Colleton County Fire-Rescue

11/11/2010

Lieutenant Joseph Campbell and Battalion Chief Ben Heape attended the 2010 International Trauma Life Support (ITLS) Conference in Reno, Nevada on Saturday November 6th 2010.  Lieutenant Campbell gave a presentation to an audience of over 200 Doctors, Nurses, Paramedics and other ITLS providers on Colleton County Fire-Rescue’s submission for the inaugural ITLS “Trauma Case of the Year."  Colleton County Fire-Rescue’s submission was chosen as a runner up along with 2 other cases, one from India and one other from the United States.  The four cases were selected from hundreds of submissions throughout the world.   A panel of industry leaders judged each of the selected trauma calls on the nature, assessment, treatment and overall outcome of the patient involved.  Dr. Hirouki Masaharu from Japan won the top honor by having his case selected as the first ITLS Trauma Case of the Year.