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 …
A recent French article voiced a concern for overzealous pre-hospital tourniquet use; the data is not as supportive of their conclusions as the article makes it seem. 🕖 Reading Time, 9 minutes During the December 2024 Committee for Tactical Emergency …
Very little has changed or improved in MCI triage in 40 years 🕖 Reading Time, 12 minutes In 1986, an article was published discussing “new concepts in triage.”1 The authors identified three areas of concern: Difficulties performing triage at an …