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.
Mike Taigman and Nicole Holm join the podcast to discuss resiliency and chaplaincy
Focusing on swift triage, being good at the basics and having a plan for exfiltrating the wounded are essential steps to immediate lifesaving measures
EMS training in bleeding control must incorporate mass casualty incident plans and drills as well as the need to prioritize patient triage by injury severity, transport priority and the type of treatment – layperson or medical professional – that is required.
Her car flipped along a scenic highway; rescuers found her responsive and say she had a strong will to survive
Knowing the type of amputation, ways to quickly control bleeding, and proper body part preservation can lead to an increase in survival rates
Years of experience treating soldiers in the field provides a better understanding of how to respond to civilian trauma
He stopped to help after witnessing a crash, and was able to assist with the patient’s major leg trauma before ambulances arrived
He was at a restaurant cleaning the machine when it was somehow came on; his right arm was severed at the elbow
Dispatchers tried to focus and calm students calling from the scene of the fiery collision with a Fed-Ex truck
A paramedic scooped up the toddler and ran to an ambulance during the horrific scene; he died of a gunshot wound to the chest
The 16-year-old was stabbed in the back, and another student applied pressure to his wound until paramedics arrived
The high school students were on a college tour; some escaped through a window before the bus burst into flames, and responders set up a triage scene for at least 36 injured
She her baby were among the few pulled from the rubble alive: “I held onto that baby like it was the only purpose that I had,” she said. “I did not let that baby go for one second”
People once thought missing have turned up safe, but that provided little relief to firefighter McClelland who must bring closure to the relatives and friends of those who have not been found
The 2013 tragedy inspired him to start doing all the things in life he wanted to do, and the race association honored him by inviting him to run in April
The team communicates through text and developed an iPhone app displays a patient’s vitals and blasts out the information to the trauma team as members are assembling
Within hours of the mudslide, emergency crews were searching for life in a post-apocalyptic scene, dodging chunks of splintered birch trunks, half-buried pickup trucks and growing pools of water
Richard Newman, 38, was seriously burned when the helicopter crashed and caught fire; he’s in the ICU with burns covering nearly 20 percent of his body
Her 15-year-old sister was also seriously injured when the van was struck by a semi-truck
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After a broken ankle led to 12 surgeries and the amputation of his leg, the NY man sued his doctors for medical malpractice
EMS workers have been encouraged to talk about the traumatic collision that killed four, including the baby’s mother
The state bill and would use the money to support trauma hospitals, training and ambulance services; it’s in response low ratings on the ACEP report card
At the 2014 NAEMSP annual conference, emergency medicine physicians shared the value of ‘worst-case scenario’ planning
A medical helicopter was called but canceled due to high winds; he was taken by ambulance to the hospital with multiple trauma injuries
As the tide was rising fast, he stabilized the woman until rescuers arrived and she was flown to a trauma hospital with numerous injuries
The Pa. study looked at survival rates of seriously injured patients and speculates police may get to the hospital faster; it was careful to not call into question the abilities of EMTs
Fixing our issues with medical incompetence doesn’t begin with a degree, it begins with changing our expectations of ourselves
Like being a paramedic or an EMT, these videos show that no day is typical and that couldn’t be truer for 2013
Her death was ruled a homicide after an autopsy determined she died from multiple injuries, and neglect was a contributing factor
