In trauma care, this kind of knowledge could save lives. When seconds matter, the team needs to instantly know who would be best at placing a breathing tube and who would be best at reading the ...

Survival rates of severely injured patients were correlated with EMS clinicians’ volume, not years of experience, in a recent UPMC and University of Pittsburgh study. The study, published Feb. 18 in ...

Bleeding out, or the rapid loss of blood, is the most common cause of preventable death after injury. Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and Ben Taub Hospital, part of Harris Health System, are ...

Nurse practitioners can help prevent patients from experiencing long-term cognitive effects by screening patients for concussions. Almost half of trauma patients (41%) admitted to the hospital have a ...

Nancy Hagans is an intensive care unit nurse and president of the NY State Nurses Association. She told BI what her job is ...

The Trauma Quality of Life Clinic takes a holistic approach to firearm injury to promote healing and resilience. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy has issued a first-of-its-kind advisory declaring gun ...

Cobb County Fire and Emergency Services (CCFES) performed the county's first-ever pre-hospital blood transfusion on a trauma patient. The transfusion involved administering red blood cells and fresh ...

HE IS BEING HELD WITHOUT BOND. TODAY IS NATIONAL TRAUMA SURVIVOR DAY. HOSPITALS IN THE AREA HOSTING HEARTFELT CELEBRATIONS TO HONOR TRAUMA PATIENTS, THEIR FAMILIES AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL TEAMS. ONE OF ...

Sunrise Trauma Center issued a warning Tuesday morning about a surge in patients with e-bike and e-scooter injuries.

A former trauma nurse at Legacy Emanuel Medical Center is suing the health system, claiming supervisors retaliated against ...

Wayne Memorial Hospital in Honesdale is pledging to maintain its care level while dropping its label as a Level IV trauma center.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When someone is badly hurt, their potential for survival often depends on what happens in the first minutes after they arrive at ...