Trauma
Prepare for patients who experience blunt-force or penetrating trauma with news, research, expert-written columns, podcasts and original videos in the EMS1 Trauma topic.
Approach the patient with an intentional primary and secondary survey to avoid letting painful and gruesome wounds distract from life-threatening injuries
Avoiding the 3 “H bombs” in patients with TBI significantly improves survival
Assessing for the 5 things that can kill people emergently when they suffer major trauma
Carry a small personal aid kit with you at all times to treat the aches, cuts and scrapes you are most likely to experience yourself or need to treat in friends and family
The woman was riding with a 15-year-old girl, who was taken to a hospital in serious condition
Doctors amputated one of the man’s legs just below the knee
A single-use, non-invasive, needle-less skin closure device
Show off your trauma knowledge with this quiz about trauma patient assessment and treatment
A segmented diagnosis is used for those who experience symptoms of complex traumatic events
Researchers analyzed charts for 2,100 patients who were 55 or older with head trauma who were transported to the hospital by EMS
The goal is to familiarize residents with the sights and sounds of trauma bays and the different roles played by doctors, medics, nurses and technicians who attend to patients
You are on scene with a patient who has sustained a significant injury; how do you decide whether to use red lights and sirens?
You are dispatched to a factory for a report of a man with his arm caught in a hydraulic press
Jonathan Arteaga was working on a mobile home when a jack gave way and the home pinned his knees to his chest
Stranded victims are at high risk of suspension trauma, which can be fatal in as little as 30 minutes
Since the shooting, the Orlando Regional now does four trauma drills a month
Jason Buck was seriously injured in a motorcycle crash July 2015
Lake Country Fire and Rescue and a hospital partnered to provide simulator training to sailors
Test your ability to apply the SALT triage method to a collection of simulated MCI patients
Types of crush syndrome, including traumatic asphyxiation and suspension trauma, described by Bryan Bledsoe in EMS Today presentation
Josh James said he treated over 200 patients over a two-week span, many of whom suffered injuries from shrapnel, artillery or IEDs
Police officers applied an emergency tourniquet on Robert Rendon after his motorcycle collided with a pickup truck
You are on scene with a patient who was choking on food; is your primary assessment as efficient as possible?
Compartment syndrome should be considered early to prevent dire consequences for the patient.
EMS, fire and hospital personnel describe interstate collision, patient entrapment and field amputation to save a man pinned inside his truck cab by 80,000 pounds of logs
Responders were attempting to extricate a driver when a log from one of the trucks trapped the man
Test your ability to apply the START algorithm to a collection of simulated MCI patients
This damage can result in long-term impairment, such as behavioral abnormalities, reduced impulse control, emotional outbursts, violence and even suicide
Tessie Smith was responding to a call in March when her ambulance was struck head-on by an impaired driver
The health system is also hoping to place bleeding control kits — including tourniquets, gloves and compressed gauze — beside automatic defibrillator boxes in public
RSI can be lifesaving when appropriately applied or deadly if not performed with a high-level of proficiency and accuracy
How will you care for a teenager who intentionally asphyxiated himself and is now unresponsive with agonal respirations?
Paramedics and doctors brought in fake body parts to show staffers of a school district how to tie tourniquets and pack open wounds with whatever they have
