For many years, trauma patients in the backcountry have had few options when there was concern for significant bleeding and developing hemorrhagic shock, but with a rapidly expanding use of whole blood by EMS agencies across the country, that is starting to change. Grand County Emergency Medical Services launched its prehospital blood program in July
Kate Patterson’s first SAR mission was the kind that search and rescue volunteers always hope for. A 71-year-old woman had been missing in remote Mendocino County, Calif., for several days. The terrain was steep and heavily vegetated. Overnight temperatures dipped down into the 40s for the two nights she was out. Patterson, a member of
Rick Lindfors – Meridian Editor in Chief Search and rescue teams are no stranger to responding to calls for help from unprepared subjects or locating missing people who lacked the necessary clothing and equipment for their adventures. But these lapses in preparation can have life-threatening consequences as evidenced by two recent operations in Colorado and
