Medics examine ambulance equipment at AMBEX 2006. This year’s conference will be held on June 27-29 in Harrogate, North Yorkshire. For more information: adrienne.long@asa.uk.net

Rescue workers carry a person injured during an aircraft crash landing in central Stockholm, Sweden, April 12, 2007.

Medics tend to victims of a suicide car bomb which exploded near the prime minister’s headquarters in central Algiers April 11, 2007.

Emergency workers remove a victim of a school bus crash from the scene after an accident in Brampton, Ont., northwest of Toronto, Wednesday, April 11, 2007.

An ambulance arrives at Hay El Farah Abi Chouaibi Doukali avenue after a second explosion in Casablanca, Tuesday April 10, 2007.

Medical staff load Team Sweden goalie Kim Martin onto a stretcher after she was injured in the third period against Team Finland in Winnipeg, Tuesday April 10, 2007.

Emergency workers try to rescue a person inside a vehicle after an attack on the main police station in Cali April 9, 2007.