Stop The Bleed
Day 1 of the Wisconsin EMS Association conference featured sessions on sepsis, electrolyte imbalances, facial trauma and traumatic amputations
Oscar Monterossa served in the U.S. Army for four years as a combat medic, but it was the Route 91 Harvest music festival shooting where the paramedic felt most vulnerable
When the conditions are ripe, the distinction between intoxication and a diabetic emergency can easily be blurred
A medical professional and a former boy scout applied pressure to Ralph Yarl’s wounds, checked his pulse and kept him company
Firefighters at Roseville Fire Department Station 5 heard gunfire and brought a wounded highway patrol officer into the station
After being transported to a hospital, tech executive Bob Lee died
Head-to-toe guidance for improving trauma outcomes
During a mass casualty incident, or when EMS isn’t available, survival of the wounded may depend on quick action
Animal bites and envenomations pose some interesting challenges to EMS providers
Twelve universities and labs are participating in the effort to try to make a synthetic product to treat blood loss in people
Public Safety Director Lee Schmidt said crewmembers will support EMS and police while gaining trauma experience that may help in an MCI
Honolulu EMS and AMR crewmembers transported 20 patients; 11 were in serious condition
“For person after person, it was the firefighters over and over again trying to be helpful in some way,” Second Assistant Chief Rob Sibley recalls of members’ support for the community
Rowan County EMS treated the three wounded first responders on site
Palestine FD members provided aid immediately, and the firefighter was transported to a medical center in stable condition, the police chief said
Take advantage of new resources to prevent over- and under-triage, and to guide transportation decisions
Chesapeake police believe “less than 10" people have died, after officers sent rescue and tactical teams inside to render aid
Crews rushed to move the injured recruits off a live electrical wire downed in the crash and stabilize as many patients as possible
‘We need a tourniquet': LASD recruits render aid to wounded after driver plowed into them during run
“We need an airway for him,” one recruit shouted, while another was heard repeatedly saying, “We need help, here. Help, here.”
After a 21-year-old man was dropped off at the station around 3:30 a.m., EMS providers transported him to a hospital
The Chicago Fire Department said it dispatched at least 10 ambulance crews to the scene on Halloween
Crewmembers treated the man and worried a shooter was also targeting them
Officers began first aid, and EMS providers took over and transported the man to a hospital in an air ambulance
The Bicycle Emergency Response Team is engaging the community, while providing quick response to difficult-to-access venues
Learn how the condition, which impacted Actor Ashton Kutcher’s vision, hearing and equilibrium, can present when symptoms are severe
In this episode, our co-hosts discuss a recent article from columnist Jonathan Lee about the use of TXA in the prehospital environment
The suspect was wounded and transported to a hospital for treatment
Before Lafayette firefighters and EMS crews arrived, Nick Bostic saw the flames while driving, stopped and ran inside
The angler caught a lemon shark and “got too close to its mouth” as he tried to release it, said a Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission spokesman
Chief Joe Schrage said 30+ firefighters responded, EMS providers transported 24 people, and the department made trauma counselors available
Monroe County Fire Rescue took the patient to an airport, and she received a blood transfusion during an air ambulance flight to Miami
Mo. firefighter Todd Covington described the derailment and aftermath, saying, the scouts “probably saved 20 or 30 people’s lives”
“You have to go in immediately. The kids were calling 911 for help,” said former Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo
