Trauma
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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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Our EMS systems learn invaluable lessons from the horrible price our soldiers pay
The Central Ohio Trauma System said it wants the Ohio EMS board to adjust its rules to allow paramedics to veer from protocols if they think a patient needs trauma care
Baptist-DeSoto is now one of two Level 3 trauma centers in the North Mississippi Delta hospital region
Trauma is the leading cause of death among people 1 to 44 years old, according to the national Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Vast stretches are 50 miles or more from the nearest trauma center, making it unlikely that injured people could reach one within an hour and survive
Two of the students suffered serious injuries including skull fractures
The states’s trauma death rate is 20 percent higher than the national average because it is short of 25-30 trauma centers it needs
Responders began using markers to identify which of the wounded were not going to make it