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War on Trauma

Lessons learned from a decade of conflict

This supplement presents proven concepts, techniques and products from military trauma care that have immediate application to civilian EMS. This supplement is sponsored by North American Rescue, Inc.

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FDNY EMT Involved in Controversial Case Killed in Off-Duty Shooting

EMT was involved in a negligence case where a pregnant woman died in December 2009.

Product Reviews From Street Crews

Check out some of the latest products you may want to use.

Fran Hildwine, BS, NREMT-P, CCEMT-P

Tourniquet First!

Few issues in the long and colorful history of medicine have generated as much controversy and confusion as the use of tourniquets to arrest severe extremity hemorrhage. As with many strongly held, traditional beliefs, the tradition is strong, but the evidence weak.

Gerard S. Doyle, MD, MPH | Peter P. Taillac, MD, FACEP

Terror in America's Schools

America is a nation at war. That’s a reality, not political rhetoric. And some of the battles in that war are going to be fought on American soil—in our communities, among our homes and loved ones.

John Giduck

Forward Thinking REQUIRED

Only by studying the lessons being learned daily on the battlefields of the war on terror can we ensure that our trauma care is state-of-the-art back home.

A.J. Heightman, MPA, EMT-P

The Origins of EMS in Military Medicine

Daved van Stralen, MD

From the Battlefield to Our Streets

Jeffrey S. Cain, MD

The Stress Paradox

I propose that “error is subsequent to the human factor.” In EMS, human factors collide with the need to decide quickly and act precisely, under conditions that are dynamic, stress-inducing and occasionally hostile.

Bruce Siddle