Feb 24th, 2010
When they arrived at the rendezvous point where emergency crews and the park rangers were waiting, firefighters examined Beauregard’s makeshift splint, decided it would suffice and loaded her on to the park rangers’ all-terrain vehicle.
“We knew we had done something right when the firefighters told us the splint ‘wasn’t pretty but it did the job’ and they were not going to replace it,” said Beauregard.
Oct 27th, 2008
She would often ride in the back of the ambulance with patients as they were transported to the hospital, or she would stand by on the set of an independent movie or television show during filming just in case there was a medical emergency. At night, she would hang out in clubs around Hollywood, and even circuit parties that would last all night.
Oct 18th, 2008
The new dressings are expected not only to save more lives, but also to bring significant cost savings to the government, Cordts said. Combat Gauze is less than $30 per dressing, compared to the currently used HemCon bandage, which uses chitosan from shrimp shells to stop blood and costs $88 per bandage. WoundStat also is less expensive than the QuikClot granules it replaces.
The Army plans to equip combat lifesavers to carry three gauzes, and eventually all soldiers will have one in their improved first aid kits. Combat medics, who are highly trained in emergency trauma, will be given three gauzes, but will be the only ones to carry WoundStat, since it requires more medical expertise to use, Cordts said.
Oct 14th, 2008
“We bring advanced medical care to the fight,” said Navy Hospitalman 2nd Class Rudy R. Estrada, STP surgical technician and San Diego, Calif., native. “With the types of injuries we’re seeing, having the MTB with us is a huge asset. Having the advanced equipment so close to the fight has saved a lot of lives.”
A wounded Marine’s chance of survival is increased exponentially if they reach medical care within the first 60 minutes of the injury or what the docs refer to as the “golden hour.” The golden hour represents the time from the point of injury to the time the patient receives treatment.
May 6th, 2008
I just returned from a mandated course on Weapons of Mass Destruction that is required for my NYS EMT recertification. It was a steaming pile of crap.
May 3rd, 2008
It was a fairly normal call. Mom was worried about her son’s mental health. May 1, 2008, about 8:30 pm.
Rochester City police officer Robert Osipovitch responded to the call. He found the suspect, and asked him to remove his hands from his pockets.
May 2nd, 2008
The Lutifiyah Medical clinic received two ambulances April 26 through the efforts of coalition forces.
Before this, the clinic had relied on Iraqi Army forces to provide transportation for critically ill or wounded persons.
Feb 10th, 2008
UPDATE: Democrat and Chronicle
The scale of Sunday’s chain-reaction pileup on Interstate 390 is best described by the numbers:
Thirty-six tangled vehicles.
Twenty-five people injured, including one teenager who later died.
Wind gusts up to 37 mph and blowing snow made seeing past the hood virtually impossible. [snip]
Buses that were headed to the Rochester Institute of Technology to [...]
Feb 7th, 2008
My poor wife. I left the base last evening a little late, doing the last PCR on the computer took a few minutes. I ended up being very late.
As I drove north on 590, a call went out for an auto accident. I could see somebody waving a flare so I eased over to the [...]