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Two rescuers demonstrate bad carrying technique by walking backwards (they do get bonus points for using a chair to carry the casualty between them).

Walking Backwards is not Combat Effective

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

🕖 Reading Time, 2 minutes Moving casualties is always hard.  Use a tool whenever possible. Even a folding chair makes it easier to carry casualties quickly and over distance. In A Book of Five Rings, Miyamoto Musashi says, “Make your …

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In-Person class mass casualty training

  • Posted by Mike Shertz MD/18D
  • Categories MARCH

Though we can’t replicate the pandemonium of a live class, we can teach you all the same skills online, at home, in your bunny slippers….

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MIST report diagram discussing what each letter of the mnemonic stands for (Mechanism, Injuries, Signs & Symptoms, and treatments) and what kinds of items would be listed at each step

MIST Report: A simple way to convey information

  • Posted by Mike Shertz MD/18D
  • Categories Everything Else, MARCH

…the critical information. For all levels of medical providers, a very simple verbal report format is the MIST report used by the military. Although it may not convey all the…

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Carrying casualties is hardworking. In this video from an in-person class, students carry each other on folding chairs

Use tools to carry casualties

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

Moving casualties is always hard. 🕖 Reading Time, 1 minutes 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 …

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A bar napkin, sitting next to a beer, listing the hateful eight signs to look for before administering prehospital blood in a trauma patient

Prehospital Blood Administration and the Hateful Eight

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

🕖 Reading Time, 3 minutes 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 …

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Bailout Bag with medical supplies marked in red duct tape

Red X Marks the Spot: Mark your medical gear to help rescuers find it

  • Posted by Mike Shertz MD/18D
  • Categories Equipment

🕖 Reading Time, 3 minutes [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 …

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