The London tube and bus bombings
56 people were killed and over 700 injured when bombers staged four simultaneous attacks upon the London Transport system on 7 July 2005.
Emergency medicine
ISICEM 2009
About 5,000 physicians and healthcare workers interested in intensive care and emergency medicine will gather in Brussels for the 29th ISICEM.
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 World Health Organization (WHO) has produced dramatic results in the first eight hospitals that tested it.
MANAGEMENT
More for less: Driving up performance in acute care
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 country's intensive work in trauma surgery and related medical disciplines. Nevertheless, it should be pointed out that the current outcome of polytrauma care in Germany is extremely heterogeneous.
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 Medizintechnik AG reports that it is 'at the top of this medical technology market', for its smallest, lightest (18kg) system, Lifebridge B2T ('Bridge to Therapy') has been in clinical use since the beginning of 2008.…
A new technology upgrades dedicated ICU workstations
Developed in collaboration with international clinicians, Orchestra workstations feature state-of-the-art infusion systems.
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 emergency care, but also, due to its suitcase size and 10 kg weigh, the device can be carried by just one person onto a helicopter or ambulance for mobile use.
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 Huu Bui PhD, at the Human Media Interaction Group, University of Twente, The Netherlands.
Facing the terror
While Western Europe's hospitals only carry out drills for possible terrorist events — Israel's medics face the real thing. During the recent Congress of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine in Berlin, internist Dr Michael Kafka, head of emergency medicine at the Bnai Zion Medical Centre in Haifa, described strategies to cope with mass casualty events.
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 emergency care, but also, due to its suitcase size and 10 kg weigh, the device can be carried by just one person onto a helicopter or ambulance for mo-bile use.
New biomarkers in acute cardiac care
Professor C Mueller adressed the issue of new biomarkers in acute cardiac care on the ESC on Monday, 1st September. Read his comment in the following.
Dräger celebrates half a century of Vapor care
For half a century, day after day, Dräger's Vapor has saved lives. Yet no patient knows this. Only the anaesthetist and surgical team can be fully aware of its value in keeping their patients unconscious and pain free during surgery, Dräger reports proudly, in the 50th year of Vapor's service.
Emergency first aid advice via mobile phones
Austria - Only 28% of the public would give first aid `no matter what´; 32% would be `very likely´ do so, according to a study by the market research institute Market.
Scots test telemetry system
The world's first installation of Cisco's telemetry system HealthPresence has been completed at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary in Scotland. The system combines video, audio and call centre technology with medical information in a high-security network.
Update UniCel integrated systems
This summer, California-based Beckman Coulter Inc. began general distribution of its UniCel DxC 880i's integrated system in Europe.
Integration of POCT into the clinical laboratory
Unlike regular laboratory analyses, which is performed by clinical pathologists and technicians in the clinical laboratory, Point of Care Testing (POCT) are devices to perform laboratory analyses in the vicinity of the patient by the attending physician or nurses.
Essential: Training staff for sudden disasters
The doors of the accident & emergency department fly open. An explosion occurred at a nuclear power station.
HeartVue 6S seeks USA marketing
Pegasus/Heartview LLC has announced that clinical studies of its HeartVue 6S Heart Screening System - which obtained CE Mark Approval in Europe almost two years ago - have been completed according to FDA guidelines, as a pre-marketing condition for release in the USA.
Defibrillator in space
Medicine is not earthly anymore. The first defibrillator has reached the International Space Station (ISS). LIFEPAK 1000 developed by Physio-Control of Redmond will be available for NASA crew members in case of a sudden cardiac arrest in space.
Enjoy the games Enjoy the games — in the best of health in the best of health
To make sure that for athletes and officials the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games will not come to a premature end, digital medical and dental imaging systems from Carestream Health, Inc. are available to diagnose and treat any health concerns.
EU takes Germany to court over rescue transport services
The European Commission initiated legal action against Germany. The European Court of Justice in Luxembourg will investigate whether certain regional and local authorities awarded contracts for rescue transport services without applying transparent contract award procedures.
Emergency admission: Who is affected?
Answer: Older men, living in high social deprivation who are treated for pain or infectious diseases are very endangered. That is the simplified result Scottish researchers investigated while trying to point out criterias that might predict the likelihood of emergency admission in adults older than 40 years
For the world's children — from Russia with love
"Our institute for Children's Emergency Surgery and Traumatology, which also includes neurotrauma, trauma, resuscitation, intensive care and others, has a unique character", Prof Roshal explained.
125th German Society of Surgery Congress
The 125th Congress of the German Society of Surgery and the annual Congress of the German Society of Visceral Surgery (DVGC) in late April, examined the facts behind evidence-based medicine (EbM) under the banner Surgical Medicine - from Empiricism to Evidence, and also evaluated current opportunities in hospitals, science and research.
