Kneeling on the casualty’s groin for distal hemorrhage control When I was in the Special Forces Medical Sergeants course a very long time ago, I was taught a stopgap measure for significant lower extremity / groin bleeding was to “drop …
STAT Medical devices is marketing a ‘new STAT tourniquet’ on social media, advertising it as a “mass casualty tourniquet.” After repeated questions from my law enforcement and fire colleagues about this device, I contacted STAT Medical on several occasions requesting …
While recently in Brisbane, Australia I had the opportunity to ride with a High Acuity Response Unit (HARU) paramedic for the Queensland Ambulance Service. HARU paramedics are a select group of critical care paramedics with additional training and equipment, including …
Creatively free-thinking under stress is extremely difficult. Learn to see improvised techniques in your every day environment and they will occur to you when you need them. Construction Barrier A very lightweight construction barrier is used as an improvised litter …
Within EMS there is great inconsistency as to what information is conveyed to the next level of medical provider. In a qualitative analysis of 90 EMS to Emergency Department handoffs of critically ill patients, the chief concern or complaint was …
One of the best parts of the Special Operations Medical Association annual meeting (this year in Charlotte, North Carolina) is connecting with your peers and discussing issues we all deal with. One evening, while having a bar napkin discussion about …