Ambulance

Connected ambulance crews debut mixed-reality emergency response

An ambulance service in Sri Lanka has equipped its EMTs with a mixed-reality headset to help deliver emergency care with the help of a live-feed doctor in the crucial moments before a patient is admitted to hospital.

Harvard researchers have developed HAPPI, a material that can stop injured patients bleeding out

Body and Mind

Harvard clotting agent slows bleeding to help patients reach hospital

First responders don’t have the same tools that emergency rooms do. Now, Harvard scientists have developed a new blood-clotting material that’s portable and easy to store, potentially helping injured patients survive long enough to reach a hospital.

Lifting patients on traditional manual stretchers can cause injuries to paramedics

Wellness and Healthy Living

Powered stretchers shown to reduce paramedic injuries

Paramedics experience more job-related injuries than workers in almost any other sector. According to research conducted by the University of Waterloo, however, there's a straightforward way of bringing those injury rates down by up to 78 percent: equip paramedics with powered stretchers.

The VEPS sensor can detect signs of traumatic brain injury (TBI) that can result from blows to the head

Wellness and Healthy Living

VEPS sensor detects signs of traumatic brain injury before it's too late

A Mexican-US team has developed a simple and inexpensive electromagnetic sensor for traumatic brain injuries, suited to on site use by field personnel and paramedics.

Wellness and Healthy Living

The world’s largest ambulance (and the world’s smallest X-ray unit)

Three new, large-capacity Mercedes-Benz ambulances have been created for the Government of Dubai so that rapid medical assistance can be rendered in the event of major emergencies with large numbers of injury victims.