Triage
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Orange County EMS Medical Director Christopher Hunter, MD, Ph.D, describes the lessons learned from what was, at the time, the deadliest shooting in U.S. history
A guest lost their life and others were hurt aboard the Goliath coaster at Six Flags Over Georgia, prompting the company to close similar attractions at six parks nationwide
Idaho State Police say a crash involving a group of motorcyclists on I-84 near Caldwell caused several vehicles to pile up, prompting air and ground ambulances to transport about 15 people to local hospitals
A car crossed the center line and struck a Winter Haven school bus carrying 39 people, ripping off a tire and sending the bus into an oncoming Jeep that caught fire
Baltimore firefighters declared a mass-casualty incident after a car carrying four juveniles crashed into an MTA bus, sending 16 people to hospitals, some in critical condition
Chattanooga firefighters responded to a middle school for a possible mercury exposure before crews determined the broken thermometer contained alcohol
Seattle officials are considering tracking ambulance wait times after concerns over an out-of-state nurse line and AI-assisted triage of 911 medical calls
South Windsor firefighters declared a mass casualty incident after a nine-vehicle crash involving a school van and tractor-trailer left six people injured, two seriously
Gunfire erupted beneath the Space Needle during the Bite of Seattle, wounding four people, including a 2-year-old boy
More than 100 first responders responded after a bus crashed into a building in Pikesville, prompting a mass casualty incident
LAFD paramedics transported all 12 occupants of an overturned SUV after a Sun Valley crash
Four people were flown to a burn center and five others were taken by ambulance after a cruiser exploded near Chesapeake City
Los Angeles County firefighters declared a mass casualty incident after a tractor-trailer crossed a freeway median and collided head-on with multiple vehicles
Six people were hospitalized after a stabbing inside one of the nation’s busiest transit hubs, as authorities took a suspect into custody and investigated what led to the attack
Arlington’s Nurse Navigation Program connects some non-life-threatening 911 callers with registered nurses to help reduce ambulance use
Eleven people were taken to hospitals after a vehicle struck a dairy cow on Route 116 in Sunderland and then collided with a second vehicle
A possible fuel-related explosion aboard a 40-foot cabin cruiser near the Haulover Sandbar sparked a mass-casualty response
A valve malfunction involving boron trifluoride at a Lafayette Parish business prompted evacuations and hospitalized workers and first responders
Police said no arrests had been made after gunfire broke out near Arcadia Lake in Edmond
Four students and a security guard were taken to hospitals after the stabbing at Foss High School in Tacoma
A toxic gas release at a silver recovery facility in Kanawha County left two people dead and about 30 others hospitalized as officials investigate a chemical reaction involving nitric acid
A roughly 70-vehicle pileup on snowy Interstate 70 west of Denver shut down eastbound lanes in Clear Creek County
Officials say hazards have been neutralized at the East Providence facility, where a machinery blast triggered a mass casualty response
Approximately 15 people were hurt, some seriously, when an impaired driver hit revelers during a Lao New Year parade, prompting a large EMS response
Emergency crews from Hickory and surrounding communities took part in a simulated plane crash at Hickory Regional Airport, training on triage, coordination and response times in a mass-casualty scenario
EMS doesn’t choose people — it prioritizes patients based on risk, access and the realities of an unstable scene
Experts say differences in nurse line oversight, response-time standards and dispatch protocols across U.S. cities could affect how quickly patients receive care
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