Your cellphone battery running low is an inconvenience at the best of times, but during an emergency, it can be a matter of life or death

Pre-hospital emergency care in the form of ambulances is one of the key factors improving the quality of healthcare across Europe

Paramedics in Norfolk have confirmed they will still use sat nav systems despite crews in other areas ditching the devices because they often send ambulances down the wrong road

New video technology, mounted on a stretcher, TransportAV allows for medical consultation from the field directly to the clinic or hospital where a patient is being transported.

The GlideScope® Ranger and GlideScope® Ranger Single Use were designed to meet military specifications for emergency settings. The design of the GlideScope® Ranger is based on the GlideScope® GVL®, which achieves a Cormack-Lehane Grade I or Grade II view 99% of the time

Crews without the essential mobile/radios putting them selves at risk on a daily basis. UNISON will take action against the employer with in a range of sanctions including reporting the trust to the H.S.E.under Health and Safety legislation

Bwindi hospital provides health care to about 40,000 people, including 1,000 people living with HIV. However, the area’s lack of transportation and roads pose obstacles for people seeking health services. Therefore, the hospital dispatches a four-wheel-drive “community ambulance,” which carries the PointCare NOW machine, to reach remote communities

Emergency transport of the future may have ejector seats to launch paramedics quickly into the thick of the action. They may also be capable of driving off-road, allowing access to remote areas of the country, and expandable treatment areas providing 360 degree access to the patient.

Regulator wants telecom sector to find solution for missed VoIP emergency calls. After years of delays and the death of a baby in Calgary, Canada is moving ahead with another upgrade of its outdated 911 system, which will help emergency dispatchers locate a caller using an Internet phone.

East Midlands Ambulance Service has coped with a 20% increase in calls while maintaining its emergency call answer times by implementing a new communications system