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Crush syndrome can be expected following any event where patients are trapped for a length of time
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
Bobby Ray Carter was stabbed to death with an iron rod over “Hotel California”
Modern techniques will enable a patient to be revived up to 24 hours after they stop breathing
The scooter rider later re-appears, walking in front of the camera with the truck driver
The woman had fallen into the gap between the train and platform during the busy morning rush hour
All but three of the deaths, all the missing and most of the injured were in Min county, a likely result of shoddy construction
The ambulance was taking a patient to the hospital at the time
The man managed to stay calm and even had a laugh with the paramedics at his own expense
Correspondents say such incidents are common in India and are often blamed on poor construction practices
The paramedics activated their duress alarm after the group became aggressive
He is being charged with two counts of common assault, two counts of criminal damage, possession of an offensive weapon and disorderly behavior
Kenneth Wade Cosh, 47, faces multiple drug-related charges
The trolley belonged to two cleaners who police say had brought it from home and had loaded it with 15 boxes of beverages
The 29-year-old spent three days in hospital recovering from broken ribs, a broken cheek and broken vertebrae in his back
Foreign accent syndrome is an extremely rare condition in which brain injuries change a person’s speech patterns
HSE said that after the mistake was realized, the first emergency response vehicle arrived at the scene within 30 minutes of the 911 call
He claims the government doesn’t care about medics and the civilians now in charge of rostering systems don’t understand medics’ work
The mixed-breed, whose snout and upper jaw had been sheared off, was in the hospital for 7 months with $27,000 in donations raised
During the call, one of the women made a sexually suggestive comments to the medic and told him he had a “nice bum”
The virus is related to SARS, which killed about 800 people in a global epidemic in 2003
Police are treating the case as an attempted homicide, and are looking for the mother and anyone else involved in the incident
It’s unclear how or why the two men attacked the British solider
A final report released yesterday by the Australian Transport and Safety Bureau found poor light meant the air crewman was not able to clearly see what was going on beneath him
The number of assaults is up from 16 over the same period in 2012, with most of this year’s incidents involving offenders who were intoxicated or drug-affected
The shaken family man said he had only a hazy recollection of the event
The Scottish Ambulance Service (SAS) says strict measures are in place to ensure the footage is seen only by those involved in a research project
The toddler had fallen from an upstairs window at his home in a housing estate on the outskirts of the East Cork town
The deadly shark attack was the first this year on the island, where three people were killed by sharks in the past two years
The incident was described as an extremely unusual occurrence as it is exceptionally rare for five patients to require access to the major resuscitation facilities at the same time
Two firefighters pulled over and saved a heart attack victim they saw as they were driving back to their station
Inventor Morris Shahbazi started working on the project 12 years ago following the World Trade Centre disaster
