News tagged with rescue workers

FDNY rescue workers show lasting lung damage from 9/11 World Trade Center dust

A study of nearly 13,000 rescue workers from the Fire Department of the City of New York (FDNY) shows that the significant proportion who suffered acute lung damage after exposure to World Trade Center (WTC) dust have not ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Apr 07, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Magic box for mission impossible

On September 11, firefighters, police officers and ambulance workers faced a terrifying rescue effort in the World Trade Center complex. They battled to save people from the collapsing Twin Towers, searched for survivors, ...

Technology / Telecom

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Wi-Fi signals can see through walls

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the University of Utah, USA, have discovered that variations in signal strengths in wireless networks can be used to "see" movements of people on the other side of walls or ...

Technology / Engineering

created Oct 05, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (8) | comments 2 weblog




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Mexico road project sets up fight over ruins

(AP) -- When neighbors in the hills east of Mexico City saw backhoes ripping up pre-Hispanic relics for a highway, they did something unexpected in a country where building projects often bulldoze through ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Feb 08, 2012 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

NIH launches trials to evaluate CPR and drugs after sudden cardiac arrest

The National Institutes of Health has launched two multi-site clinical trials to evaluate treatments for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. One will compare continuous chest compressions (CCC) combined with pause- free rescue ...

Medicine & Health / Cardiology

created Jan 26, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Malaysia saves endangered pygmy elephant on Borneo

Malaysian wildlife authorities said they had rescued a pygmy elephant calf on Borneo island and expressed hope a planned sanctuary would provide protection for the endangered animals.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jan 24, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Simulating firefighting operations on a PC

Firefighters often put their lives at risk during operations, so it is essential they have reliable tools to help them do their job. Now, a modular simulation kit is set to help develop new information and ...

Technology / Engineering

created Jan 03, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Fire destroys 1,500 hectares of Patagonia forest

A fire has destroyed or seriously damaged 1,500 hectares (3,700 acres) of vegetation in a Patagonia nature preserve in southern Chile, forcing the evacuation of 400 people, officials said Thursday.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 30, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Study finds most paramedics are victims of abuse in the workplace

More than two-thirds of paramedics surveyed have experienced verbal, physical or sexual abuse on the job, new research has found.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 29, 2011 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Study of WTC responders: PTSD and respiratory illness linked

(Medical Xpress) -- More than 10 years after 9/11, when thousands of rescue and recovery workers descended on the area surrounding the World Trade Center in the wake of the terrorist attacks, a research team led by Benjamin ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Dec 23, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Soft-bots: Research challenges traditional image of robotics

(PhysOrg.com) -- What do you think of when you hear the word “robot”? If you’re like most folks, you probably imagine something like Gort from “The Day the Earth Stood Still” ...

Electronics / Robotics

created Dec 15, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (6) | comments 7 | with audio podcast

Researchers use new finding to clear bloodstream malaria infection in mice

University of Iowa researchers and colleagues have discovered how malaria manipulates the immune system to allow the parasite to persist in the bloodstream. By rescuing this immune system pathway, the research team was able ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 12, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Metabolic syndrome biomarkers predict lung function impairment after exposure to WTC dust

Metabolic syndrome biomarkers predict subsequent decline in lung function after particulate exposure, according to new research involving rescue personnel exposed to World Trade Center (WTC) dust.

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 18, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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