The largest medical exercise ever conducted within the framework of the EU Civil Protection Mechanism – 2018 Modex Romania – took place in Bucharest, Romania in mid-October, to assess the capacities of Continue Reading →
BPS Assessment (the online learning arm of the British Pharmacological Society) is providing support to physicians in Canada, with the introduction of its pioneering learning technology aimed at ensuring safer Continue Reading →
New standards, tactics and protocols will help save more lives with drones, according to the findings of new research, which showed that search and rescue (SAR) teams found simulated victims Continue Reading →
Arizona firefighters recently partnered with nurses from a home visiting programme to see if their partnership could help to get smoke alarms to ‘hard-to-reach’ homes.
When responding to emergency medical calls, EMS workers are more likely than firefighters to be assaulted by patients, family members or even bystanders, according to studies undertaken by the US Continue Reading →
Since the first fully operational hospital in Kosovo opened its doors earlier this year, it has been providing surgical and associated medical support services to NATO staff on deployed operations.
Fire station design may not quite play a very big role in turnout times as previously thought, according to recent US research findings into how station design of dormitory location Continue Reading →
When Thomas Phelan and Keith Young died within a day of each other in March, in both cases it was as a result of cancer. But the underlying cause of Continue Reading →
This year’s World Rescue Challenge will take place in Cape Town on 20-27 October, with the South African Medical Rescue Organisation (SAMRO) having won the bid to host the 2018 Continue Reading →
Emergency services, public authorities, researchers and industry representatives from all around the world will join forces at this year’s European Emergency Number Association (EENA) Conference in April in Budapest to Continue Reading →