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.
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5 heartwarming reunions reflecting the profound impact medics have on the patients they save
Saving lives with coordinated trauma care through pre-planning, training and relationship building
The nurse and her husband rushed to the beach and performed CPR after seeing two boys unconscious after being struck by lightning
A new road safety campaign features a human sculpture created with the help of a trauma surgeon
The nurse immediately performed CPR on the teen after she found him face down in the sand and not breathing
EMS leaders at Pinnacle learn how the Southwest Texas Regional Advisory Council improves patient care through collaboration and consensus building
Philadelphia hospitals, paramedics begin research to randomize stabbing and gunshot victims to ALS care or no ALS care during transport
A heartfelt image, viewed and shared by millions, informs civilians about the consequences of gun violence and that all lives matter to EMS providers
An EMT’s social media post made after the Dallas shootings has captivated civilians and public safety providers
How would you treat a baseball umpire’s significant head laceration as players, fans and television viewers watch your every move?
Chris Cebollero and Greg Friese, MS, NRP, discuss EMS MCI response lessons learned from protests turned violent in Ferguson and Dallas
Four shooters “planned to injure and kill as many officers as they could” during a protest and march in downtown Dallas
The Winthrop Ambulance Service and surrounding fire departments are equipping personnel with EMS body armor for everyday use
3 children are among the 64 people shot in Chicago over the Fourth of July weekend
Police suspect illegal fireworks explosion responsible for girl’s hand amputation and blast injuries to her face
Medics treated the man’s significant left leg injury and bleeding from a homemade firework with a tourniquet
The boy, walking alongside a trailer, slipped or fell before being run over by a trailer wheel
Once the shooter is dead or apprehended, the top mission for police and EMS is to stop the dying from bleeding and airway compromise
Brad Treat, 38, a law-enforcement officer with the U.S. Forest Service, was attacked by a grizzly bear while mountain biking near Glacier National Park
The death of a 26-year-old farm equipment operator has been ruled an accident
The two Kentucky EMS providers were loading a motor vehicle collision patient into the ambulance when the rig was struck by lightning
Two Acadian Ambulance EMTs and two bystanders were struck while tending to an accident victim
Members of the Traditionalist Worker Party and counter protesters were treated for stab wounds, cuts, scrapes and bruises
There is a significant correlation between operational stress, organizational stress, critical incident stress, alcohol use and post-traumatic stress
Mostly farmers, homeless people and those outdoors, were killed after being struck by lightning since Tuesday
400 instructors, volunteers and patient actors, along with with 26 ambulances and two helicopters, helped paramedic students complete 70 different scenarios
STARS in Manitoba helicopters will fly with two units of O-negative blood for patient use on scene or during transport to a trauma center
FDNY EMS Lt. JoAnn Restko fell from a ledge near Roaring Brook Falls while taking a picture