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I started fishing in my handlebar bag for my Garmin InReach as I rolled up on a younger man attempting inadequate CPR on an older man”
An infant is in critical condition after the crash near Muni’s West Portal Station
Jim Meyer suffered a broken vertebra and multiple skull fractures when the tree struck him during training
Birmingham firefighters worked to rescue the driver from under the beam, estimated to weigh 60,000 pounds
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
A shopper described the scene as chaotic when an SUV crashed into the Canton Township store’s main entrance
The Crawfordsville pilot program is expected to increase a patient’s chance of survival
The new instructor program is tailored for police and other first responders seeking to teach their communities how to Stop the Bleed
Research underscores the life-saving impact of administering whole blood transfusions as quickly as possible
Kenji Inaba’s training helps officers on the field treat gunshot wounds and other injuries; officers in the metropolitan division undergo medical training drills every four weeks
Los Angeles General Medical Center Dr. Molly Deane said it is remarkable the firefighters were not more severely injured
Two of the seven injured firefighters are in critical condition
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
Doctors had told the hunter’s family that he may not walk again
Two of the four patients were pinned inside the car after they tried to go around a railroad crossing in Harvey
Most of the first Monterey Park firefighters on the scene of the Star Ballroom Dance Studio shooting had less than five years on the job
Victims had left their vehicles after an earlier crash on I-81 in Lackawanna County
The NTSB, FAA are assisting local authorities in investigating the cause of the hot air balloon crash in Elroy
Approximately 44% of the Piqua Fire Department’s transports in 2023 were to Kettering Health Piqua
Renner’s snowmobile rolled over, breaking 30 bones, leaving him in critical condition
Two of the three injured workers suffered traumatic injuries
One patient was pinned underneath a food truck, and a police officer was injured in the Manhattan incident
The house explosion in Northfield Township was heard for miles and left only the basement visbile
First responders in Westborough use airbags, cribbing to lift the 53-foot-long box trailer off the victim