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Bear Under Fire

A nerf pistol lays on a table while paper ninjas buoyed by balloons gather for their attack
Mike Shertz MD/18D

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Sometimes when the ninjas invade, they capture family members. You need to be prepared to perform your own hostage rescue and TCCC/TECC medical care.

Bear down! Bear is shot at the top of the stairs.

Would you perform Bear Under Fire care and tourniquet him at the point of injury, or would you drag him to a more secure location to perform Bear Tactical Field Care?

Bear Under Fire Care at the point of injury:

Asset: The tourniquet goes on sooner with less resultant blood loss

Liability: We have a 270-degree threat area, three enemy combatants within touching distance, and you’ll have to secure your weapon to provide care, or bring dedicated medical personnel to the point of injury.

Bear Tactical Field Care:

Asset: We have dedicated security which allows the medic to concentrate on casualty care and because we have drug the casualty to a safer location, we have narrowed the threat area to one doorway.

Liability: Several second delay in Bear Care and hemorrhage control.

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Kids Casualty Care

A 6-minute introduction, specifically taught to children, bandaids, bandages, tourniquets, and the recovery position are presented, with a non-scary, age-appropriate demonstration of how to use them. We recommend parents preview and watch with kids to answer questions.

Crisis Medicine Kids TECC Casualty Care, a photo of Dr. Shertz sitting next to a large stuffed bear on a table, the bear is wearing an EMS Orange CAT tourniquet on its left leg

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Mike Shertz MD/18D

Dr. Mike Shertz is the Owner and Lead Instructor at Crisis Medicine. Dr. Shertz is a dual-boarded Emergency Medicine and EMS physician, having spent over 30 years gaining the experience and insight to create and provide his comprehensive, science-informed, training to better prepare everyday citizens, law enforcement, EMS, and the military to manage casualties and wounded in high-risk environments. Drawing on his prior experience as an Army Special Forces medic (18D), two decades as an armed, embedded tactical medic on a regional SWAT team, and as a Fire Service and EMS medical director. Using a combination of current and historical events, Dr. Shertz’s lectures include relevant, illustrative photos, as well as hands-on demonstrations to demystify the how, why, when to use each emergency medical procedure you need to become a Force Multiplier for Good.