EMS (Emergency Medical Science)

What is it like to be an emergency medical technician? In this Career Q&A video interview, Jeff Broyles talks about his career path, what he does on the job, and the keys to success working as an emergency medical technician. He also offers candid advice on breaking into the profession as well as insight into the industry’s biggest challenges and how the field may change in the next ten years.

Researchers have developed a bandage that stimulates and directs blood vessel growth on the surface of a wound to help speed healing. (01:55)

It was an otherwise ordinary evening when a gunman walked into a pub and shot an innocent man seven times at point-blank range with a Makarov semiautomatic. After re-creating the crime, this program tracks the victim from the scene of the shooting, to surgery, to intensive care, to recovery and ongoing therapy for PTSD as it addresses the treatment of his wounds through expert commentary supported by 3-D computer graphics and OR footage. The program also uses ballistics data, high-speed photography, and wound photos to graphically illustrate the effects of a variety of firearms—and to underscore the senselessness of carrying a gun just to be “cool.” An excellent emergency medicine case study, Inside a Gunshot Victim also has definite value as an aid in deterring youth violence. Viewer discretion is advised. (43 minutes)

The violence and slaughter of war and the urgency and hope of medicine have gone together throughout the ages. From field surgeries of the ancient world to the amputation tables of the Civil War and MedEvac dramas of Vietnam, an army within an army has fought a war within all wars, trying to revive the wounded and save lives. Distributed by A&E Television Networks. (45 minutes) Distributed by A&E Television Networks.