Keywords: Emergency Medicine
03/05/2010
Emergency radiology
‘We are very proud that our country and our society has been selected to be presented during the special ESR meets Poland session,’ said Professor Marek J Sasiadek, …
01/20/2010
Plane with full hospital landing in Port-au-Prince
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) urges that its cargo planes carrying essential medical and surgical material be allowed to land in Port-au-Prince in order …
12/01/2009
Santa Claus: He’s bad for your health!
Whilst millions of people celebrate Christmas in quiet ways, many millions see this as a time for parties and excessive indulgences in eating, drinking alcohol and spending. …
11/21/2009
CardiAid CT0207 AED
Manufactured by Amsterdam-based company CardiaTech Holland BV, which specialises in defibrillators and AED trainer units, the CardiAid Automated External Defibrillator (AED) has …
11/19/2009
Seamless patient monitoring throughout the hospital
Draeger Medical showcases its new component for the Infinity Acute Care System, the M540, at this years Medica. The system makes it possible to seamlessly monitor and record vital …
11/19/2009
Large capacity intensive care ambulances
In March 2008 over 200 cars were involved in a mass traffic accident caused by fog between Abu Dhabi and Dubai. Six passengers were killed; hundreds were injured. Similar road …
11/12/2009
MRI Alert!
The scanner shortage in France is a scandal, says chairman of the French Society of Radiology. New MRIs must be installed in 250 emergency departments …
10/07/2009
Conoxia medizinischer Sauerstoff von PanGas
Auf der diesjährigen gemeinsamen Jahrestagung der Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für Intensivmedizin (SGI), der Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für Neurochirurgie (SGN), …
09/01/2009
"Any cath lab that is not open 24/7 should be closed"
Surviving a heart attack depends upon where you live in Europe. For cardiologists that is unacceptable. A majority of European countries can deliver life-saving primary …
07/01/2009
Accidents? We can all make mistakes!
Paramedics and other first-aid workers are often confronted with severe bleeding that can be arrested relatively easily. However, inappropriate approaches are frequent, and …
07/01/2009
Clever kiosk scoops EAFS award
A potentially life-saving kiosk has been voted the best self-service application of 2009 by the Board of the European Association for Self-service (EAFS), during Kiosk Europe Expo …
05/01/2009
170 years of medical technology innovations
Maquet is possibly Europes oldest manufacturer of healthcare equipment. Founded in Heidelberg, Germany, in 1838 the firm initially manufactured patient chairs and other …
05/01/2009
Paediatricians for children in disasters and wars
Leonid Roshal: We are at the beginning of a long road …
03/01/2009
ISICEM 2009
About 5,000 physicians and healthcare workers interested in intensive care and emergency medicine will gather in Brussels for the 29th ISICEM. …
03/01/2009
Surgical checklist saves lives
As part of a global Safe Surgery Saves Lives programme, a simple, short checklist of guidelines for safe surgical procedures developed by the World Alliance for Patient Safety of …
12/20/2008
The DGU trauma network
German pre-clinical and clinical trauma care of severely injured people enjoys an excellent reputation nationally and internationally due to the countrys intensive work in …
11/21/2008
Lifebridge B2T
Worldwide interest in portable systems for cardiopulmonary support has grown significantly. While some systems are at the brink of market introduction, German company Lifebridge …
11/20/2008
Cardiohelp
Maquet has launched Cardiohelp, the world's smallest, lightest heart-lung machine, that can not only provide a total therapy solution for heart surgery, cardiology, intensive and …
11/20/2008
Emergency calls
A new kind of dialogue/navigation system that can provide emergency services with the quickest route while simultaneously taking stress into account, has been developed by Trung …
11/20/2008
A new technology upgrades dedicated ICU workstations
Developed in collaboration with international clinicians, Orchestra workstations feature state-of-the-art infusion systems. …