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 …
This set of Willis Cigarette cards from the early 20th Century demonstrated first aid techniques for use in an emergency. Some say they were meant to be stored in the “medicine chest” as part of a first aid kit.
🕖 Reading Time, 7 minutes In support of our daughter’s experience at a local Girl Scout camp, we agreed to help rewrite the curriculum for their “Rainbow Progression” program of outdoor skills to ensure kids can be prepared. The program …
🕖 Reading Time, 3 minutes 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 and train a guerrilla army to fight for the …
🕖 Reading Time, 5 minutes As we approach the second year of the war in Ukraine, it can be helpful to refamiliarize ourselves with some infectious disease processes prevalent in trench warfare. All of these infections occur because of the …
No Emergency Department is fully prepared and stocked to manage 41 trauma casualties arriving in 45 minutes following a mass casualty incident (MCI) or active violent incident (AVI) as happened at Christchurch Hospital in New Zealand in 2019. 🕖 Reading …