Trauma
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On-scene considerations for EMS assessment for evaluating lift-assistance calls and making transportation decisions for geriatric fall patients
Memorization of acronyms does not necessarily translate to understanding; here’s a breakdown of what DCAP-BTLS means
Learn the key differences, signs and symptoms of compensated and decompensated shock to improve prehospital recognition and response
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
A driver and three people were hurt after a car crashed into a UPS store in Sacramento
First responders in Orleans were dispatched to a man trapped under a piece of heavy machinery at a construction company
The report focused on trending injury data such as penetrating trauma, fractures, hospital events and the Injury Severity Score summary
Two children are among the injured in blast that damaged West Park homes
A Silver Cliff woman was gored in the legs by a mule deer while she was leaving her home
“It felt pretty good to be able to actually see the people and thank them for saving my life”
All patients are reported to be in stable condition after a gunman shot through a wall of a Lumberton restaurant
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
Part 1 — The San Diego Fire-Rescue captain shares the emotional story of how a seemingly “routine call” quickly escalated to a near-fatal stabbing
AeroCare 4’s flight medic, flight nurse were reunited with a patient during a high school football game
Vallejo first responders successfully removed the man from the fence spike
A rope rescue system was used to recover the worker inside the Holly Sugar Plant in Tracy
Central Maine Medical Center’s ED was already at capacity when the shootings in Lewiston occurred
An explosion in Orland leveled one home and damaged two structures
Pueblo first responders were dispatched to the Evraz steel mill for a man trapped under a crane
Children jumped from windows to escape from the Brooklyn apartment fire
One patient suffered life-threatening injuries after falling into a mine shaft in Kern County
Utica first responders treated an injured zookeeper after they “came in contact” with a male African lion
The midair collision near Salt Lake County Flight Park left the paraglider passenger in critical condition
A Portland Fire Department spokesperson said one person was transported to a hospital with serious injuries
Four people were killed and two others injured in the Pacific Coast Highway crash
Authorities in Long Beach suspect the driver intentionally drove in pedestrians
People fled in panic as a shooting happened inside the fairground
