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.
The negative association between number of airway attempts and neuro-intact survival following OHCA
How to best manage our high-stress, time-compressed working conditions to control fight-or-flight response
MCHD medical directors discuss whole blood alternatives and implementation considerations
Video captured of boy falling from ski lift at Liberty Mountain Resort in Pa.
Kas. gun store owners and suspects exchange gun fire; 2 suspects critically wounded
Ambulances transport 10 children with non-life threatening injuries to hospitals
She walked about a mile through the woods in near-freezing temperatures and knocked on a stranger’s door for help
Democratic leader suffers broken ribs, bones after elastic band broke and he fell
Wis. state EMS officials will investigate allegations against ambulance company of improper transport destination and failure to file special event plan
Higher level of care available in new year for traumatic injuries and medical emergencies
Shanghai waterfront celebration turns deadly; victims suffocated and trampled
The Australian medic coordinated a Thailand hospital’s disaster response during the chaos
Man allegedly stabbed by Diamond, from ‘Saved by the Bell,’ treated by ambulance crew
He landed on a car and survived; injuries include extensive brain trauma, a shattered pelvis and a broken arm but he already “wants to get up and run”
Lightning struck a car outside stadium, knocking people over; spokesman reports no serious injuries
The teenager, celebrating 18th birthday, struck by train early Sunday morning; his father and other bystanders attacked medics and police coming to his rescue
The 9-year-old driver tried to avoid a police checkpoint; a state trooper followed the car which ran off the road and overturned, ejecting two boys ages 3 and 13 who died
AirLink VitaLink able to administer Tranexamic Acid to trauma patients with severe bleeding while en route to the New Hanover Medical Center
Changes by B.C. Ambulance include an educational campaign and bringing in a clinical psychologist after the service acknowledged it has not done enough to help employees cope with trauma
Public safety culture is changing, with it perhaps the notion that emergency service workers are somehow immune to emotional injury from traumatic events
Experienced providers should re-evaluate priorities before riding a bad idea into the ground
He was transported to trauma center with hip and leg injuries
Intravenous therapy should be performed only when medically necessary, and under stringent guidelines
He died from a rare injury of vertebral artery dissection, which resulted in severe bleeding on his brain; there are only 100 documented cases
Police, ambulance crew assist family in searching for and locating boys trapped for hours in cold and snow
One driver involved in the crash said a woman who got out of her car was hit by another vehicle.
Hosts Chris Cebollero and Kelly Grayson discuss the need for more resources to help paramedics deal with mental health issues
Training aims to prepare bystanders to for situations when scene-safety prevents EMS access to victims
A flight photographer’s PR assignment quickly changes as he captures the response to a serious medical call
Jessica Galvin made the life-saving call to treat him on the scene; she is the first woman to receive her community’s local EMT of the Year award
The kit aims to ease coordination, treatment, and extraction in hostile situations
