Triage
EMS doesn鈥檛 choose people 鈥� it prioritizes patients based on risk, access and the realities of an unstable scene
Delayed treatment, disjointed command and outdated protocols are costing lives. Here鈥檚 how to streamline care from the crisis point to the trauma center.
Explore why START triage remains a go-to system for efficient MCI response and field prioritization
A roughly 70-vehicle pileup on snowy Interstate 70 west of Denver shut down eastbound lanes in Clear Creek County
Officials say hazards have been neutralized at the East Providence facility, where a machinery blast triggered a mass casualty response
Approximately 15 people were hurt, some seriously, when an impaired driver hit revelers during a Lao New Year parade, prompting a large EMS response
Emergency crews from Hickory and surrounding communities took part in a simulated plane crash at Hickory Regional Airport, training on triage, coordination and response times in a mass-casualty scenario
Experts say differences in nurse line oversight, response-time standards and dispatch protocols across U.S. cities could affect how quickly patients receive care
Victims say someone threw flammable liquid onto the fire in Whitfield County, sending flames through the crowd and prompting multiple airlifts to burn centers
Blowing dirt and heavy winds drove visibility to near zero on Interstate 25 south of Pueblo, triggering crashes involving several vehicles
Seven victims were shot inside a Tumbler Ridge secondary school, and two were found dead at a connected residence
A fast-moving apartment fire in East Orange injured 38 people and displaced dozens of residents, requiring multiple rescues
A chain-reaction crash involving up to 17 vehicles 鈥� including a semi-truck 鈥� shut down southbound Highway 99 in Fresno County as dense fog dropped visibility to 10鈥�15 feet
Fourteen people were injured when a Route 54 Houston METRO bus was hit and veered off the McGowen Street overpass
40 people were killed and about 115 injured in the Crans-Montana blaze, with authorities sending critically burned patients to specialty centers in neighboring countries
Gunfire erupted during a child鈥檚 birthday celebration at a Stockton banquet hall, leaving four, ages 8, 9, 14 and 21, dead
First Capital EMS providers Pierce Ragland and Dan Medford raced to the scene of an officer down call that left three York County detectives dead
A bus carrying teens and young adults from Our Lady of Guadalupe in Santa Ana overturned on a winding San Bernardino Mountain highway, injuring 26 and sending 20 to hospitals
In a rain-soaked, full-scale exercise, UNCG students triaged 鈥渧ictims,鈥� staffed field tents and coordinated with EMS
Eight children were among those injured in the Bladensburg hit-and-run crash
Gunfire erupted outside the St Helena Island bar during a packed alumni event before dawn Sunday
In downtown Montgomery, rival gunmen opened fire after the Tuskegee鈥揗orehouse game
Hennepin EMS official said the police鈥檚 swift, accurate tally of victims let medics move the wounded quickly to three hospitals
Volunteer 鈥減atients鈥� with mock injuries, victims of a simulated bleacher collapse, helped University of Iowa鈥檚 Stead Family Children鈥檚 Hospital rehearse rapid triage and stabilization protocols
A gunman opened fire outside Reno鈥檚 Grand Sierra Resort, killing three and injuring three more before being shot by polic
The initiative has equipped bystanders across 141 countries and all 50 states with the skills to stop life-threatening hemorrhage before EMS arrival
NOLA EMS Chief Bill Salmeron shares the inside story of how his team handled one of the most intense incidents in recent New Orleans history
We train extensively on blunt trauma and GSWs, but stab wounds also present a real danger for patients
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