Trauma
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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
A team from the Institute of Neurological Sciences updated the GCS and developed a Structured Approach to Assessment to minimize variation in stimulation and response measurement
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
Five children from the Mitchell House Children’s group home died Thursday when their van collided with an empty cattle trailer
The students are between the ages of 18 and 22 who qualify for special education services
After a Monday afternoon crash, troopers and other emergency responders searched the area for the car’s driver, but did not find him
The boy was in critical condition when he was flown to Hershey Medical Center Sunday
Authorities say five people on the bus complained of injuries from Saturday morning’s accident, but no one had to be transported by ambulance
Rescue crews pulled the pilot and three others from the East River shortly after the helicopter crashed
Authorities said Michael L. Henry, of Pleasant Shade, Tenn., was killed when the 1998 Dodge Durango he was driving struck a school bus carrying Oakland High School band members
Officers reached the man on foot and pulled him out of the sedan before it burst into flames, but paramedics and firefighters later pronounced him dead at the scene
Emergency medical technicians treated four people on the ground but no one had to be hospitalized
Deputies say the truck’s driver didn’t notice the buggy, which had three people inside
Bryan Stow is now able to undergo physical and occupational therapy five days a week and sit on the side of his bed, and he is able to support a lot of his weight
Another vehicle was found nearby, but its driver did not survive the crash and there were no details on how the cars ended up off the road
A 6-year-old boy was hit Wednesday morning in front of his school
A bear bit Richard Paini’s right forearm, breaking a bone. Paini raised his left hand to push the bear. The bear bit the hand, turned and ran.
At least 271 people were hurt, none seriously, said Xu Jiangguang, head of the city’s health bureau
The episodes have inflicted a severe emotional toll on people, but also instilled a greater sense of community as people came together in the face of crisis
Police say a man doing a test run — a 36-year-old from Maui — was halfway across the 2,300-foot span when the tower collapsed Wednesday
The farm owner’s son told WCMH-TV the man was attacked by a 6-foot-tall, 200-pound male kangaroo
Investigators were poring over what remained of the vehicle after the Tuesday evening blast
From 2007 to 2010, roughly 2,200 New Yorkers had to go to the hospital — some as inpatients — after getting hit by a bicycle
Foot patrols face more risk from IED explosions