Researched and written by Mike Shertz, MD/18D, not AI Pediatric-specific needle decompression recommendations remain an evolving discussion 🕖 Reading Time, 4 minutes While adult guidelines for needle decompression for tension pneumothorax are well established, pediatric-specific recommendations remain an evolving discussion. …
🕖 Reading Time, 3 minutes REPUBLISHED 17 Feb 2025, Original Publication 25 Dec 2024 Researched and written by Mike Shertz, MD/18D, not AI Azerbaijan Airlines Flight J2-8243, an Embraer 190, crashed in Kazakhstan on December 25th, 2024. There were 62 …
Radiation medical countermeasures are drugs used after significant ionizing radiation exposure to mitigate the effects of radiation exposure on an individual patient.
Researched and written by Mike Shertz, MD/18D, not AI 🕖 Reading Time, 9 minutes Although the ideal fluid for resuscitation of trauma patients is blood, in most austere and tactical settings, particularly outside of military Special Operations, IV crystalloids are …
Researched and written by Mike Shertz, MD/18D, not AI 🕖 Reading Time, 2 minutes Using IDF trauma and long-term disability databases from 1997 to 2021, researchers reviewed 19 surgical cricothyrotomies performed prehospital by paramedics or MDs (using a 6 mm …
Sulfur Mustard remains a credible threat 🕖 Reading Time, 4 minutes Sulfur mustard, a chemical warfare agent (NATO code HD) was first used during WWI and continues to be a credible chemical threat over one hundred years later. It is …
