Emergency Medical Services

Anyone who has gotten to spend hours in traffic around the city must have often daydream about a vehicle that could fly above the...

In an emergency, every second counts. But driving at high speeds can compromise the safety of first responders and civilians. There is a new device...

Drones are proving a crucial high-tech tool for aid workers in the aftermath of the devastating Nepal earthquake. With the death toll from Saturday’s...

It is hardly a secret that when some people visit their family members or friends in prison, they have been to known to smuggle...

iHLS Israel Homeland Security In this weekly report (11 November 2014): The National Cyber Investigative Joint Task Force: NCIJTF New UASs: SpyLite mini and BlueBird Raytheon is testing a new laser-guided...

A traffic accident in some remote road in the middle of the night. Someone calls 911, at which point the call center asks 'what...

One of the risks evolving during police operations is that when an officer is injured, the period of time until help arrives might be...

The Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) General Armaments Department (GAD) has approved a new generation amphibious armored ambulance. The indigenously made ambulance can act as...

On February 13th 2013 an IDF unit, stationed along the Syrian border in the Golan Heights, came across seven wounded Syrians who asked to...

Defense civilian workers deployed to West Africa can choose one of two options upon their departure from Ebola-stricken countries, if they do not show...

the Israel-US Binational Industrial Research and Development (BIRD) Foundation has announced that the Israeli Ministry of Public Security and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security...

Amid the growing demand worldwide for unmanned aerial systems designed to assist in search and rescue missions following major disasters, three major earthquakes occurred...

San Diego, California-based Pfenex Inc. announced it has signed a five year contract valued at up to $143.5 million with the Biomedical Advanced Research...

Command, control and coordination are highly important when dealing with an emergency situation. An application for managing major incidents and events now has a...

The intensity of the fighting in Syria was low this week as well, probably due to the poor weather conditions. Kobani (Ayn al-Arab) During the week,...

Current Centers of Disease Control estimates suggest that more than 1.4 million people could be infected with Ebola by January 2015. To limit Ebola’s...

British health charity The Wellcome Trust recently announced that a new 15-minute Ebola virus test will become available on a trial basis in Guinea...

Emergency communication is of the utmost importance. Emergency services need to coordinate their response in time, but the situation becomes more complicated when the...

Ebola is spreading fast in Liberia, where many thousands of new cases are expected over the coming three weeks, the World Health Organization has said. "Transmission of the Ebola virus...

Keeping firefighters safe and communicating with them have been major technical challenges for decades. While outdoors, they can use GPS to track one another,...

During Operation Protective Edge Israel's MDA (Magen David Adom medical emergency service) treated 648 rocket-related injuries and 906 women who went into labor. 32...

Emergency response work is physically and mentally exhausting, placing extreme demands on the paramedic both at the civilian and military settings. The critical equipment...