All posts tagged "Injuries"

A new report on Wednesday revealed that more American service members were left with serious injuries — including brain trauma, burns, shrapnel wounds and at least one person requiring a limb amputation — than the Trump administration initially reported following a targeted Iranian drone attack in Kuwait that left six troops dead.

Multiple sources told CBS News about the "grim and chaotic scene" following the strikes at a tactical operations center at Shuaiba port on March 1 that has now left more than 30 American military members hospitalized with injuries.

"Smoke quickly filled the building, making it difficult to rescue those inside," according to CBS News....

Sean was a 44-year old former salesman, church volunteer and father of two whose severe neurological disorder left him wasting away, unable to speak or care for himself. Half Sean’s age, Markeith Loyd Jr. was an accused carjacker and son of a convicted cop killer, who had cold-cocked a nurse in the face at a hospital for criminal defendants. His severe mental illness left him prone to outbursts of rage. When they were assigned rooms on opposite sides of the hall at a North Florida state psychiatric hospital, that decision would eventually lead to Sean’s death. It also would spawn five lawsuits......

A stabbing incident at the Newark Beth Israel Medical Center in New Jersey left two nurses and one medical resident wounded on Friday, following a domestic dispute with visitors in the hospital’s pediatric ICU. Hospital officials said the three staff members suffered lacerations and were rushed to the onsite emergency department with minor injuries, reports News 12 New Jersey. There were no patients or family members injured in the attack. The incident occurred around 7 a.m. Friday, when a woman identified as Firdousi A. Abdul-Hakim, 37, allegedly attacked the staff, according to officials. Th......

SAN DIEGO — Megan Rapinoe’s career came to a shocking and sudden end in the third minute of the Reign’s NWSL championship game vs. Gotham on Saturday in San Diego. Rapinoe suffered what appeared to be a noncontact injury to her right leg, slipping on the turf as she attempted to poach a pass. She was visibly upset as trainers attended to her leg, putting her hands over her face to cover her teary eyes. She laid backside while being tended to on the field by trainers. A stretcher was called shortly after, but Rapinoe rose and limped off the pitch with medical staff at her side. Before leaving t......

An autopsy on New England Patriots fan Dale Mooney, who died at a Sunday night game at Gillette Stadium, didn’t indicate a traumatic injury was to blame, though a “medical issue” was identified in his death. “Our investigation has included numerous law enforcement interviews and the examination of multiple angles of video capturing the scuffle prior to Mr. Dale Mooney’s collapse during the Sunday night game at Gillette Stadium,” the Norfolk District Attorney’s office said in a statement. “Preliminary autopsy results did not suggest traumatic injury, but did identify a medical issue.” Witnesses......

NEW YORK — Blunt force injuries to the head caused the death of Eric Duprey, the Bronx drug suspect killed when an NYPD officer flung an ice cooler at him as he tried to flee on a scooter, the city's medical examiner said Friday. Duprey’s death was a homicide, the medical examiner said. Sgt. Erik Duran, an NYPD Bronx narcotics veteran with 13 years on the police force, was suspended without pay just hours after the incident Wednesday. An NYPD official earlier told the New York Daily News that Duran’s use of force was outside department guidelines. ”We don’t train officers to pick up something ......