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
The agency is one of two in the nation to administer blood transfusions
Our co-hosts discuss a scenario about a mall stabbing and how to stop bleeding without getting grossly contaminated
You responded as the first-in ambulance on a suspected active shooting scene; did you make the right call?
You are dispatched to a law office for multiple shooting victims
Trauma care experts are increasingly focusing on ways to help civilian victims of violence avoid bleeding to death at the scene
The weapon “narrowly missed” his carotid artery, but the medic finished his shift after receiving treatment
The rapper was 25 when he was shot Sept. 7, 1996.
A woman suffered a gruesome in-home accident and couldn’t stop the bleeding on her own
Cypress Creek medics believe the patient would not have made it to the hospital alive without the transfusion
NAEMT is accepting nominations until Sept. 5 for EMTs who are in financial need due to a severe injury
The 31-year-old says “It’s been a rough four years”
The metal rail exited through the woman’s back near her rib cage and extended through the rear of the car
An honest reflection on the worst suffering I have seen as a paramedic is as I roll up to a bad motor vehicle collision
The officer fixed tourniquets on both of the victim’s legs to stop arterial bleeding before EMTs arrived
Trampoline parks are hotspots for injury because multiple people will bounce at the same time
The first responders applied tourniquets to the man’s leg and arm, preventing him from bleeding to death
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?
