The increasing frequency and severity of environmental disasters necessitate robust health-care system adaptation strategies. Recent wildfire events in and around Los Angeles County, CA, USA, are ...

A shortfall in qualified paramedics. It's an urgent need in the Coachella Valley that has emergency officials concerned.

Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center added a hypothermia treatment plan to their Disaster Assistance Response Team. DART is an ...

AMR responded to the most serious calls on time at least 90 percent of the time. In December, things dropped slightly.

Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have studied how nurses perceive words showing high- and low-risk ailments.

Each time a person undergoes stress the brain releases cortisol hormones. Cortisol binds to glucocorticoid receptors and tells the body to prepare its “fight-or-flight” response. This hormone also ...

A research team from Columbia Engineering and the Irving Institute for Cancer Dynamics achieved a significant finding in cancer immunotherapy. The team discovered a unique population of immune cells ...

Rapid Response Team serves as the prison's frontline defense against unruly and dangerous inmates housed at the facility.

Art delaCruz explained that Team Rubicon’s success in these efforts is due in large part to the unique skills that veterans bring to disaster response. With 180,000 volunteers—half of whom are ...

Boston – Dana-Farber Cancer Institute researchers have identified factors that determine whether donor lymphocyte infusion (DLI), a standard therapy for patients with acute myeloid leukemia ... into ...

Observations on acute mountain sickness occurring between ... incoherent speech, lack of response to questions, sudden collapse in bed during sleep, visual disturbances, stupor, seizures, coma ...