trauma

Unlocking the Path to Recovery for Those Who Brave the Frontlines of Trauma First responders are the silent heroes who face the darkest moments of humanity. They tread where others dare not, experience the unbearable, and stand strong in…

Chest trauma is one of the most frequent first aid and ambulance crew medical intervention situations: it must be known accurately, therefore

Despite the evolution of stretchers, the stretcher sheet remains an indispensable aid in certain rescue situations

With "polytrauma" or "polytraumatized" in medicine we mean by definition an injured patient who presents associated injuries to two or more parts of the body (skull, spine, thorax, abdomen, pelvis, limbs) with current or potential…

The Emergency Room (sometimes Emergency Department or Emergency Room, hence the acronyms ED and ER) is an operating unit of hospitals expressly equipped to accommodate emergency cases, divide patients based on the seriousness of the…

A person will be diagnosed with chest trauma when they have a severe chest injury

Instead, they are designed for use with individual patients injured in the United States due to motor vehicle accidents, falls, penetrating injuries, and other mechanisms of injury.

Chest injuries are responsible for 25% of all traumatic deaths annually. It is important for all EMS providers to be suspicious and vigilant when faced with a chest trauma patient

Penetrating trauma results in a complex interplay between various mechanisms of injury. The unpredictable nature of the resulting trauma leads to many unique patient presentations

Pneumothorax and Hemothorax are collections of abnormal material (air and blood, respectively) within the chest (thoracic) cavity, in the space normally occupied by the tissue of the lungs