Trauma Emergencies

Motor vehicle collisions, falls, penetrating trauma

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Trauma Scenarios

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7 Medium
7 Hard
Basketball Player with Ankle Injury

Dispatch: 16-year-old male with ankle injury at basketball court. Patient is conscious and breathing.

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Fall from Ladder with Ankle Injury

Dispatch: 45-year-old male fell from a ladder. Patient is conscious and breathing. Caller reports patient cannot walk.

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Child Who Fell from Playground Equipment

Dispatch: 8-year-old who fell from playground equipment. Child is conscious and crying.

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Worker with Severe Arm Laceration

Dispatch: 45-year-old male with severe laceration to arm at manufacturing plant. Heavy bleeding reported.

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Penetrating Trauma - Stab Wound to Abdomen

Dispatch: 26-year-old male with stab wound to abdomen. Police are on scene and report scene is secure. Patient is conscious and breathing.

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Kitchen Burn from Hot Oil

Dispatch: 32-year-old female with burn injury at residence. Patient is conscious and in pain.

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Construction Worker with Impaled Nail

Dispatch: Construction worker with nail through hand. Patient is conscious and in pain.

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Pedestrian Struck by Vehicle

Dispatch: Pedestrian struck by vehicle in parking lot. One patient, conscious and breathing per bystanders.

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High-Energy Pelvic Fracture - Motorcycle Crash

Dispatch: You are dispatched to a highway for a motorcycle versus car collision. Police on scene report the motorcyclist was ejected and is conscious but cannot move his legs. The scene has been secured by law ...

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Industrial Crush Injury

Dispatch: Industrial accident at warehouse, worker trapped under equipment. Fire department on scene performing rescue. Patient is now freed from entrapment.

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Open Tibia Fracture - Motorcycle Collision

Dispatch: Motorcycle versus car collision. Rider down. Fire department on scene. Police advise scene is safe.

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Electrical Injury - Industrial Accident

Dispatch: You are dispatched to an industrial facility for a 34-year-old male electrician who received an electrical shock while working on a circuit panel. Power has been secured by facility management.

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ATV Rollover with Multiple Injuries

Dispatch: Dispatched to a rural trail area for an ATV accident. Caller reports one patient, ATV rolled over on hilly terrain. Approximately 15-minute response time to remote location.

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Near-Drowning at Community Pool

Dispatch: You are dispatched to a community pool for a 7-year-old male who was pulled from the water by lifeguards approximately 3 minutes ago. Bystander CPR was initiated.

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Hanging/Strangulation Attempt

Dispatch: You are dispatched to a residential address for a reported suicide attempt. Law enforcement is on scene and reports the scene is safe.

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Dog Attack with Multiple Injuries

Dispatch: You are dispatched to a neighborhood park for an animal attack. Police are on scene and report the dog has been contained. A 6-year-old child has been attacked.

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Motor Vehicle Collision with Ejection

Dispatch: Motor vehicle collision, single vehicle vs tree, patient ejected from vehicle. Fire department on scene, scene secured.

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Gunshot Wound to Abdomen

Dispatch: Dispatched to a residence for a report of a shooting. Police are on scene and report the scene is secure. One patient with gunshot wound to the abdomen.

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Industrial Machinery Degloving Injury

Dispatch: Dispatched to a manufacturing facility for a machinery accident. Caller reports worker's arm caught in equipment, severe injury with heavy bleeding. Facility safety officer has shut down machinery and...

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Industrial Explosion with Blast Injuries

Dispatch: You are dispatched to an industrial facility for multiple patients injured in an explosion. Fire department reports the scene is safe and secured. You are assigned to a 34-year-old male who was approx...

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Traumatic Amputation - Agricultural Machinery

Dispatch: You are dispatched to a farm for a 42-year-old male with a traumatic injury to his hand from farm machinery. The caller reports severe bleeding that has been partially controlled with towels.

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Spinal Trauma from Diving Accident

Dispatch: You are dispatched to a community pool for a diving accident. Lifeguards report a teenager dove into shallow water and is unable to move. Fire department water rescue is on scene.

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Industrial Chemical Burn

Dispatch: You are dispatched to an industrial facility for a worker exposed to chemicals. Hazmat team is en route. Facility safety officer reports the patient has been removed from the hot zone and preliminary ...

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