Previous
Sat nav sends ambulance on 400 mile round trip
Blog An ambulance meant to be carrying a patient a short distance in Essex was accidently sent 200 miles in the wrong direction by a faulty satellite navigation system, reports the Manchester Evening News.
[December 1, 2006, 16:00]
Ericsson Case Study: Queensland Ambulance Service
White Papers Responding to some 450,000 calls per year, Queensland Ambulance Service (QAS) knows the value of providing a rapid, efficient, and accurate emergency service. QAS required a system with high capacity and reliability for it's mission critical...
[February 14, 2006, 23:00]
North East Ambulance Service Selects RAM Software Over Oracle Assets
White Papers The new North East Ambulance Service NHS Trust was formed on 1st July 2006 following the merger of the previous North East Ambulance Service and part of the Teesside, East and North Yorkshire Ambulance Trust.
[March 9, 2009, 0:22]
Scottish Ambulance Service loses encrypted 999 disc
News The Scottish Ambulance Service has lost a disc containing the encrypted 999 call details of almost one million people. The Scottish Ambulance Service insisted there was little danger that people's 999 details could be exposed, as the disc had been...
[June 24, 2008, 15:07]
The Ambulance Service of NSW Maintains 1,200 PCs Across 80,000 Km With an IT Team of Five
White Papers Using Microsoft Systems Management Server software, the IT team at the Ambulance Service of New South wales can now update their 1,200 PCs without the need for a desk-side visit. This has streamlined their operations significantly as they are now...
[September 5, 2007, 1:00]
Hewlett-Packard (HP) Case Study: St. John Ambulance
White Papers John Ambulance (SJA) is one of the oldest humanitarian organizations in the world. St. SJA was finding new ways to provide secure, reliable and cost effective communications. To further increase network connectivity for users, SJA employed a...
[June 12, 2009, 1:20]
Rural Ambulance Victoria Improves Paramedic Training
White Papers Often the only medical professionals for long distances, paramedics of Rural Ambulance Victoria (RAV) in Australia have to rely on their experience and training to save lives. But with the rapid pace of medical advance, including the latest...
[December 8, 2006, 0:00]
Sat nav sends ambulance on 400 mile round trip
Blog Comment Operator error more likely than sat nav error methinks.
[December 1, 2006, 23:19]
Sat nav sends ambulance on 400 mile round trip
Blog Comment The crews that staff our Ambulance service are fantastic, they experience danger every day, and work for very little pay; and certainly very little thanks. Open & Honest Communication . I'll be bluntly truthful
[December 5, 2006, 16:03]
London Assembly criticises Airwave delays
News The latest London Assembly 7/7 committee report says, despite significant progress in implementing its recommendations to improve emergency plans and procedures, there are still problems and delays in implementing the Airwave network across the...
[August 16, 2007, 16:43]
Colonization of Mars
Downloads You should send immediately ambulance or fire engine to the burning building. The fire engine puts out the fire and the ambulance transports the wounded people to the hospital. The aim of the game is to uproot the alien infection from the colony.
[July 1, 2008, 8:00]
7/7 bomb rescue efforts hampered by communication failings
News The lack of a digital radio network meant that many senior managers among the main emergency services, and the London Ambulance Service in particular, were forced to rely on using already overloaded mobile phone networks to communicate in the...
[June 5, 2006, 15:05]
The Olaf Stapledon Collection
Downloads Educated at Oxford and Liverpool, he drove an ambulance with the Friends' Ambulance Unit during the First World War, and after a stint teaching, became a full-time writer. Olaf Stapledon Collection SymbianYou may never have heard of him, but...
[April 30, 2007, 8:00]
MedicalDispatch Closes Sales Leads Faster With AppExchange Mobile
White Papers MedicalDispatch is a computer-aided dispatching software product specifically designed to handle the business and operations management needs of commercial ambulance providers, EMS units, and wheelchair van service organizations.
[July 18, 2006, 0:00]
American Medical Response Turns to Salesforce, Achieves 500% ROI During the First Year
White Papers Since 1992, American Medical Response (AMR) has acquired over 250 ambulance services to create a comprehensive emergency and non-emergency transport solution for hospitals, government, and private companies across the country.
[August 31, 2009, 1:22]
Mobile phones get facial recognition
Talkback Great, now if you get disfigured in an accident, you can't call an ambulance! When this happens you will truly LOVE this "security" feature.
[March 1, 2005, 19:16]
I hope you're right
Talkback I hope you're right (goes ahead and then screws up) and it doesn’t go the other way like the London Ambulance Service scheme a few years ago which was a major success. Personally I hope that it collapses before it begins.
[January 16, 2007, 14:18]
Irate Bulldog user settles court case
Talkback Reading the forums of adslguide, it sounds to me that some ambulance chasing lawyer could find enough to get on the case and try to start a class action lawsuit (or the uk equivalent). I had a similar episode with bulldog, signing up and then...
[March 14, 2006, 11:57]
Paramedics Use Tablet PCs to Send Patient Information to Hospitals During "Golden Hour"
White Papers Valentia Technologies has been commissioned by the Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council of Ireland and the Dubai Ambulance Centre to deploy a solution for the real-time transmission of patient data from ambulances to hospitals.
[September 14, 2007, 1:00]
Vehicle Sounds
Downloads Fun high quality stereo vehicle sound effects - Includes ambulance, Bicycle, tank, boat horn, bus horn, car horn, car starting up, fighter jet, fire truck sound, helicopter, jet passing by, motorcycle, peeling out, stunt plane roll, police car...
[June 5, 2009, 8:00]
