CAT Environmental Breakage 🕖 Reading Time, 3 minutes Researched and written by Mike Shertz, MD/18D, not AI We receive frequent questions about shelf-life and environmental degradation of tourniquets. There has been some discussion in the US Department of Defense about …
That’s not🕖 Reading Time, 4 minutes Researched and written by Mike Shertz, MD/18D, not AI When a casualty steps on a blast mine or is very close to an explosive charge, the explosive force travels up the leg/limb of the …
BLUF*: Hypotensive trauma patients need the cause of their hypotension fixed: whether that is aggressive hemorrhage control, administration of blood products, or needle decompression for tension pneumothorax. IVF is a very temporary fix; blood products would be better. Push dose …
🕖 Reading Time, 4 minutes In 2002, 40 to 50 heavily armed Chechens stormed the Dubrovka Theater in Moscow, taking 850 hostages. Ultimately Russian FSB retook the theater after deploying an “unknown” gas which rendered everyone in the theater unconscious. …
🕖 Reading Time, 3 minutes While helping teach a class with InSights Training Center at West Coast Armory Indoor Range, I was really impressed to see they posted emergency instructions in the event of a training accident if 911 must …
The term “junctional hemorrhage” refers to injuries and bleeding occurring at the transition zones between the extremities and the torso. 🕖 Reading Time, 4 minutes Researched and written by Mike Shertz, MD/18D, not AI The term first appeared in the …
