Stop The Bleed
Keeping patients moving toward definitive treatment through accurate triage of life threats is the key to EMS success at a mass casualty incident
Inspiring ways to recognize providers’ contributions, educate the community and recruit the next generation
Use this guide to determine when to activate air EMS and transport to a level 1 burn center
Expansion of the pilot program also allows paramedics to administer whole blood
Torin Slaughter is raising money to install about 100 Stop the Bleed kits at Case High School
In a concise one-hour course, participants will learn three essential steps to control bleeding
Colorado Springs paramedics are training on using whole blood in the field
Members of Medic 27, Engine 10 and EMS 2 were the first to use whole blood on a patient since the program started
South Bend Fire Department is one of three in the state now carrying whole blood
Indianapolis officers faced “a large group of juveniles,” including several who were shot
Medics with Grady Memorial Hospital now have the training and equipment to treat patients with transfusions
Las Vegas officers relied on EMS training, IFAKs when they found the wounded professor
Grady EMS paramedics will be the first in Atlanta to do blood transfusions in the field
The Crawfordsville pilot program is expected to increase a patient’s chance of survival
Research underscores the life-saving impact of administering whole blood transfusions as quickly as possible
Stabilizing a patient in despair suffering from tracheostomy bleeding
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
When the conditions are ripe, the distinction between intoxication and a diabetic emergency can easily be blurred
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
