Trauma
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Footage of the crash in North Miami Beach shows the vehicle going through the crossing just before being struck by the Brightline train
Video from a security camera captured the moment the plane hit the roof of the Fullerton furniture warehouse store
The Honolulu Fire Department reported there were 30 fireworks-related blazes between New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day, a 30% increase from last New Year’s celebrations
Law enforcement identified the man as a U.S. Army Green Beret who deployed twice to Afghanistan
The attack killed 14 people, including an 18-year-old who had ambitions of becoming a nurse; authorities initially put the death toll at 15, which included the suspect
Officials said some of those wounded in the New Year’s Eve blast had severe burns and shrapnel injuries
A fight between two groups at a Sky Harbor Airport restaurant caused a temporary pause in service
First responders worked 60 feet above the ground, inside a grain silo in Boyceville to free a person trapped in a sweep auger
An NYPD spokesperson said the taxi driver may have suffered a medical episode before striking pedestrians in front of Macy’s in Manhattan
A Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue spokesperson said three of the patients in the Lauderdale Marina explosion suffered traumatic injuries
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A partnership between UCHealth and Thompson Valley EMS will have whole blood in supervisor paramedic response units in Weld and Larimer counties
A steel beam slid into the cab during a four-vehicle crash on I-395 in Norwich
Two workers in a Catoosa paint manufacturing company were killed when they were trapped by materials on a crane
Police said two kindergartners are in “extremely critical condition” after a shooting at a private Christian school in Palermo
Chief of Trauma Surgery Dr. Babak Sarani said D.C. is fortunate to have a fire and EMS service that is “aggressive with the program”
A gas leak is considered the likely cause of the explosion in Orion Township that was heard over a mile away
Early blood transfusions in the field can drastically reduce mortality rates for trauma patients, the Milwaukee County Office of Emergency Management said
Residents have been urged to shelter in place after an explosion ripped through a business in Louisville
The Air Evac Lifeteam 117 crew recounted their response to Apalachee High School, where they treated a girl who was shot multiple times
12 wounded by gunfire during a shooting at Tuskegee University
Hennepin Healthcare aims to join a national study on the pre-hospital use of calcium and vasopressin on trauma patients
A Maryland State Police medevac crew lifted the injured hiker from a wooded area in Carroll County
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