Triage
Steve Whitehead breaks down how real-world MCI scenes differ from those we practice
Put your trauma care knowledge to the test on trauma terminology and assessment
Practical takeaways from the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl parade shooting for initial treatment and safe transportation
EMS triage and destination, emergency department, transfer and stroke team protocols are essential to rapid definitive treatment for ischemic stroke
From full-scale to tabletop exercises, preparing for a mass casualty incident should be part of disaster management training
Great active shooter incident training takes a concerted effort to make exercises real, relevant, interesting and captivating for all participants
SALT Triage System is the foundation of the new MUCC Instructional Guidelines for training paramedics and EMTs in mass casualty triage
鈥淧eople were begging me to take them because they were in so much pain,鈥� paramedic Dean Weber said
Protection from above and layperson bleeding control are among the immediate takeaways from Las Vegas mass shooting for EMS personnel and paramedic chiefs
Students covered in fake blood or wearing fake arms with burns and injuries on them wandered around the college campus
Test your ability to apply the SALT triage method to a collection of simulated MCI patients
Orange County EMS medical director describes expected and unexpected lessons learned from the deadliest shooting in U.S. history at NAEMSP annual meeting
Test your ability to apply the START algorithm to a collection of simulated MCI patients
You responded as the first-in ambulance on a suspected active shooting scene; did you make the right call?
You are dispatched to a law office for multiple shooting victims
High-fidelity, full-scale exercises for SWAT and EMS at Urban Shield 2016 create a unique and memorable MCI and active shooter training experience
A National Academy of Medicine paper describes best practices for EMS responses to active shooter, bombing and terror attacks
High fidelity mannequins lay scattered in the grass behind the armory representing dying and desperate victims requiring EMTs鈥� help
EMS leaders and providers need to study successes and failures as an opportunity to reduce death and disability from the next mass shooting
EMS leaders, field personnel should review and reconsider their preparedness to respond to active shooters
Shooter dead in what is being investigated as an 鈥榓ct of terrorism鈥�
EMS medical directors discuss innovations and improvements in stroke patient, triage care at Gathering of Eagles
Embedding tactical medics and physicians into SWAT teams over the past few years has proved invaluable for MCIs
Chief Marlar confirms 2 of the victims related to fire department personnel; Treven Anspach, 20, son of firefighter Justin Anspachm, and Rebeka Ann Carnes, 18, niece of paramedic Brian McFaddin, were killed
EMS providers need to apply best practices for trauma patient triage and consider available products to improve patient survival
3 children were killed and triage was established for those injured after the bus overturned around a curve on a wet road
From the NIH to the Cincinnati stroke scale, RACE or the Los Angeles Motor Score, stroke scales are a work in progress
Without the right triage training and MCI supplies EMS field personnel are ill prepared to be the masters of disaster
Investigation reveals some 111 callers, an alternative to the 999 emergency number, with life-threatening symptoms did not receive an ambulance response
Video shows the high-speed, head-on collision between a school bus and SUV after the SUV driver became unresponsive
Mass. Emergency Management agency report highlights triage and treatment actions of medical personnel in minutes after the 2013 terrorist attack
Military training incorporated into a prehospital setting helps EMS providers make complex decisions when responding to tactical incidents
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