#paramedic — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #paramedic, aggregated by home.social.
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Taxi Drivers Rarely Die Of Alzheimer’s – How Complex Mental Maps And Spatial Reasoning Protect Your Brain [why knowing your way around might help you stay sharp]
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https://theconversation.com/taxi-drivers-rarely-die-of-alzheimers-how-complex-mental-maps-and-spatial-reasoning-protect-your-brain-286650 <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj-2024-082194 <-- shared paper
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https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.070039597 <-- shared paper
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41582-018-0031-x <-- shared paper
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https://tfl.gov.uk/info-for/taxis-and-private-hire/licensing/learn-the-knowledge-of-london <-- details of @Transport for London’s ‘The Knowledge’ details
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https://youtu.be/u7gp8KBP7ak?si=X1xXcysZF2LayFkx <-- shared video, ‘The People Who Have To Remember 25,000 Streets | The [London] Knowledge - The World's Toughest Taxi Test’
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H/T @ Jennifer Psillas, GISP | GIS Project Manager at City of Tucson Parks and Recreation
“Taxi and ambulance drivers are less likely than workers in almost any other job to die of Alzheimer’s disease. That was the surprising result of a 2024 study examining the death certificates of nearly 9 million people in the U.S…
Of the 9 million death certificates from January 2020 to December 2022 that researchers examined, taxi and ambulance drivers had the lowest risk of dying from Alzheimer’s disease out of 443 occupations. After adjusting for age, sex, race, ethnicity and education, roughly 1 in 100 taxi and ambulance drivers died of Alzheimer’s, compared with 1 in 60 people overall.
This pattern did not extend to other driving jobs. The researchers concluded that the key to reducing the risk of Alzheimer’s was not driving itself but continuous real-time navigation: the constant work of locating yourself in space, tracking a destination and updating a mental map as conditions change. Drivers whose jobs relied on fixed or predetermined routes, like bus drivers and aircraft pilots, didn’t seem to experience a similar advantage.
Researchers believe the association between navigation-heavy work and lower Alzheimer’s risk centers on the hippocampus, a part of the brain that governs memory and spatial navigation. It’s one of the first brain regions that Alzheimer’s damages: Problems with spatial navigation and orientation are among the earliest signs of the disease, sometimes surfacing before obvious memory loss.
In one landmark 2000 study [link above], neuroscientists compared the brains of licensed London taxi drivers with those of people who did not drive cabs. Their findings provided the first evidence via structural imaging that regions of the adult brain can measurably change under sustained navigational demand. To earn a license, London cabbies must memorize more than 25,000 streets within a 6-mile radius of Charing Cross, a challenge known as “The Knowledge” that takes three to four years…”
#spatialnavigation #orientation #mental #acuity #taxi #ambulance #paramedic #TheKnowledge #London #UK #Alzheimer #mapping #mentalmaps #spatialmapping #navigation #spatialreasoning #brain #hippocampus #brainhealth #death #mortality #disease #publichealth #scans #occupation #job -
Taxi Drivers Rarely Die Of Alzheimer’s – How Complex Mental Maps And Spatial Reasoning Protect Your Brain [why knowing your way around might help you stay sharp]
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https://theconversation.com/taxi-drivers-rarely-die-of-alzheimers-how-complex-mental-maps-and-spatial-reasoning-protect-your-brain-286650 <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj-2024-082194 <-- shared paper
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https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.070039597 <-- shared paper
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41582-018-0031-x <-- shared paper
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https://tfl.gov.uk/info-for/taxis-and-private-hire/licensing/learn-the-knowledge-of-london <-- details of @Transport for London’s ‘The Knowledge’ details
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https://youtu.be/u7gp8KBP7ak?si=X1xXcysZF2LayFkx <-- shared video, ‘The People Who Have To Remember 25,000 Streets | The [London] Knowledge - The World's Toughest Taxi Test’
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H/T @ Jennifer Psillas, GISP | GIS Project Manager at City of Tucson Parks and Recreation
“Taxi and ambulance drivers are less likely than workers in almost any other job to die of Alzheimer’s disease. That was the surprising result of a 2024 study examining the death certificates of nearly 9 million people in the U.S…
Of the 9 million death certificates from January 2020 to December 2022 that researchers examined, taxi and ambulance drivers had the lowest risk of dying from Alzheimer’s disease out of 443 occupations. After adjusting for age, sex, race, ethnicity and education, roughly 1 in 100 taxi and ambulance drivers died of Alzheimer’s, compared with 1 in 60 people overall.
This pattern did not extend to other driving jobs. The researchers concluded that the key to reducing the risk of Alzheimer’s was not driving itself but continuous real-time navigation: the constant work of locating yourself in space, tracking a destination and updating a mental map as conditions change. Drivers whose jobs relied on fixed or predetermined routes, like bus drivers and aircraft pilots, didn’t seem to experience a similar advantage.
Researchers believe the association between navigation-heavy work and lower Alzheimer’s risk centers on the hippocampus, a part of the brain that governs memory and spatial navigation. It’s one of the first brain regions that Alzheimer’s damages: Problems with spatial navigation and orientation are among the earliest signs of the disease, sometimes surfacing before obvious memory loss.
In one landmark 2000 study [link above], neuroscientists compared the brains of licensed London taxi drivers with those of people who did not drive cabs. Their findings provided the first evidence via structural imaging that regions of the adult brain can measurably change under sustained navigational demand. To earn a license, London cabbies must memorize more than 25,000 streets within a 6-mile radius of Charing Cross, a challenge known as “The Knowledge” that takes three to four years…”
#spatialnavigation #orientation #mental #acuity #taxi #ambulance #paramedic #TheKnowledge #London #UK #Alzheimer #mapping #mentalmaps #spatialmapping #navigation #spatialreasoning #brain #hippocampus #brainhealth #death #mortality #disease #publichealth #scans #occupation #job -
Iran Conflict: Food Sector’s 8 Biggest Casualties
Amid …
#NewsBeep #News #BreakingNews #1940sstyle #americanculture #Americanflag #ArmedForces #army #ArmySoldier #breakingnews #carrying #casualty #dead #deadbody #Death #dusk #flag #FourthofJuly #friendship #heroes #honor #horizontal #infantry #Iran #men #Military #nature #night #outdoors #paramedic #patriotism #people #respect #rifle #sand #storm #threepeople #USmilitary #usveteran'sday #USA #veteran #War #wound
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Wally has no plans to hang up the uniform after 50 years of service.
#ausnews #vicnews #kilmore #av #ambulance #paramedic #mas #rav #community #50years #service -
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EXCLUSIVE: Man who stabbed paramedic is an ice addict with mental illness
#ausnews #vicnews #paramedic #stabbing #police #vicpol #ambulance #drugs #stabbing #av #arrest #custody #mentalillness -
Reservoir ambulance stabber remanded in custody
#ausnews #vicnews #paramedic #vicpol #police #vkc #stabbing #custody #court #reservoir -
Paramedic stabbed on Broadway
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Personal connection inspires graduate paramedic
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Newlywed Thunder fan wins $20,000 after hitting half-court shot https://www.rawchili.com/nba/691186/ #Basketball #CityParkingLotTrump #driver #game #HalfCourtShot #IsbellCelebrating #IssueNewThreat #MultipleDay #NBA #NewYorkKnicks #NorthwestOklahoma #Oklahoma #OklahomaCity #OklahomaCityThunder #OklahomaCity #OklahomaCityThunder #paramedic #pedestrian #SevereWeatherRisk #Thunder #TinkerAirForceBase #week
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#Israel Killed Over a Dozen Lebanese Paramedics in Three Days, Now Claiming That #Ambulances Are “Hezbollah” Targets
Among the most targeted groups of Israel’s expanded war on #Lebanon have been #medical workers. #Hezbollah’s Islamic Health Authority has been the hardest hit.
https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/lebanon-medical-workers-paramedics-israel-targeted-ambulances-hezbollah-islamic-health-authorityfrom #DropSiteNews
March 16, 2026BEIRUT, LEBANON—In early October 2025, #Lebanese #paramedic Haj Qassem Sultan stood outside Marjayoun Government Hospital in southern Lebanon and addressed Lebanese TV.
“Our message is clear. Even if we are killed one by one, we will not abandon our duty,” he said. “We will continue to serve Khiam and Marjayoun and Al-Taybeh and Debbine and all of our sacred land.”
He was attending a memorial for seven of his colleagues who were killed...
On Friday, Sultan was killed in another Israeli strike on an Islamic Health Authority (IHA) medical center in Burj Qalaouiyah...
#IsraelOutOfLebanon
#NoWarWithIran
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#Israel Killed Over a Dozen Lebanese Paramedics in Three Days, Now Claiming That #Ambulances Are “Hezbollah” Targets
Among the most targeted groups of Israel’s expanded war on #Lebanon have been #medical workers. #Hezbollah’s Islamic Health Authority has been the hardest hit.
https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/lebanon-medical-workers-paramedics-israel-targeted-ambulances-hezbollah-islamic-health-authorityfrom #DropSiteNews
March 16, 2026BEIRUT, LEBANON—In early October 2025, #Lebanese #paramedic Haj Qassem Sultan stood outside Marjayoun Government Hospital in southern Lebanon and addressed Lebanese TV.
“Our message is clear. Even if we are killed one by one, we will not abandon our duty,” he said. “We will continue to serve Khiam and Marjayoun and Al-Taybeh and Debbine and all of our sacred land.”
He was attending a memorial for seven of his colleagues who were killed...
On Friday, Sultan was killed in another Israeli strike on an Islamic Health Authority (IHA) medical center in Burj Qalaouiyah...
#IsraelOutOfLebanon
#NoWarWithIran
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'it could be worse.'
'how could this be any worse?'
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'it could be worse.'
'how could this be any worse?'
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The County of #LosAngeles #Fire Department has announced the reposting of the #FireFighter Trainee (#Paramedic) Exam. The filing period closes on February 18, 2026 at 5:00 p.m. No written exam is required for this position. For more information, visit https://fire.lacounty.gov
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#Russian mass attack on #Ukraine; Fires engulf Kyiv
#Paramedic among killed as result of #double-tap strike & 16 of 24 wounded were hospitalized.
Medic identified as Serhii Smoliak, 56
Health Minister said emergency medical team arrived at site of strike on #Residential Building when Russia launched a 2nd strike, killing #Smoliak. 4 other medics were injured & 5 #rescuers were also #wounded
https://kyivindependent.com/4-injured-russia-mass-attack-kyiv-lviv/
#Civilians #CiviliansKilled #RussianAggression #RussianInvasion
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Code 3 – Watch Rainn Wilson, Lil Rel Howery, and Aimee Carrero in the trailer for the new paramedic action dramedy https://www.liveforfilm.com/2025/08/06/code-3-watch-rainn-wilson-lil-rel-howery-and-aimee-carrero-in-the-trailer-for-the-new-paramedic-action-dramedy/
#Code3 #RainnWilson #LilRelHowery #AimeeCarrero #film #paramedic
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«#Paramedic #jailed for #secretly giving #woman #drug to #abort their #child»
«Stephen #Doohan was #suspended by the #Scottish #Ambulance Service after the incident was reported»
«A paramedic who secretly gave a #pregnant woman an #abortion drug, #killing their #unborn child, has been jailed for 10 years and six months.»
PLEASE READ THE ARTICLE, BEFORE MAKING CONCLUSIONS EITHER WAY. Thanks
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CW: mention of sexual abuse
If I hear anyone say "not all men" once more...
In 10 cases, 8.5 are committed by men.
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CoROM is up and running on day one of the Special Operations Medical Association (SOMA) conference.
We are again running the Tactical Paramedic Review for the 10th year in a row.
