We want people and organizations to understand what medical equipment they need, what they should purchase, and equally importantly, what to avoid.
We want everyone to get the training and supplies they need to be Force Multipliers for Good and make our communities more resilient.
BLUF: In a fixed medical facility, keeping a traction splint on hand is reasonable. In a rucksack or aid bag, the evidence does not support carrying one. Most femur fracture casualties have other injuries that contraindicate traction splint use anyway. …
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 …
…many different ways to manage these wounds, this is one technique using a Foley Catheter (designed for urine drainage) to tamponade bleeding. It is best studied in neck wounds. This…
🕖 Reading Time, 3 minutes Researched and written by Mike Shertz, MD/18D, not AI The primary historic mission of US Army Special Forces is Unconventional Warfare. A 12-person Special Forces team infiltrates into an occupied nation at war to raise …
They may look like legitimate commercial versions but counterfeits are not made to the same quality standard. Know your gear. Researched and written by Mike Shertz, MD/18D, not AI 🕖 Reading/viewing Time, 7 minutes UPDATE: Fifty counterfeit CAT like tourniquets …
There is a long-held belief among military medics that casualties who self-apply their own tourniquets typically put them on looser than they would on someone else. This led to a standard SF medic technique of always giving the windlass of …
