Category: Trauma
Speeders Take Over Empty Roads — With Fatal Consequences
Despite the deserted roads, some states are experiencing a spike in traffic deaths.
Book, binders… and bleed-control kits
How School Shootings Are Changing Classroom Basics
Jiu-jitsu move may be lifesaver for trauma victims
A martial-arts maneuver can reduce blood loss in someone who has sustained a significant wound, suggests a small, proof-of-concept study.
To be blunt: Don’t drive high
Driving while high doubles your chance of getting in a crash — and it’s illegal.
1 in 7 child deaths in US due to guns
America lost 20,360 children and teens in 2016, 60 % of them to preventable injuries: 4,000 died in car crashes; firearms claimed the lives of more than 3,140.
Taken For A Ride: After ATV Crash, Doctor Gets $56,603 Bill For Air Ambulance Trip
While still lying in the hospital, the air ambulance company told him the ride would likely cost more than $50,000 and asked him how he planned to pay.
Unlocked And Loaded: Families Confront Dementia And Guns
There has been debate about how to prevent people with mental illness from acquiring guns. But what seniors with declining mental faculties who have guns?
Public Health and medical community pledge to decrease gun violence
Public Health – Seattle & King County is joining with leading medical associations to form a new collaboration with a renewed commitment to decrease firearm-related injury and deaths.