Approach the patient with an intentional primary and secondary survey to avoid letting painful and gruesome wounds distract ...

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 ...

Although Megan Funk concedes that improved intubation conditions and increased first-pass success often result when ...

From rapid trauma assessments to spinal motion restriction, prehospital trauma care is evolving with evidence-based protocols and structured training tools. Updated guidelines help EMS teams make ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - MetroHealth is teaming up with Cleveland EMS to help save more lives by training paramedics to give whole blood transfusions at trauma scenes using low titer O positive blood.

CLEVELAND, Ohio — When someone is losing blood from a gunshot wound or serious car crash, minutes count. Now, Cleveland trauma victims have a better chance of survival, thanks to new initiatives aimed ...

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 ...

When serious injuries occur, every second counts. On-the-go blood transfusions have been a regular resource for air medical services as they fly trauma patients to hospitals capable of treating them.

(TNS) — Arlington’s first responders can now provide whole blood to trauma victims, a significant upgrade in the standard of care for patients who have suffered blood loss. Whole blood is blood from a ...

HUNTINGTON — Cabell County Emergency Medical Services (CCEMS) is the first in West Virginia to administer blood before patients arrive at the hospital. It’s called the prehospital ground transport ...