It’s very hard to free think in stressful situations. The more you get used to looking around in your environment for items you can co-opt to use in an emergency, the quicker you will be able to improvise if you …
Cold Blood does not clot.
Keeping casualties warm reduces their death rates. Every drop of 1-degree Celsius in body temperature correlates with a ten percent increase in death rate. Consider Hypothermia prevention an overlooked and critical part of your casualty management.
While the events of Las Vegas and Texas are still unclear in terms of the specific wounds inflicted, one thing remains clear: Once a casualty’s massive hemorrhage is controlled, rescuers must turn our attention to the rest of the M-A-R-C-H …