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, ...

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 ...

The Trauma Index’s companion report, the 2026 ESO EMS Index, offers trauma systems visibility into prehospital data and a richer evidence base for improving outcomes.

The EMS Assessment Team provided a list of recommendations resulting from their findings during the recent community visit and survey of area stakeholder groups. In the 35-page report released at ...

The Western Michigan University Resiliency Center for Families and Children (RCFC) was established in 2020 to address the multifaceted needs of those in our community. Our clinicians are universally ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — When someone is losing blood from a gunshot wound or serious car crash, minutes count. Now, Cleveland trauma victims have a better chance of survival, thanks to new initiatives aimed ...

BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C. (WCIV) — Berkeley County EMS is launching a new program that will allow paramedics to give trauma patients blood transfusions before they reach the hospital — a step leaders say ...

Editor's Note: This is the first installment in a three-part series on medical transportation and EMS. Read the second part, "Equipping EMS." Emergency medical technicians, first responders and ...