The EMS Blog
The EMS Blog collects information and news from the rescue and medical care world.
It reviews devices and equipment, technical innovations, procedures and regulations; it involves organizations and people and gives a voice to authoritative sources.
Electric vehicles in medical transport
Community, Rules and Regulations, Emergency Tech, Emergency Tech, Emergency Tech, Emergency TechElectric vehicles’ arrival in medical transport is ongoing in many countries, even if end-users still have doubts about it. In terms of regulations, European organizations are not yet aligned and there are no certainties about special vehicles, as regulation EN1789 shows. The text does not refer to electric ambulances, even if they are already in the field in some European countries.
Snow ambulance and snow rescue: news from the Stem world
Community, Community, Emergency Tech, Emergency TechEvery year around 30.000 individuals are involved in an accident on ski slopes, of which almost 1.500 need help, care, or hospitalization. Not to mention almost 20 fatalities on ski slopes every year.
Rescue technologies: scenarios and perspectives
Over the last twenty years, the world has been hit by a wave of new technologies for pre-hospital care. Rescue technologies keep evolving putting all the rescuers in front of different possibilities but also challenges.