Trauma
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Keeping patients moving toward definitive treatment through accurate triage of life threats is the key to EMS success at a mass casualty incident
Follow these tips when responding to a patient with a suspected hip fracture
Boston EMS implements nutrition, physical and mental wellness education, psychological first aid to meet the needs of its members
Donnie Smith’s family said there were ambulances outside of the ER, but he was not transferred for four hours
The Milwaukee City-County Trauma Response program trains responders to provide services to families and children that have gone through a traumatic experience
To reduce the dying from active shooter incidents the killing and bleeding has to be stopped quicker
EMS providers must be prepared to protect their communities at a moment’s notice
Six months earlier, Medical City Plano formed the “pre-hospital amputation team” after Collin County firefighters expressed a need
Improve your patient assessment of traumatic injuries in geriatric medicine
American Medical Response announced they have committed resources to train citizens on how to save lives during traumatic incidents
You are dispatched to a report of a male patient involved in a bicycle accident
First responders witness some of the most difficult moments in the lives of the men and women in their communities, and are charged to keep us safe at all costs
Rory Barros had the operation performed after having 14 surgeries to try and save his leg
Find important bleeding control products that can be used for incidents involving a single patient to dozens of casualties
Despite several surgeries to repair the badly injured leg, Rory Barros’ doctors told him it cannot be saved
By working together to combat acts of mass violence, public safety agencies will save more lives
Husband and wife EMS providers Mike and Jamie Shaw said they are haunted by images of the blood-soaked scene
The expectation of civilians to respond to emergencies has expanded from care of close friends and family to caring for bystanders and stopping attackers
In Chicago, more than 3,000 people have been shot this year, and the victim of a gunshot wound can bleed to death in only five minutes
Mike Washington and the critical incident stress management team helps responders talk about stressful incidents in order to keep crews mentally healthy
EMS providers need to be involved in educating communities in how to provide the initial response to critically injured patients
The program aims to teach bystanders how to keep victims with life-threatening injuries alive until EMS arrives
Medical Director Jeremy Cushman encourages BLS providers to develop medical preplans for technical rescue scenarios they may encounter
World Trauma Symposium speaker describes pelvic fracture anatomy, pathophysiology and evidence for reducing bleeding and improving patient survival with a pelvic splint
The six-port design allows for multidirectional drainage toward gravity, allowing patients to be transported on their side
The SWAT-T includes an elastic design to give the product the ability to treat a variety of injuries
The team is partnering with EMS providers to conduct the largest “Stop the Bleed” campaign in New Jersey
EMS1 readers debate over whether or not EMS providers should be sent into a scene before it is neutralized to treat trauma victims
Training teachers in trauma casualty care to increase survival during active shooting incidents at schools
The team said a trauma surgical team will be able to dispatch in minutes to treat patients that are physically unable to leave the scene
“People were begging me to take them because they were in so much pain,” paramedic Dean Weber said
Trauma researchers now recommend that EMS be brought to the scene as soon as possible — even before the threat is fully neutralized
Protection from above and layperson bleeding control are among the immediate takeaways from Las Vegas mass shooting for EMS personnel and paramedic chiefs
