Post-Crash Care - Innovations in Managing Patient Entrapment and Extrication

EMS clinicians respond to nearly 1.5 million motor vehicle crashes on the nation's roadways each year. Of those, at least 55,226 involve patients trapped or pinned in vehicles in need of extrication.

In this webinar, experts explored entrapment-related injuries and the specialized skills and training EMS clinicians need. 

Panelists reviewed: 

• Current NAEMSP recommendations for entrapped patients

• The latest research from the United Kingdom 

• Traditional extrication techniques and technology

• Rapid extrication methods, self-extrication and the hazards of prolonged entrapment  

• Training and skills needed to manage entrapped patients and support patient-centered rescue throughout the extrication process

• Patient communication and airway, injury and hypothermia management

Speakers Include:

Nichole Bosson, MD, MPH, NRP, FAEMS, medical director, Los Angeles County Emergency Medical Services Agency, associate clinical professor at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA; faculty member and EMS fellowship director in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Harbor-UCLA. 

Tim Nutbeam, MB, ChB, Medicine, professor of emergency medicine and post-collision care, Peninsula Medical School, University of Plymouth, Great Britain; consultant in emergency medicine and prehospital emergency medicine.