Trauma
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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
Coordinated efforts between fire, EMS, CareFlight and hospital physicians made it possible for Paul Rizzo to continue living his life to the fullest
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
Suspected tornadoes were reported in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama
EMS employee was treating an injured felony DUI suspect when she discovered the marijuana
Sixty-two children and two adults were crowded into the bus, which had just nine seats
Work was being done on the home’s water line when the gas line was struck
Devastating health effects of earthquakes, along with challenges responders face in wake of natural disaster, are outlined in new report
The Fire Department of New York says the workers were in a five-story building when it collapsed Tuesday
Police have been told to start evacuating nearby hotels and businesses
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
