The number of traffic deaths and fatal crashes statewide has steadily increased since 2013, and there’s an “urgent need” to address the underlying factors, according to ongoing research done by UNLV’s Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine.

Life-saving treatment gets counted by minutes, even seconds. Here's how medical staff rushed to save lives, at times even risking their own wellbeing.

The first alert about the horror typically comes from a call, text, or emergency radio transmission that might seem unremarkable: There’s been a shooting; prepare to treat some victims. The initial message often conveys little sense of mass tragedy, no warning that the health care team is about to go through a challenge that will test and change them.

Increasing manmade and natural disasters require new thinking about the role of health care staff, effective triaging, community partnerships, and security.

A Las Vegas surgeon said she knows first-hand the impact traffic crashes can cause families. That surgeon is now doing research to prevent crashes and help save lives.

More pedestrians are dying in auto accidents. Abdul reflects on the public health challenges that cars pose in general. Then he sits down with Dr. Deborah Kuhls, a trauma surgeon who studies pedestrian fatalities to understand why and how to stop it.

As a trauma surgeon at University Medical Center, Dr. Deborah Kuhls sees the tragic results of traffic crashes in Las Vegas — from life-altering injuries to all too many deaths.

Before Nevada lawmakers decriminalized traffic tickets, law enforcement had the right to arrest a driver for basic speeding violations.