In 2015, 499 burn casualties occurred from a fire that broke out at the Formosa Fun Coast Park in Taiwan. Researched and written by Mike Shertz, MD/18D, not AI 🕖 Reading Time, 3 minutes Originally published 28 Sept 2020. Republished …
Co-TCCC considered changing the MARCH mnemonic to include resuscitation, or more specifically transfusion. Researched and written by Mike Shertz, MD/18D, not AI 🕖 Reading Time, 4 minutes In 2025, with the widespread use of blood started prehospital to resuscitate US …
Lithium-ion batteries are ubiquitous in personal electronic devices and now causing fires. Researched and written by Mike Shertz, MD/18D, not AI 🕖 Reading Time, 2 minutes Since 2006, 626 events involving smoke, fire, or extreme heat in aircraft cabins from …
Quick Tips on Tactical Casualty Care Topics Initially designed as 15 & 30-second posts for social media, these quick tips are a good refresher to TECC/TCCC concepts. Note: these hip pocket training videos were not professionally filmed like our online …
Researched and written by Mike Shertz, MD/18D, not AI 🕖 Reading Time, 3 minutes Smoke escape hoods that depend on filtering are essentially useless in an oxygen-deprived environment. In a structure fire environment, oxygen is burned off and hot combustion …
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. …