I love to make things easy to remember and repeat, because our job requires us to remember more than we have the ability to. We all learned that the ABC acronym (airway, breathing, circulation) is 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 ...

RICE, rapid transport and a quick fridge check can change the outcome before a bleeding disorder turns into a major emergency ...

Advanced AEDs, sophisticated mechanical CPR devices and automated tourniquets put firefighter/paramedics and EMTs in position to save more lives and increase their ...

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 ...

(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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

CENTENNIAL, Colo. (KDVR) — In the three weeks since South Metro Fire Rescue started carrying blood in the field, the agency has already given blood to three patients. On Aug. 21, SMFR announced its ...