Trauma
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The Ontario Prehospital Advanced Life Support (OPALS) Study – a must read for EMS, investigates cardiac arrest, major trauma and respiratory distress
Judy Ortiz and Adam Van Duzen of Morrow County (Ohio) EMS treated Trooper Jason Phillips for traumatic injuries, including a bullet wound, after he was struck head on by a wrong-way driver
Chief Larry Freeman of South Mountain Fire Company confirmed that an unconscious man had to be cut out of the white Chevrolet Colorado pickup
Family and community members had raised concerns that the closure of two Niagara-area emergency rooms played a role in death
Shootings occurred nine hours apart and left the boy dead and the girl in critical condition
Chief said that the inside of the shop “looked like a bomb went off”
Kevin Peck held the hand of a woman whose legs were severly crushed by a bus until medics and firefighters arrived
The victim was conscious but unable to speak
Two other people suffered minor injuries, according to the fire department
Authorities said the shooter also died, but they were at a loss to explain the reason for the onslaught
Girl was one of four victims in a Nov. 4 drive-by gang shooting
One of the wounded boys was in critical condition Monday night with a bullet embedded in an organ
Officials say hospital staff abandoned their patients
FHP troopers say the 25-year-old driver Johnson Atilard and 17-year-old passenger Daniel Huerta died late Thursday
Deputy Caleb Sickinger and Benjamin Charles Poston, 61, of Roberts, were both responding to a report of a down power line
Model and fashion blogger Lauren Scruggs walked directly into a plane’s propeller, which sliced the left side of her face and shoulder and severed her left hand
A female EMT riding in the ambulance and a man driving the smaller car were medflighted
One of the paramedics suffered minor injuries and was taken to a hospital for treatment
Some fans were trampled and one person fell at least 15 feet onto concrete during a wild celebration by Oklahoma State fans
Eight people were brought into the Hendersonville Medical Center emergency room
The twin-engine Piper Navajo ripped apart trees and barely missed a family home as it crashed in a wooded area
Both civilian and military patients suffering traumatic injury have significantly increased mortality if they arrive at the hospital with lowered body temperatures compared to normal
There are critical decisions made in the prehospital emergency care of unstable patients with penetrating trauma
Since the armed conflicts in Korea and Vietnam, there have been remarkable advances in combat casualty care
Diagnosing an emergency trauma involves everything from chest pain to amputations to snakebites
Death follows 1999 incident where boy, 2, succumbed to hot temperatures after being left for 5 hours on bus from Pee Wee Wisdom Child Care Center
Siskiyou County deputies and Union Pacific police brought the woman to a waiting ambulance
After emergency officials arrived, one victim was seen being given CPR as she was taken away
Boy wrapped a T-shirt around his jagged arm wound to reduce the bleeding
Investigators do not believe there was any kind of mechanical error that led to the crash
