health care workers and increase communications and transportation support
He suffered non-life-threatening eye injuries after an unknown object shattered the windshield while he was transporting a patient
He has also has been given an experimental drug that doctors refuse to identify, and has responded well to aggressive treatments
The boat capsized when it hit debris, killing the groom and 17 others
Those sick have been using motorcycle taxis and other public transport to get to hospitals, increasing the risk of spreading the desease
Rescue crews have been using boats and helicopters to drop food supplies for stranded families and evacuate victims
One of nearly 30 attempted bombings this year, the suspected terrorist attack sent bodies flying as bystanders fled the scene
A Romanian medic has been suspended after bystanders said she couldn’t “give a f***” and declared a man who was still breathing at the time dead, without examining him
He would become close to his victims and assault them when they were drunk and vulnerable; one of the victims was an EMS colleague
Rescuers freed 29 trapped miners, but halted efforts after being unable to reach five remaining men believed to be dead
The doctor who was delivering babies in Liberia is now in Omaha’s special isolation unit; the experimental drug ZMapp is exhausted and a medical team is exploring other treatments
After the two others fell ill, the Boston-area doctor returned to Liberia where he is in isolation; it’s unknown if he will be transported to the U.S. for treatment
Surveys found that public was confused about the meaning of the EMS acronym, thinking it meant emergency management, emergency medicine in hospitals or environmental management services
The award winning educator, paramedic and author discusses his background and the opportunities in paramedic education
They’re working to free at least four more using groups of five or 10 miners entering the mine on wooden ladders, tying themselves off and searching for those trapped
He opted to pay the $129 upon finding the ticket in an ambulance after transporting the woman’s mother, who later died
He will be treated at London’s Royal Free Hospital, which has an isolation unit for infectious disease
Learn hands-only CPR to deliver chest compressions to a person who is unresponsive
The EMT put the vehicle in the path of the car being pursued by police, allowing officers to arrest the driver
The crews were praised by an ambulance chief officer for a quick and efficient response to the human trafficking case
The medic has been identified William Mallock; a second pilot and nurse survived the crash on the way back from dropping off a paitent
Although the drugs have been approved for use in West Africa, it would be months before more of the experimental treatment is available