Trauma
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What do Abraham Lincoln, the Revolutionary War, and an orthopedist named Thomas all have in common? They all played a pioneering & influential role in trauma care within the U.S.
The unfortunate reality remains that victims die because of treatment delays
A paramedic details how EMS providers carry the weight of difficult calls with them through their next interactions with patients and families
Army combat medics are trained to provide medical assistance in combat situations and can provide trauma care that’s beyond the scope of civilian medics with EMS or EMT training
The tanker was carrying 8,500 gallons of gasoline when it exploded in towering flames
Initial reports suggested fog and wet road surfaces were partly to blame for the huge collision
Man was about 25 feet up in a tree doing landscaping work when he cut his leg with the chainsaw
While keeping his players on the bus, coach his assistant coaches offered what assistance they could
The bus was carrying 12 agricultural studies students, three faculty members and a faculty member’s wife
Neither Jefferson County emergency services nor State Police would immediately comment
The bus from a private Louisville school was on a field trip to Mammoth Cave when the crash occurred
There is no reason why trauma scissors, Leatherman tools and folding knives need to be carried where potentially violent patients can grab them
The Combat Casualty Training Consortium will analyze medical information collected on the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan over the past decade
Just after midnight early Tuesday, two men started shooting at each other on Bourbon Street
Two 12-year-olds were charged after allegedly pushing a shopping cart off a fourth-floor walkway
Three victims were found during the weekend but unstable concrete, hanging steel beams and other damage had forced crews to temporarily call off their search
Eric Tarantino was bitten in the neck and arm, both non-life-threatening injuries
San Marcos police say Diann Ford was returning from her job at Long John Silver’s late Tuesday when she was hit
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None of the minivan’s 10 occupants were wearing seatbelts when the crash happened Thursday night
In Ventura County, mortality data show promising results for the fledgling program
Dozens of people were trapped in mounds of concrete, twisted steel and construction debris after hundreds of buildings in two cities
Erlanger Health System launched its “All Hazards Emergency Operations Plan” by early evening
Two passengers have been airlifted to a hospital, where they were in fair condition
Mark Godfrey Jr., 23, was eloctrocuted when a forklift his father was operating came into contact with 12,000 volt wires
Keenia Williams was taking her 5-year-old daughter to school before heading to her job at a senior center when she saw the accident unfold in her rear-view mirror
The operator, Rebecca Blackstop, kept the boy on the phone while dispatching an ambulance and kept him talking
The Hinckley woman died at a hospital Tuesday after being hit near a dark intersection at about 7 a.m
The family wrote on a blog Tuesday that doctors said Savannah Webster would not recover further from severe brain injuries
A video showing a toddler hit twice by vans and then ignored by passers-by is sparking outrage in China
Five people in two vehicles were hurt in a head-on crash in Hanson, Mass.
A high school football player died after he was hit during a varsity game in upstate New York and suffered a head injury
Paramedics transported two elderly people with serious injuries, including lower extremity bone fractures, and three other people with moderate injuries, to Marin General Hospital
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