Change in CAT tourniquets from 6th to 7th generation 🕖 Reading Time, 4 minutes In October 2015, the 6th generation Combat Application Tourniquet, or CAT, with its double-eyelet buckle was discontinued, in favor of the 7th generation CAT which has …
Ishikawa Sôsuke Sadatomo at the Battle of Shizu-ga-mine in 1583 🕖 Reading Time, 3 minutes Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1862) one of the last great masters of the Japanese ukiyo-e style of woodblock prints and painting. Although he depicted a broad range …
Background on our online Tactical Casualty Care courses 🕖 Reading Time, 4 minutes For years students have asked about the feasibility of teaching the Crisis Medicine in-person tactical first aid, or Tactical Casualty Care courses, outside of the Pacific Northwest. …
Knowing the quantity of blood loss helps estimate the likelihood of shock Researched and written by Mike Shertz, MD/18D, not AI 🕖 Reading Time, 5 minutes Having a sense of how much blood a trauma patient “spilled” on the ground …
Once a casualty’s massive hemorrhage is controlled, rescuers must turn our attention to the rest of the M-A-R-C-H pneumonic, specifically, to hypothermia prevention. Does the casualty have an open airway, or do they need help maintaining their airway? How are …
🕖 Reading Time, 1 minutes An OPS Core Helmet or Cairns Fire Helmet used to stop junctional hemorrhage with two CAT tourniquets. Proof of concept of a junctional hemorrhage tourniquet idea first suggested by Full Spectrum Training, now proven with …