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Queensland Ambulance Service HARU rig showing the back of an SUV open to reveal the Pelican case containing prehospital blood

Prehospital Blood in Queensland, Australia

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

🕖 Reading Time, 2 minutes While recently in Brisbane, Australia I had the opportunity to ride with a High Acuity Response Unit (HARU) paramedic for the Queensland Ambulance Service. HARU paramedics are a select group of critical care paramedics with …

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It is dangerous carrying a casualty with a long gun. The photo demonstrates Dr. Shertz with a simulated unconscious casualty and how attempting to cradle drop drag him places the rescuers hands right around the trigger guard

Carrying a casualty with a long gun

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

🕖 Reading Time, 1 minutes Dragging a casualty with a slung weapon presents a safety problem. Learn what it is & how to deal with it. https://vimeo.com/276675578

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Never underestimate the power of an improvised litter to make moving casualties easier. This technique works best in residential structures because in many commercial buildings, the carpet is not "wall to wall" but rather individual squares,

Carpet to improvised litter in 60-seconds

  • Posted by Mike Shertz MD/18D
  • Categories Casualty Movement, Improvised

Never underestimate the power of an improvised litter to make moving casualties easier. This technique works best in residential structures because in many commercial buildings, the carpet is not “wall…

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X-Stat 30 Trainer on a bleeding model

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

🕖 Reading Time, 1 minutes Using the XStat 30 trainer in an in-person class on a TrueClot wound model. The sponges immediately expand in the wound and rapidly exert pressure you can feel under your hand. *provided as demonstration only, …

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Dr. Shertz demonstrates wound packing 4-different ways with a Phokus wound cube

Wound packing 4-ways with the Phokus Wound Cube

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

🕖 Reading Time, 1 minutes Teaching wound packing has always been challenging as there are few good wound packing models. The Phokus wound cube has 4 different wound profiles and has a realistic texture. In this short video, see the …

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Two office workers help an badly bloodied and injured colleague evacuate the US Embassy in Nairobi in 1998

Good Samaritans

  • Posted by Laurie Shertz
  • Categories (S) Security & Awareness

What is a Good Samaritan? 🕖 Reading Time, 9 minutes If I have first-aid training, am I covered by Good Samaritan laws and protection? Generally speaking, a Good Samaritan rendering first aid  should reasonably avoid lawsuits and litigation if they …

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