Trauma
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Learn how to assess for deficiencies of a patient’s 3 Ps: pump, pipes and plasma
A 911 dispatcher shares his journey with vicarious trauma and burnout, and how he has become a crusader for other responders in crisis
Older adults tend to be under-triaged despite a higher risk of clinically significant injury
Driver of government-operated truck struck gas tank, which tipped over and spilled its contents
Over the past several months, Honolulu crews have undergone sex trafficking training in a city more prone to victims
Eight gunned down on a single street in the city
Police on Wednesday found the decapitated body of 2-year-old Zahree Thomas on the first floor of the Camden rowhouse he shared with his mother
The victims were taken to a hospital and witnesses were left shaken
Girl’s wound was still bleeding after doctors used staples to try to close gash on her head
Why would a successful trauma surgeon with a lovely wife and 3 young children volunteer to serve in Iraq? I’ll tell you why in John’s own words
Off-duty police officer reportedly lost control of his \car
Police say 10 to 15 people were on the bus, and minor injuries were reported
Boy was flown to a hospital in Duluth, where he was pronounced dead
Two pickups and a one-ton truck - all towing some sort of trailer - were involved in the head-on crash
She said she believed she’d die there, trapped under the mower and burnt to a crisp after it exploded
Video shows plane flying for several minutes before descending and slamming into some trees
Man photographed in a bus lane was fatally wounded when driver ran him over and failed to stop
Double-decker Megabus carrying 81 passengers blew tire, slammed head-on into concrete bridge support pillar
Responders, who were well off highway, were struck before car rear-ended brush truck
Ambulances including helicopter-borne unit tried to save man
2 workers were transported to hospital by ambulance and 1 was flown by medevac
The identities and hometowns of those who died in the crash weren’t immediately released
Man manages to free himself, swims to side of pool to get medical treatment
Welding likely sparked a blast the burned workers in White County
She says she will never have her own hair or eyebrows again
County fire spokesperson tweeted that medics were trying to gain access to driver trapped in vehicle
DOT truck driver was flown to Upstate Medical Center with head and chest injuries
Injured 4 other people
‘There is a Level I trauma center just a short helicopter ride away should a patient need it,’ says marketing coordinator
While attending emergency, woman driving ambulance allegedly turned into path of am oncoming motorcyclist, causing his death
Man had a large and traumatic cut across his stomach
Man told responding officers that he was walking with friend when he heard explosion, then noticed his arm was bleeding
Witnesses in nearby library said they were startled by sound of screaming
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