Trauma
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We’ve all been taught the sequence of how to control bleeding, but what about teaching it out of order (and for good reason)?
Technological advances and training are moving hemorrhage control techniques from the battlefield to prehospital and emergency medicine
Yellow Dot Program would provide responders with basic information that could be lifesaving at crash scene
Fleets of ambulances ferried injured away from scene
None of 132 passengers or crew aboard train reported injuries
Patrol constable was recuperating Monday after undergoing emergency surgery
Results show effectiveness of helicopter emergency medical services compared to its alternative, ground emergency medical services
Stage rigging collapsed, killed 7 during last summer’s Indiana State Fair
Cable barriers — also called guard cables — began going up along interstate highways about 2 years ago
Accident was so terrible that grief counselors were called to scene
Driver of tractor trailer and firefighter were also taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries
Knoxville-area paramedics Freddie Leslie and Kristi Graham were among 5 who rushed to scene
Neighbor performed CPR, but boy died after 1 day on life support
Hypothermic trauma patients are less likely to survive their injuries, when compared to similar patients who are normothermic
21-year-old driver was trying to cross stretch of 4-lane highway when collision happened
Bus was making left turn when it was hit by oncoming semi-truck
Accident involved 6 cars, injured 6 people, occurred directly in front of fire station
4 died at scene; 1 later died while he was being transported to hospital
Worker was in traumatic arrest, apparently as a result of being crushed by debris; 2 others injured
Firefighter killed; another firefighter and police officer were critically injured after van allegedly veered off road, around barriers
1 was killed after falling head first in open ski area; another fell into hole created by underflow of water
1 adult in critical condition; another adult, 2 children in fair condition
Patient was bound to wheelchair when vehicle crashed into truck carrying lumber; rear of truck then smashed through ambulance windshield
Hospital security guards allegedly spent 20 minutes handcuffing, detaining friends trying to bring him to emergency room as he lay bleeding in car
Medics transported teacher to the hospital in Carlton County following incident, where he was treated and released
Shootings took place on Sunday at single-family home
2 other people critically injured when the bus crashed into a bridge in the city’s east side
In blog post, family say 43-year-old medic no longer needs constant medical care, will now undergo aggressive therapy
11-year-old tried to flag down car to help his mother, who was fighting with her boyfriend on side of interstate
Sophie Tezsla and Jonathan Zdybel, both 11 years old, have been upgraded from critical to stable condition
Sheriff’s deputies jumped into bayou, tried to save trapped children, but were unable to get into car
