Researched and written by Mike Shertz, MD/18D, not AI 🕖 Reading Time, 5 minutes To truly understand a casualty’s respiratory status, a provider needs to know both their hemoglobin oxygen saturation, which is easily measured with pulse oximetry, and exhaled …
National and international guidelines on TBI management don’t typically specify using mannitol or hypertonic saline, because there was never good data showing one was superior to the other. That may have changed. Researched and written by Mike Shertz, MD/18D, not …
Can you use nipple location as a physical landmark for chest tube placement? Is it the same for men and women? BLUF: No. 🕖 Reading Time, 4 minutes Using the nipple as a marker for the 5th ICS as recommended …
Combat Gauze has been extensively used on humans and research animals, most of which were porcine models. Despite its recommendation for use in K9 TCCC / K9 TECC, there is very little published experience on its application in actual canines. …
UPDATE 2024: Since our original STAT “tourniquet” experience showing it was an ineffective device for hemorrhage control, there have been two peer-reviewed, published studies finding similar results. Researched and written by Mike Shertz, MD/18D, not AI 🕖 Reading Time, 6 …
This set of Willis Cigarette cards from the early 20th Century demonstrated first aid techniques for use in an emergency. Some say they were meant to be stored in the “medicine chest” as part of a first aid kit.
