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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Patients with major injuries should be taken to Level 1 or 2 trauma centers, according to state guidelines
Witness: One woman had severe foot injuries, grabbed bags of ice to help her and had coworker call 911
Victim eventually fell off van, struck roadway, suffered head injury
Driver: woman appeared out of nowhere
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Motorcycle drifted across the double yellow lines into the westbound lane, truck swerved to avoid
Crews treated disoriented driver, but he didn’t sustain any significant injuries
Court records show driver admitted he fell asleep at wheel in crash that killed 4, injured dozens
Sheriff’s office: Deputies reached area by helicopters, but it was clear there were no survivors
Thursday’s witness first to positively identify defendants as having been involved in attack on medic at Dodger stadium
First doctor to reach president after he was shot found him paralyzed, comatose, leaning against his wife
We started out driving fast because it’s about all we could do for patient, but now we have so much more in our arsenal
Contrary to what driver told authorities at scene, his brakes did not fail; 15-year-old girl remains in critical condition
60 percent of all trauma deaths in state occur where only 25 percent of population lives; 16 counties have no hospital
Flipped over multiple times, ejecting some of the passengers
Car went airborne, crashed and flipped onto its roof at a railroad crossing
Some officers estimate they take as many as a third of city’s shooting victims to hospitals
Eight students were taken to hospitals after wreck when team van returning from camp collided with pickup truck
Two of the drivers were being flown by a state police medevac helicopterr; the third was being transported by ground
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Shuttle slowed to accommodate road construction, was struck from behind by vehicle going regular highway speeds
Opinion has been divided on issue of trauma, including serious head injuries, and benefits of traveling longer distances to specialist hospital
Man last seen on day that investigators say his car was towed after single-vehicle rollover near busy freeway
3 students have broken legs, 2 of those will need to have surgery
Those dead include 1-day-old infant being brought to Chandigarh for treatment
We know that hypothermic patients are never considered dead until they are warm and dead
Flight was carrying 5 people with connections to Oral Roberts University to Christian youth rally in Iowa
Vehicle crashed into support beam with enough force to split in 2, killed passengers inside
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