PITTSBURGH — Critical tools and training likely helped one Pittsburgh police officer save the life of another during Saturday's deadly mass shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue in Squirrel Hill.

Writing about a police officer being shot on the job always has been difficult for me. My father was an officer and I have friends and acquaintances on many forces now. I can only imagine the ...

Although tourniquet use during surgery has its advantages, presenters at a meeting noted in some cases it may do more harm than good. “Why do we use a tourniquet? We use it because it works. It gives ...

Scott A. Scherr, MD, FACEP, Chairman of Emergency Services at Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center Creating and applying a tourniquet is a relatively simple technique that can help control blood loss ...

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 ...

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Drew Barrymore's European vacation took an unexpected turn. During her Sept. 4 appearance on "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert," the 50-year-old actress revealed the shocking reason she had to ...

A father and his two son’s were camping when the unexpected happened, forcing the young boys to think on their feet. A father and his two son’s were camping when the unexpected happened, forcing the ...

In January 2021, Hudson Domb, then 15, was a passenger in a boat when he was accidentally thrown from it and his right leg became tangled in the propeller. “My leg it felt like someone slapped it,” ...

The risk of developing serious complications following a knee replacement could be up to 73% higher when a tourniquet is used, compared to surgery without a tourniquet. Serious complications during ...