/bleeding-control Stop The Bleed en-US Tue, 09 Apr 2024 13:40:18 GMT /burns/articles/how-burn-patient-treatment-and-destination-are-affected-by-severity-9EuR10Nod3cvD48J/ Use this guide to determine when to activate air EMS and transport to a level 1 burn center Tue, 09 Apr 2024 13:40:18 GMT /burns/articles/how-burn-patient-treatment-and-destination-are-affected-by-severity-9EuR10Nod3cvD48J/ /unforgettable-calls/respiratory-distress-emotional-distress Stabilizing a patient in despair suffering from tracheostomy bleeding Wed, 21 Feb 2024 18:49:26 GMT /unforgettable-calls/respiratory-distress-emotional-distress /medical-clinical/from-guarding-to-burns-a-trauma-quiz-for-emts Put your trauma care knowledge to the test on trauma terminology and assessment Mon, 19 Feb 2024 20:42:01 GMT /medical-clinical/from-guarding-to-burns-a-trauma-quiz-for-emts /bleeding-control/pittsburgh-ems-expands-whole-blood-program-to-include-response-units-paramedics Expansion of the pilot program also allows paramedics to administer whole blood Wed, 08 May 2024 14:28:31 GMT /bleeding-control/pittsburgh-ems-expands-whole-blood-program-to-include-response-units-paramedics /bleeding-control/wis-student-works-to-bring-stop-the-bleed-to-high-school Torin Slaughter is raising money to install about 100 Stop the Bleed kits at Case High School Mon, 06 May 2024 13:15:16 GMT /bleeding-control/wis-student-works-to-bring-stop-the-bleed-to-high-school /bleeding-control/learn-how-to-save-a-life-with-these-3-steps-during-acs-stop-the-bleed-program In a concise one-hour course, participants will learn three essential steps to control bleeding Thu, 02 May 2024 20:33:35 GMT /bleeding-control/learn-how-to-save-a-life-with-these-3-steps-during-acs-stop-the-bleed-program /bleeding-control/colo-fd-paramedics-to-begin-carrying-whole-blood Colorado Springs paramedics are training on using whole blood in the field Thu, 25 Apr 2024 14:14:07 GMT /bleeding-control/colo-fd-paramedics-to-begin-carrying-whole-blood /bleeding-control/shooting-victim-is-first-patient-for-d-c-fire-ems-whole-blood-program Members of Medic 27, Engine 10 and EMS 2 were the first to use whole blood on a patient since the program started Wed, 17 Apr 2024 13:36:11 GMT /bleeding-control/shooting-victim-is-first-patient-for-d-c-fire-ems-whole-blood-program /bleeding-control/ind-fd-begins-carrying-whole-blood South Bend Fire Department is one of three in the state now carrying whole blood Mon, 15 Apr 2024 15:11:53 GMT /bleeding-control/ind-fd-begins-carrying-whole-blood /burns/articles/how-burn-patient-treatment-and-destination-are-affected-by-severity-9EuR10Nod3cvD48J/ Use this guide to determine when to activate air EMS and transport to a level 1 burn center Tue, 09 Apr 2024 13:40:18 GMT /burns/articles/how-burn-patient-treatment-and-destination-are-affected-by-severity-9EuR10Nod3cvD48J/ /shooting/7-wounded-in-shooting-outside-indianapolis-mall Indianapolis officers faced “a large group of juveniles,” including several who were shot Mon, 01 Apr 2024 12:55:01 GMT /shooting/7-wounded-in-shooting-outside-indianapolis-mall /bleeding-control/this-will-save-lives-atlanta-medics-begin-whole-blood-transfusions Medics with Grady Memorial Hospital now have the training and equipment to treat patients with transfusions Mon, 25 Mar 2024 15:44:37 GMT /bleeding-control/this-will-save-lives-atlanta-medics-begin-whole-blood-transfusions /trauma/ems-training-trauma-kits-highlighted-in-saving-professor-in-unlv-shooting Las Vegas officers relied on EMS training, IFAKs when they found the wounded professor Fri, 08 Mar 2024 13:46:47 GMT /trauma/ems-training-trauma-kits-highlighted-in-saving-professor-in-unlv-shooting /bleeding-control/atlanta-hospital-ems-begins-training-on-whole-blood-transfusions Grady EMS paramedics will be the first in Atlanta to do blood transfusions in the field Tue, 05 Mar 2024 15:48:42 GMT /bleeding-control/atlanta-hospital-ems-begins-training-on-whole-blood-transfusions /bleeding-control/ind-fd-is-first-in-midwest-to-carry-whole-blood The Crawfordsville pilot program is expected to increase a patient's chance of survival Wed, 28 Feb 2024 19:04:11 GMT /bleeding-control/ind-fd-is-first-in-midwest-to-carry-whole-blood /ems-products/Bleeding-Control/idf-delta-development-team-forge-strategic-partnership-to-enhance-emergency-blood-transfusions-on-frontlines Research underscores the life-saving impact of administering whole blood transfusions as quickly as possible Thu, 22 Feb 2024 20:50:00 GMT /ems-products/Bleeding-Control/idf-delta-development-team-forge-strategic-partnership-to-enhance-emergency-blood-transfusions-on-frontlines /unforgettable-calls/respiratory-distress-emotional-distress Stabilizing a patient in despair suffering from tracheostomy bleeding Wed, 21 Feb 2024 18:49:26 GMT /unforgettable-calls/respiratory-distress-emotional-distress /medical-clinical/from-guarding-to-burns-a-trauma-quiz-for-emts Put your trauma care knowledge to the test on trauma terminology and assessment Mon, 19 Feb 2024 20:42:01 GMT /medical-clinical/from-guarding-to-burns-a-trauma-quiz-for-emts /ems-training/articles/10-things-to-train-on-this-summer-Ma4dQHd0pRTTdwH8/ Conquer stressful calls, identify treatment challenges and pitfalls, and use technology to its best potential to save lives this summer and beyond Fri, 16 Feb 2024 17:07:36 GMT /ems-training/articles/10-things-to-train-on-this-summer-Ma4dQHd0pRTTdwH8/ /fatal-incidents/worker-dies-after-falling-into-pallet-machine-at-mo-plant First responders in Carthage faced a man trapped in a machine at the Schreiber Foods plant Mon, 12 Feb 2024 15:33:40 GMT /fatal-incidents/worker-dies-after-falling-into-pallet-machine-at-mo-plant /bleeding-control/mutual-aid-delivery-of-whole-blood-helps-save-okla-worker Elk City and Oklahoma City first responders utilized whole blood to save a worker pinned underneath a bulldozer Thu, 01 Feb 2024 15:49:20 GMT /bleeding-control/mutual-aid-delivery-of-whole-blood-helps-save-okla-worker /bleeding-control/d-c-officials-hope-whole-blood-partnership-will-help-reduce-deaths D.C. Fire and EMS and the American Red Cross have partnered to begin the practice of carrying whole blood Tue, 30 Jan 2024 15:25:43 GMT /bleeding-control/d-c-officials-hope-whole-blood-partnership-will-help-reduce-deaths /ems-products/ambulance-disposable-supplies/articles/drunk-versus-diabetes-how-can-you-tell-IPqqk8mtnAjBmJFv/ When the conditions are ripe, the distinction between intoxication and a diabetic emergency can easily be blurred Fri, 22 Dec 2023 19:36:48 GMT /ems-products/ambulance-disposable-supplies/articles/drunk-versus-diabetes-how-can-you-tell-IPqqk8mtnAjBmJFv/ /animal-attacks/colo-woman-gored-by-deer-in-front-yard A Silver Cliff woman was gored in the legs by a mule deer while she was leaving her home Tue, 19 Dec 2023 13:12:58 GMT /animal-attacks/colo-woman-gored-by-deer-in-front-yard /ems-training/fla-paramedics-train-alongside-police-officers-for-better-response-to-active-shootings The training ended with an exercise involving mock shooting victims, allowing medics to refine skills such as wound packing Wed, 06 Dec 2023 16:06:15 GMT /ems-training/fla-paramedics-train-alongside-police-officers-for-better-response-to-active-shootings /awards-grants/texas-paramedics-recognized-for-advanced-treatment-of-trauma-patient-in-crash Parker County Hospital District paramedics faced an amputation and having to perform bilateral finger thoracostomies Wed, 29 Nov 2023 14:18:36 GMT /awards-grants/texas-paramedics-recognized-for-advanced-treatment-of-trauma-patient-in-crash /trauma/4-stabbed-in-attack-on-la-university-campus Four women were injured in what authorities called a random attack at Louisiana Tech University in Ruston Tue, 14 Nov 2023 14:45:46 GMT /trauma/4-stabbed-in-attack-on-la-university-campus /impaled/suspected-calif-car-thief-impaled-on-fence-while-fleeing-police Vallejo first responders successfully removed the man from the fence spike Fri, 10 Nov 2023 21:23:38 GMT /impaled/suspected-calif-car-thief-impaled-on-fence-while-fleeing-police /animal-attacks/articles/lion-bites-ny-zookeeper-during-routine-feeding-MRSnuFIhz6Nt3FLH/ Utica first responders treated an injured zookeeper after they "came in contact" with a male African lion Fri, 20 Oct 2023 14:28:00 GMT /animal-attacks/articles/lion-bites-ny-zookeeper-during-routine-feeding-MRSnuFIhz6Nt3FLH/ /medical-clinical/articles/a-basic-overview-of-shock-for-ems-ruVOZ8HOYPTDeYCm/ A review of shock stages, signs and symptoms and treatments for the EMT or paramedic student Thu, 31 Jul 2008 15:59:30 GMT /medical-clinical/articles/a-basic-overview-of-shock-for-ems-ruVOZ8HOYPTDeYCm/ /tactical-ems/articles/whats-in-your-tactical-medical-kit-S1SUPl1AsbaFIl2o/ When you’re on an operation and you can only take what you can carry, what do you choose? Mon, 09 Dec 2013 13:30:46 GMT /tactical-ems/articles/whats-in-your-tactical-medical-kit-S1SUPl1AsbaFIl2o/ /mass-casualty-incidents-mci/articles/how-to-use-salt-to-triage-mci-patients-ioh8pD88282FDTdy/ Keeping patients moving toward definitive treatment through accurate triage of life threats is the key to EMS success at a mass casualty incident Wed, 11 Jan 2017 14:54:20 GMT /mass-casualty-incidents-mci/articles/how-to-use-salt-to-triage-mci-patients-ioh8pD88282FDTdy/ /bleeding-control/wis-student-works-to-bring-stop-the-bleed-to-high-school Torin Slaughter is raising money to install about 100 Stop the Bleed kits at Case High School Mon, 06 May 2024 13:15:16 GMT /bleeding-control/wis-student-works-to-bring-stop-the-bleed-to-high-school /burns/articles/back-to-the-basics-burns-QrGpiNPW1h3Hi692/ Learn about the types of burns, how to calculate BSA and how to treat burns and airway compromise Mon, 03 Jan 2022 16:52:48 GMT /burns/articles/back-to-the-basics-burns-QrGpiNPW1h3Hi692/