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Sea Lion bite to the arm

Sea Lion Bites: Not as sexy as sharks, but still dangerous

  • Posted by Mike Shertz MD/18D
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🕖 Reading Time, 4 minutes Hidden away on the Oregon Coast, the Sea Lion Caves is a 12-story high sea cave that is the largest in the world, as identified by the Guinness Book of World Records. The cave is …

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Protestors using green lasers against LEO in Portland

Laser pointers as a unique wounding mechanism

  • Posted by Mike Shertz MD/18D
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🕖 Reading Time, 4 minutes As both national and international attention has been focused on the violence in Portland, Oregon, one unique injury pattern suffered by LEO has emerged: intentional laser eye injuries. As an example of their ability to …

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A slide showing the differences between the CAT and Recon tourniquets

Recon Medical “Tourniquets” – Speculation Over Science

  • Posted by Mike Shertz MD/18D
  • Categories (M) Massive Hemorrhage, Equipment

🕖 Reading Time, 4 minutes In concept, any non-elastic material wrapped circumferentially around a limb and tightened should be able to generate enough pressure to occlude arterial flow and act as a tourniquet. Although there are numerous tourniquets on the …

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Dr. Shertz demonstrates how and why we use doppler ultrasound during training to prove cessation of blood flow

What does a doppler have to do with massive hemorrhage?

  • Posted by Mike Shertz MD/18D
  • Categories (C) Circulation, (M) Massive Hemorrhage

🕖 Reading Time, 3 minutes A doppler ultrasound is a non-invasive device that uses high-frequency sound waves to estimate the amount of blood flow through your arteries and veins, usually those that supply blood to your arms and legs. A …

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An improvised tourniquet alternate begins by knotting the windlass at the ⅓ point of the tournqiuet

One-Third Two-Thirds Improvised Tourniquet

  • Posted by Mike Shertz MD/18D
  • Categories (M) Massive Hemorrhage, Improvised

🕖 Reading Time, 3 minutes A few months ago I was shown a new technique for an improvised tourniquet. Unlike the traditional military cravat improvised tourniquet that requires two cravats, this new technique only requires one. However, we have some …

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A photo showing a residential room with helium balloons holding aloft paper ninja targets with a nerf gun, nerf ammunitions, two tourniquets, and a crisis medicine patch in the foreground

Bear Under Fire

  • Posted by Mike Shertz MD/18D
  • Categories (S) Security & Awareness, MARCH

🕖 Reading Time, 1 minutes Sometimes when the ninjas invade, they capture family members. You need to be prepared to perform your own hostage rescue and medical care. https://vimeo.com/413563954 Would you perform Bear Under Fire care and tourniquet him at …

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