Cravats can be used as improvised tourniquets, or as a sling, to secure splints, to form a pressure dressing, and have many other uses in a small package
Improvised Tourniquets Work If You Build Them Correctly 🕖 Reading Time, 4 minutes Researched and written by Mike Shertz, MD/18D, not AI Critics of improvised tourniquets say they are ineffective. Some claim, “if you’re planning to improvise, you’re planning to …
🕖 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. Sometimes you won’t have them, or won’t have enough. Researched and written by Mike Shertz, MD/18D, not AI 🕖 Reading Time, 3 minutes Alhough many say improvised tourniquets don’t work, 12 …
🕖 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 Researched and written by Mike Shertz, MD/18D, not AI Although dedicated medical equipment is always preferred, if the only thing that is going to keep someone from dying is a creative solution, you …