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, ...

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

Motivation: Upon arrival on the scene, EMT-B's sometimes mistake dramatic fractures for life threatening injuries. The intent of this drill is to remind rescuers that extremity trauma rarely causes a ...

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 ...

James Sprunt Community College in Duplin County, N.C., held a mass casualty disaster drill simulating a structural collapse, engaging fire, EMS, and nursing students in realistic emergency response.