Severely injured patients have a better chance of survival than ever before — if they make it to a trauma center. However, a significant percentage…
The goal of the national Stop the Bleed campaign [1] is to empower everyday people to provide life-saving bleeding control. While the program is aimed…
Results from a large prehospital care study show that patients with severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) benefit significantly from four simple field interventions. The study…
Recent studies have shown that civilian tourniquet use dramatically reduces the risk of death for injured patients. But how do prehospital tourniquets affect other patient…
Researchers have developed a portable computer system that analyzes patient vital signs during emergency transport to detect life-threatening hemorrhage. If validated for clinical use, the…