After a recent trip to Thailand teaching with the College of Remote and Offshore Medicine, many students wanted recommendations on travel medicine, medications, and vaccinations. While most travelers to the developing world and tropical destinations worry about exotic diseases like …
Many people seeking first-aid training worry in these lawsuit-happy times whether they will be putting themselves in legal jeopardy for coming to the aid of a stranger. The answer, like most things involving the law, is it depends. “When good …
While helping teach a class with InSights Training Center at West Coast Armory Indoor Range, I was really impressed to see they posted emergency instructions in the event of a training accident if 911 must be activated. If you are …
The Field Triage Score simplifies this process Reviews of most mass casualty events have shown that rarely is a preplanned triage system actually used in the event. Triage is a French word for sorting. Although there are many systems to …
With the increasing frequency of vehicles being used as weapons by violent extremists, and ISIS’s encouragement of it’s followers to rent SUV’s and trucks for this purpose, it is worth reviewing the trauma literature of pedestrians injured by automobiles. First, …
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