As emergency medicine has emerged as a distinct medical discipline, there has been a shift in responsibility for a key task in emergency departments: managing emergency airways to help patients get ...

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 ...

After a traumatic event, such as a fall resulting in head injury, broken bones or another serious outcome, going to the right ...

The class was part of the hospital’s efforts to strengthen community relations with local EMS providers as the hospital builds its trauma program and works towards its Level III trauma center ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Traumatic injuries can impact an individual’s physical and psychological health. Orthopedic surgeons should be a ...

ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - Carilion Clinic is two years from opening its newest addition, The Crystal Spring Tower, right next to Roanoke Memorial Hospital. That expansion will have more resources to care ...

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, ...

Ascension St. John now has a Level I Trauma Center, which means people with the worst injuries can stay in Green Country ...

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 ...

Sometimes it seems like violent crime is getting worse and worse, but the fact is, by at least one telling measure, it’s ...

The Food and Drug Administration said some batches of Prazosin, which VA doctors often prescribe to treat PTSD nightmares, ...