Moving casualties is always hard. Use a tool whenever possible. Even a folding chair makes it easier to carry casualties quickly and over distance. Humans are hard to carry. They do not fit into our hands well like a barbell …
In our race to use tourniquets for controlling hemorrhage, we often lose sight of the value of good direct pressure as a hemorrhage control technique. Proven commercially available tourniquets are almost always going to be better options for controlling significant …
One of the best parts of the Special Operations Medical Association annual meeting is connecting with your peers and discussing issues we all deal with. One evening, while having a bar napkin discussion about prehospital blood product administration, a London …
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] If you are carrying medical gear on your person, its location needs to be clearly marked so rescuers can find it in an emergency. Just as emergency exits are marked with colored signs to make them easier to spot, …
The Field Triage Score simplifies this process Reviews of most mass casualty events have shown that rarely is a preplanned triage system actually used in the event. Triage is a French word for sorting. Although there are many systems to …
You can eliminate arterial flow in nearly any limb you can get your fingers and hands wrapped around. This demonstration is from teaching the technique in our Advanced Tactical Casualty Care course, you can see the same great course online.