Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Arlington’s EMS can now provide pre-hospital whole blood to patients who have suffered blood loss. Just about 300 of the nation’s ...

Patient volume not tenure drives better survival in severely injured trauma patients treated by EMS clinicians, per UPMC and University of ...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) - At the height of the pandemic last year, paramedics in New York City responded to more than 7,000 calls a day. The amount of trauma they witnessed was a heavy burden many are ...

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, ...

Severely injured patients are more likely to survive if they are initially treated by an emergency medical services (EMS) clinician who sees a high number of trauma patients, rather than a clinician ...

Those are the first words Keedysville resident Scott Spitnale said come to mind when he thinks of his wife, Laura, and all the emergency workers, from the Washington County 911 call center to the ...

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 ...

An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link A handful of emergency calls from the coronavirus pandemic keep playing in Anthony Almojera's mind like montages in a film. Almojera, a lieutenant ...

If you or someone you love is injured, I hope you are comforted to know some of the very best emergency medical care is available close to home. When a trauma occurs, minutes count, and at Reading ...

Private vehicle transport is linked to a significantly lower likelihood of death compared with ground EMS transport for trauma patients, according to a study in JAMA Surgery. Researchers studied data ...