Burns
The Independence Day holiday can increase the number of intoxicated patients and bystanders you’re likely to encounter on your shift so be careful out there
Keeping patients moving toward definitive treatment through accurate triage of life threats is the key to EMS success at a mass casualty incident
Use this guide to determine when to activate air EMS and transport to a level 1 burn center
Over 142 million people across the U.S. have been under heat alerts
Sizzling sidewalks and unshaded playgrounds pose risks for surface burns as air temperatures soar
Three people were injured, two critically when a hot air balloon came near power lines in Lowell
Rochester fire officials said a propane heater caught fire before the blast
Portland Fire Rescue said the person survived after possibly coming in contact with a 57,000-volt power line
Salem firefighters were alerted to an explosion and fire at the Tomo Japanese Steakhouse
The Riker’s Island captain suffered burns when her BWC suddenly ignited
The NYPD said the Florida man took out pamphlets espousing conspiracy theories, then doused himself in an accelerant
Deputy Alfredo Flores was one of two burned in a fire inside a mobile shooting range in October
Patients in the Pilot Point explosion suffered varying degrees of burns
Man doused himself with a liquid inside a barricaded area across from the Manhattan Criminal Court
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Los Angeles General Medical Center Dr. Molly Deane said it is remarkable the firefighters were not more severely injured
Two of the seven injured firefighters are in critical condition
The initial call for the Colorado Springs Community Response Medicine crew was for man lying near the water
Gasoline was poured into a fire pit after the fire did not ignite as expected
The 75-year-old Dalton man set himself on fire while using a lighter to open a bag of potato chips
Two children are among the injured in blast that damaged West Park homes
A pilot, passenger and truck driver escaped serious injury in a fiery crash on I-26 near Asheville
Oklahoma City firefighters arrived to find the pilot trying to save the passenger trapped in the burning wreckage
Marcellus Ambulance personnel faced a driver pinned upside down in a burning vehicle
The three patients were flown from the scene in Kissimmee to a hospital in Orlando
A shelter-in-place order was given to residents near Sound Resource Solutions in Shepherd
An explosion in Orland leveled one home and damaged two structures
Children jumped from windows to escape from the Brooklyn apartment fire
Austin-Travis County EMS treated three adults, one suffering from life-threatening injuries
