Stop The Bleed
EMS agencies can tap into $5 billion in SS4A grant funds to improve post-crash care, reduce response times and prevent avoidable traffic fatalities
Challenge EMS providers’ critical thinking and appropriate skill deployment with these 3 penetrating trauma scenarios, ranging from moderate hemorrhage to exsanguination
Bleeding control saves lives — here’s how Stop the Bleed training fits into your emergency response protocol
Put your trauma care knowledge to the test on trauma terminology and assessment
Conquer stressful calls, identify treatment challenges and pitfalls, and use technology to its best potential to save lives this summer and beyond
First responders in Carthage faced a man trapped in a machine at the Schreiber Foods plant
Elk City and Oklahoma City first responders utilized whole blood to save a worker pinned underneath a bulldozer
D.C. Fire and EMS and the American Red Cross have partnered to begin the practice of carrying whole blood
A Silver Cliff woman was gored in the legs by a mule deer while she was leaving her home
The training ended with an exercise involving mock shooting victims, allowing medics to refine skills such as wound packing
Parker County Hospital District paramedics faced an amputation and having to perform bilateral finger thoracostomies
Four women were injured in what authorities called a random attack at Louisiana Tech University in Ruston
Vallejo first responders successfully removed the man from the fence spike
Utica first responders treated an injured zookeeper after they “came in contact” with a male African lion
One of the patients was transported to a hospital in critical condition
The report on the shooting in Virginia Beach that killed 12 people covered more training for first responders and teaching civilians how to slow victim bleeding
Black Hills Life Flight becomes the first in the state to have its aircraft carrying whole blood
Five Taunton police officers, including the police chief, were stabbed by the suspect after he crashed into a house
Travis Muller was cleaning out the bin when he became caught in the power sweep auger
The IAEMSC position cites numerous studies highlighting the advantages of prehospital administration of blood and blood products
The state’s “Blood on Board” program has delivered whole blood to 23 patients across the state since its start in May
The incident is the first time someone at Rockaway Beach has been bitten by a shark in 70 years
As West Manatee Fire Rescue personnel were clearing the crash scene a boat with a shark bite victim arrived at the boat ramp
Mikala Jones traveled the world taking first-person images from inside massive waves
The Tidewater EMS Council is looking at treating young trauma patients and adding more locations
HELP training is a new program offered to houses of worship and religious community groups
A partnership with 3 air ambulances and a blood center will deliver whole blood for the first time in 30 years
Video: Watch as a police officer manages the first critical minutes of a stabbing
A tourniquet was applied and the worker was flown to the University of Alabama Birmingham Hospital
Austin-Travis County EMS reached a considerable milestone last week with their Whole Blood Program
Four years ago at Chabad of Poway a gunman opened fire during a Passover service, killing one of the congregants and wounding three others
The “bleeding control stations” would contain tourniquets, among other life-saving items, and include instructions on preventing blood loss
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