🕖 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 …
If you are carrying medical gear on your person, its location needs to be clearly marked so rescuers can find it in an emergency. 🕖 Reading Time, 3 minutes Researched and written by Mike Shertz, MD/18D, not AI Just as …
The Field Triage Score simplifies this process 🕖 Reading Time, 4 minutes. Reviews of most mass casualty events have shown that rarely is a preplanned triage system actually used in the event. Triage is a French word for sorting. Although …
Today’s Blog has been taken over by my daughter… Have you ever seen a horrible event in the news? Have you ever wondered, how could I have helped save those people who died? The answer: Get trained. 🕖 Reading Time, …
It’s always better to have proven, dedicated medical equipment in an emergency. Our primary plan is always to use a commercially available tourniquet with medical evidence it works, supported by human studies. However, at some point in your life, you will …
Use Tools to Carry Casualties 🕖 Reading/Viewing Time, 5 minutes Moving a casualty without dedicated equipment is incredibly difficult. Humans are hard to carry. They do not fit into our hands well like a barbell or a hammer would – …