WORCESTER — On a Saturday afternoon at the Worcester Public Library’s main branch, the center of attention was a rubber prop meant to mimic a wounded human limb. About a dozen people, women and men of ...

Knowing your ABCs can save the life of a gunshot, car-crash or stabbing victim. Those are the lifesaving tips a small gathering of residents and youth learned around a picnic table in Sherman Park as ...

With the help of Hans the manikin, students in the Stop the Bleed program learn how to apply tourniquets at Harborview Medical Center. In emergency situations, severe bleeding is a common cause of ...

Share on Facebook. Opens in a new tab or window Share on Bluesky. Opens in a new tab or window Share on X. Opens in a new tab or window Share on LinkedIn. Opens in a new tab or window About 8 years ...

Rocklin, California (CNN) — When I visited Rocklin Elementary school, I sat in on a lesson with a third-grade class – a lesson I would never have imagined as a father, a journalist or a trauma surgeon ...

FORT DETRICK, Md. – Every year, nearly 200,000 people die from traumatic injuries sustained in car crashes, trips and falls and accidents at work. The number-one cause of preventable death in such ...

Knowing how to control bleeding quickly and effectively—and having the right equipment on hand—saves lives in the case of a traumatic accident. There are several effective ways to control bleeding in ...

Those are the lifesaving tips a small gathering of residents and youth learned around a picnic table in Sherman Park as part of a Stop the Bleed training. The Sherman Park community is undertaking an ...