“Chest pain” is a comprehensive complaint that could signify several medical or trauma-related issues. On the other hand, your patient might deny a complaint of chest pain or discomfort but still be ...

TJ Smith knew better than to let a decade pass without seeing a doctor. After all, he was a volunteer EMT in Powhatan, Virginia. He dealt with health scares all the time. And, truth be told, he’d let ...

Editor's Note: This is the first installment in a three-part series on medical transportation and EMS. Read the second part, "Equipping EMS." Emergency medical technicians, first responders and ...

Those are the first words Keedysville resident Scott Spitnale said come to mind when he thinks of his wife, Laura, and all the emergency workers, from the Washington County 911 call center to the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Arlington’s EMS can now provide pre-hospital whole blood to patients who have suffered blood loss. Just about 300 of the nation’s ...

I love to make things easy to remember and repeat, because our job requires us to remember more than we have the ability to. We all learned that the ABC acronym (airway, breathing, circulation) is the ...