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A photo of a small, lightweight O2 producing smoke hood
Mike Shertz MD/18D

Smoke Hoods vs. Reality: Why Filtering Isn’t Enough in Life-Threatening Fires

  • Posted by Mike Shertz MD/18D
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Researched and written by Mike Shertz, MD/18D, not AI 🕖 Reading Time, 3 minutes Smoke escape hoods that depend on filtering are essentially useless in an oxygen-deprived environment.  In a structure fire environment, oxygen is burned off and hot combustion …

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Two first aid cards from the Willis Cigarette Co showing proper use of a cravat & a stick wrap tourniquet
Mike Shertz MD/18D

Old and Still Relevant: 1913 First Aid Cards

  • Posted by Mike Shertz MD/18D
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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.

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Dr. Shertz in his alter ego as Camp counselor "Omega" stands ruggedly in the woods training Girl Scouts to be prepared for emergencies
Mike Shertz MD/18D

Be Prepared: Training your kids for emergencies

  • Posted by Mike Shertz MD/18D
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🕖 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 …

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A clock face of battlefield recovered items you might have to fight or treat with - pistols on one side and different tourniquets on the other
Mike Shertz MD/18D

Battlefield Recovery

  • Posted by Mike Shertz MD/18D
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🕖 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 …

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A WWI poster about trench foot showing. a soldier keeping his feet clean and dry
Mike Shertz MD/18D

Infectious diseases associated with life in the trenches

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🕖 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 …

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Emergency Department Sign
Mike Shertz MD/18D

What is a “First Receiver?”

  • Posted by Mike Shertz MD/18D
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🕖 Reading Time, 4 minutes 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 …

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