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The training ended with an exercise involving mock shooting victims, allowing medics to refine skills such as wound packing
The incident is the first time someone at Rockaway Beach has been bitten by a shark in 70 years
A tourniquet was applied and the worker was flown to the University of Alabama Birmingham Hospital
The “bleeding control stations” would contain tourniquets, among other life-saving items, and include instructions on preventing blood loss
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 an airway for him,” one recruit shouted, while another was heard repeatedly saying, “We need help, here. Help, here.”
Officers began first aid, and EMS providers took over and transported the man to a hospital in an air ambulance
Before Lafayette firefighters and EMS crews arrived, Nick Bostic saw the flames while driving, stopped and ran inside
Chief Joe Schrage said 30+ firefighters responded, EMS providers transported 24 people, and the department made trauma counselors available
Jessica Sirignano was first on the scene of the crash that killed Joe Stroup, where she was able to help save and treat Martha Stroup before EMS arrived
Cathy Trainor will be using her medical training and Russian language skills with the Global Disaster Relief Team
Along with a new vendor for their bleeding program, the American College of Surgeons also debuted its branded C-A-T, a “true self-applied, one-handed tourniquet”
Bodega Volunteer Fire Department Paramedics Jonathan Bauer and Timothy Saluzzo said the makeshift tourniquet may have saved the surfer’s leg
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Non-profit First Care Provider collaborated with H&H Medical Corp, Rescue Essentials and TrueClot to produce the educational video
Our cohosts discuss bleeding control, early tourniquet use and transportation to a trauma center
Researchers said increased tourniquet availability and public education can lead to better outcomes for trauma patients
The Salt Lake City Officer encountered a car crash while in Europe and used a makeshift tourniquet to prevent the victim from bleeding out
EMTs John Kahyaoglu and Tyler Smith demonstrated “outstanding patient care and quick actions in applying a tourniquet” to one of the injured patients
Challenge EMS providers’ critical thinking and appropriate skill deployment with these 3 penetrating trauma scenarios, ranging from moderate hemorrhage to exsanguination
After DHS announced a grant for high school tourniquet training, EMS1 readers weighed in on if students should be trained to help their peers in a mass shooting
As a response to the recent slew of school shootings, 38 teachers learned how to use tourniquets and pack bullet wounds
Paramedic Christopher Langdon used a tourniquet he had in his car to save Cassandra Moseley from bleeding to death