Although it is not a common occurrence, there have been documented cases where medical resources have been requested and transported to motor vehicle collisions (MVC) for the purpose of conducting a ...
FULTONDALE, Ala. (WBRC) - Arnoldo Vasquez-Hernandez lost his leg trying to shelter his children during last week’s deadly tornado. A tree fell through his home, pinning him to floor, and the only way ...
An iron company worker in Oklahoma City needed to have his arm amputated when rescue crews could not remove it from heavy machinery Thursday afternoon. According to KFOR News, the man had become ...
SALT LAKE CITY -- The University of Utah Hospital has developed a new program they say will be critical for patients who need emergency amputations outside of a hospital. A trauma surgical team will ...
OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – A doctor performed a field amputation on a worker who became ensnared in a conveyor belt at an iron company in Oklahoma City. The emergency situation occurred Thursday afternoon ...
It was a rescue scenario like no other, truly a matter of life and death. An EF-3 tornado with estimated winds of 150 mph blew through Fultondale, decimating entire neighborhoods and toppling a ...
A screenshot of a Youtube video about the elevation to level 1 of the trauma center at Medical City Plano. July 25, 2018 In May, the Frisco, Texas, fire department called Mark Gamber, a critical-care ...
On January 25, 2021, an EF-3 tornado ripped through the community of Fultondale, Alabama. The 100-year-old oak tree in Arnoldo Vasquez-Hernandez’s yard did not stand up to the 150 mph winds that ...
OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma – NewsOn6 and KFOR are reporting on a worker who had to have his arm amputated after being caught in a conveyor belt Thursday. Firefighters responded to an iron works, ...
Francisco Palma dangled upside down, his right leg caught and mangled in the teeth of ditch-digging equipment resembling a giant chain saw. Only his head and shoulders touched the ground. A trencher ...