Amputation
Rory Barros, who was hit by a drunk driver while responding to a crash, explains why giving up has never been an option
EMS providers will be called upon to mitigate the effects of bombings and other incidents involving the use of explosive devices
You are on scene with a patient who has sustained a significant injury; how do you decide whether to use red lights and sirens?
Six months earlier, Medical City Plano formed the “pre-hospital amputation team” after Collin County firefighters expressed a need
Rory Barros had the operation performed after having 14 surgeries to try and save his leg
Despite several surgeries to repair the badly injured leg, Rory Barros’ doctors told him it cannot be saved
The team said a trauma surgical team will be able to dispatch in minutes to treat patients that are physically unable to leave the scene
Doctors amputated one of the man’s legs just below the knee
You are dispatched to a factory for a report of a man with his arm caught in a hydraulic press
Jason Buck was seriously injured in a motorcycle crash July 2015
Police officers applied an emergency tourniquet on Robert Rendon after his motorcycle collided with a pickup truck
Responders were attempting to extricate a driver when a log from one of the trucks trapped the man
Tessie Smith was responding to a call in March when her ambulance was struck head-on by an impaired driver
The first responders applied tourniquets to the man’s leg and arm, preventing him from bleeding to death
Police suspect illegal fireworks explosion responsible for girl’s hand amputation and blast injuries to her face
Medics treated the man’s significant left leg injury and bleeding from a homemade firework with a tourniquet
Noah Filer comes out of a coma and learns he’s a double amputee — then completes his goal of becoming a paramedic
After being in a coma after a motorcycle crash, Filer is the first double amputee to become a paramedic
A father and son realize their destiny is assessing and treating blaster and lightsaber wounds in a galaxy far, far away
A comic for EMS drawing off the real experiences of EMS
Doctors peformed amputations to stop the spread of Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
An alligator bit off a woman’s arm just above the elbow; the woman is doing “as good as she can be” after multiple surgeries
The man was cleaning the escalator and his lower leg became trapped inside the machinery
The doctors are trained in performing operations in the field, and crawled under the train to perform the surgery with limited tools
He resisted deputies’ efforts to apply a tourniquet before paramedics arrived
The teenager, celebrating 18th birthday, struck by train early Sunday morning; his father and other bystanders attacked medics and police coming to his rescue
The operation took place on the side of a cliff using climbing rope and a harness to keep him steady after his foot became jammed between two rocks
John Morgan’s leg was amputated after the crash; doctors predict nine months before he can walk and two years before he can return to the job
Without medical supplies, she used her body to control the bleeding of a fellow firefighter who’s arm was severed in a crash
You arrived to find a 23-year-old male whose right leg has been nearly amputated above the knee. Did you get your treatment right?
You arrive to find a 23-year-old male whose right leg has been nearly amputated above the knee. What are your treatment priorities?
He had just finished his first 24-hour shift when he dozed off behind the wheel and woke up in the hospital