Air ambulance pre-hospital care (HEMS) may make surviving critical injury more likely as it's associated with saving 5 more lives than would be expected in every 100 major trauma cases, suggests an ...

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 ...

Air ambulances may be tipping the balance between life and death—saving more trauma patients than statistics say should survive.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Physical trauma is the leading cause of death in young adults. About 1 in 4 patients with multiple trauma is ...

Staff at Sunrise Trauma Center have an urgent warning for e-device users to wear protective gear and ride safely after a ...

Researchers are testing whether hypothermia can help trauma patients survive. Nov. 16, 2011— -- It worked on "Star Trek." Now, researchers are putting a type of suspended animation to the test, ...

SAYRE, Pa. (WBNG) -- Guthrie’s Robert Packer Hospital celebrated National Trauma Survivors Day by having three survivors of traumatic injuries who were treated at Guthrie speak on their experience. “I ...

A local clinic serving survivors of trauma has moved to a new location in Urbana, allowing more space to treat clients and teach others about dealing with traumatic events. After moving in late ...

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 ...