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Sea Lion bite to the arm
Mike Shertz MD/18D

Sea Lion Bites: Not as sexy as sharks, but still dangerous

  • Posted by Mike Shertz MD/18D
  • Categories Everything Else

🕖 Reading Time, 4 minutes Hidden away on the Oregon Coast, the Sea Lion Caves is a 12-story high sea cave that is the largest in the world, as identified by the Guinness Book of World Records. The cave is …

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Protestors using green lasers against LEO in Portland
Mike Shertz MD/18D

Laser pointers as a unique wounding mechanism

  • Posted by Mike Shertz MD/18D
  • Categories Everything Else

🕖 Reading Time, 4 minutes As both national and international attention has been focused on the violence in Portland, Oregon, one unique injury pattern suffered by LEO has emerged: intentional laser eye injuries. As an example of their ability to …

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A green bubble showing the view of a tourniquet application under NODS
Mike Shertz MD/18D

What is the literature for managing casualties with night-vision (NODs) UPDATED

  • Posted by Mike Shertz MD/18D
  • Categories Equipment, Everything Else

Managing casualties in darkness is always challenging. 🕖 Reading Time, 4 minutes Typical prehospital casualty evaluation is mainly done visually with some palpation. Blood is difficult to see in lowlight settings. This has led tactical medical providers to try various …

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MIST report diagram discussing what each letter of the mnemonic stands for (Mechanism, Injuries, Signs & Symptoms, and treatments) and what kinds of items would be listed at each step
Mike Shertz MD/18D

MIST Report: A simple way to convey information

  • Posted by Mike Shertz MD/18D
  • Categories Everything Else, MARCH

…the critical information. For all levels of medical providers, a very simple verbal report format is the MIST report used by the military. Although it may not convey all the…

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a girl holds up a bandage in preparation to put it on a simulated wound on her friend's leg
K Shertz

Crisis Medicine Goes to Middle School

  • Posted by K Shertz
  • Categories Everything Else

Today’s Blog has been taken over by my daughter… Have you ever seen a horrible event in the news? Have you ever wondered, how could I have helped save those people who died? The answer: Get trained. 🕖 Reading Time, …

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A Samurai, shot with seven arrows, holds a broken and bloodied sword overhead while he continues battle
Mike Shertz MD/18D

Japanese Samurai Woodblock Print

  • Posted by Mike Shertz MD/18D
  • Categories Everything Else

Ishikawa Sôsuke Sadatomo at the Battle of Shizu-ga-mine in 1583 🕖 Reading Time, 3 minutes Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1862) one of the last great masters of the Japanese ukiyo-e style of woodblock prints and painting. Although he depicted a broad range …

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