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 ...

Five-year collaboration will strengthen training and preparedness, expand access to specialized clinical expertise, and ...

A Lifestar EMS crew received the Trauma FIRST Recognition Award for saving a man's foot by restoring circulation in the field.

Texas is piloting a new project that will bring telehealth services to emergency medical services (EMS) settings in an effort to extend trauma care access in rural areas. The Texas House of ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

On a ride-along with emergency medical services workers from University Hospital, they respond to 911 call of a man overdosing on the sidewalk. It’s one of countless calls that EMS workers at ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. — Guilford County EMS is bringing a hospital resource straight to trauma scenes. Starting next week, two EMS supervisor units will carry whole blood in the field for some of the ...