Trauma
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Rory Barros, who was hit by a drunk driver while responding to a crash, explains why giving up has never been an option
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Officials said sniffer dogs and cameras were being used to search for anybody else still trapped in the stadium
“It hurts,” firefighter-paramedic Amy Mack later recalled the girl telling her. “I don’t want to drown.”
Vehicle went off the road and crashed in a wooded area
Experiences of disaster can weigh heavily on responders, as each encounter with a victim or survivor brings fresh doses of sorrow and horror
Strike resulted in moderate injuries to two people and minor injuries to three others
Troopers say man would have likely survived if he had been wearing a helmet
At least 39 people went to hospitals after the storm toppled hundreds of trees and left several thousand utility customers without power
A 4-year-old girl broke her leg and several others were airlifted to hospitals
Coast Guard pulled woman from water before ambulance crew took her to a nearby hospital
Three EMTs and a nurse who treated defendant all testified that he was coherent, and showed no signs of having lost a significant quantity of blood
The ambulance struck a Chevrolet Corsica head-on when the Corsica veered into the wrong lane, killing the Corsica’s driver and a passenger and injuring four others
Crash injured nearly two dozen people and closing the northbound highway lanes for hours
Twenty-two of the 56 passengers on board reported minor or moderate injuries
A 90-year-old woman visiting a relative at a San Jose nursing home accidentally crashed her car into an exercise room
He helped a man with a gushing head wound away from the train and assisted a little boy in search of his mother.
A number of people were taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries
Eight people on the bus had minor injuries while the female driver of the car was airlifted to a Las Vegas hospital with serious injuries
Crash occured after a disoriented 91-year-old man hit the gas in his car instead of the brake
Responder says that four of the victims were flown to Sanpete Valley Hospital and the pilot was transported by ambulance
Chief says LAPD has “an abundance” of evidence tying Giovanni Ramirez to beating
Giovanni Ramirez, suspected of brutal beating after Dodgers game in March, remains in custody on a parole hold
Giovanni Ramirez, 31, who was arrested Sunday, is suspected of leading the March 31 attack against Bryan Stow, a 42-year-old paramedic
Shot man’s survival due to combined effort of dispatchers, helicopter pilots, ambulance drivers, police, EMTs and doctors
Officials are praising the first and second graders aboard for their discipline in the face of trauma
Responders used everything from backhoes to their bare hands to sift through the wreckage of the two-story brick building
Each kit contains $99 worth of gear adapted from an Infantry First Aid Kid
Police said the man’s car went off the roadway after he suffered some kind of medical incident
More of those shot, stabbed or beaten survive because of advances in medical technology and trauma care
Many have testified against the bill, saying many in their field have suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder and other serious emotional disabilities for just doing their jobs
The CDC’s Guideline for Field Triage of Injured Patients can ensure patients receive the optimal level of care for injures
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