🕖 Reading Time, 1 minutes The more tightly and compressed you pack your gear, the easier it is to carry and store. Unfortunately, you need to uncompress it to use it. Tightly sealed and compressed gloves seem like an awesome …
Proven commercially available tourniquets are always our first choice. 🕖 Reading Time, 3 minutes Though many say improvised tourniquets don’t work, 12 students in a recent class all successfully made them work, when using appropriate materials, verified by Doppler ultrasound. …
🕖 Reading Time, 5 minutes After a recent trip to Thailand teaching with the College of Remote and Offshore Medicine, many students wanted recommendations on travel medicine, medications, and vaccinations. While most travelers to the developing world and tropical destinations …
Emergency cricothyrotomy 🕖 Reading Time, 2 minutes Although dedicated medical equipment is always preferred, if the only thing that is going to keep someone from dying is a creative solution, you better get creative. Using everyday items, including a Zebra …
Kneeling on the casualty’s groin for distal hemorrhage control When I was in the Special Forces Medical Sergeants course a very long time ago, I was taught a stopgap measure…
🕖 Reading Time, 2 minutes Carrying people is hard work. Carrying them with a litter makes the task easier. Non-Rigid litters are lighter and easier to store than their rigid counterparts, but they are harder to use. The casualty will …