🕖 Reading Time, 3 minutes When Deputy Just responded to a call regarding gunfire, she didn’t know there was a victim until she heard the 911 operator giving care instructions to bystanders. She arrived near-simultaneously with four other officers. As …
🕖 Reading Time, 4 minutes Although not as convenient as evaluating the “Go / No Go” presence of a casualty’s radial pulse, their “shock index” is a much more sophisticated snapshot of their hypovolemic status. Shock index is a ratio …
Triage systems are used by prehospital providers to “sort” casualties 🕖 Reading Time, 12 minutes into essentially those who are dead or will likely die despite treatment, those with injuries that don’t really require prehospital treatment, and those with injuries …
In June 2020, the TCCC Committee submitted a proposed change to hypothermia management for combat casualties. 🕖 Reading Time, 3 minutes They noted there had been no review of hypothermia management in TCCC in the previous 14 years.1So what changed? …
🕖 Reading Time, 3 minutes Burns over 20% total body surface area (TBSA) result in increased capillary permeability and intravascular fluid deficits that are most severe at 24-hours post-burn. Cardiac output decreases rapidly post-burn. With correct fluid resuscitation, cardiac output …
Airway control remains the top priority for field treatment of burn casualties.1 Researched and written by Mike Shertz, MD/18D, not AI 🕖 Reading Time, 4 minutes Hypovolemic and distributive shock can occur in burned patients but they are usually a …