Zero preventive trauma deaths. Is it possible, and do first responders hold the key to this lofty goal? Trauma accounts for at least 200,000 U.S. deaths per year. Recognizing this, in its 2016 report, ...

ATLANTA - A new program has already helped save more than a dozen lives in its first week of implementation in Atlanta. First responders with Grady EMS can now administer blood transfusions in the ...

CHICAGO — Injured patients were evaluated and received medical imaging tests 30% faster after an innovative performance improvement project was enacted at one hospital. "Being able to quickly identify ...

The scenario involved a simulated two-snowmobile crash with four victims in a remote location. The ground operations began at the Offield Family Viewlands and continued to the NCMC Nursing Simulation ...

FORT DRUM, N.Y., Oct. 13, 2011 -- Local New York civilian emergency medical services workers witnessed a special event Sept. 29, as they watched Fort Drum medics respond to and work through a mass ...

I love to make things easy to remember and repeat, because our job requires us to remember more than we have the ability to. We all learned that the ABC acronym (airway, breathing, circulation) is the ...

BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C. (WCIV) — Berkeley County EMS is launching a new program that will allow paramedics to give trauma patients blood transfusions before they reach the hospital — a step leaders say ...

In EMS|MC’s data, the average charge for a patient pronounced dead prior to transport is $975.55, with an average ...

Trauma patients and patients who need emergency surgery have little to no opportunity to get acquainted with the surgeon and team that will perform their operation. However, a large study has found ...

It’s a scenario-based competition designed to prepare emergency medical providers for high-stakes calls ...