Well worth the time and money. This class is amazing! Doc is a very talented instructor. He keeps you engaged and does a great job of going into detail on each subject. Highly recommended.

I have 11 years of experience as a street, SAR, SWAT, and now an industrial medic at remote sites in Northern Canada. I've taken quite a few courses and been to and led countless tactical trainings/inservices. Dr. Shertz's course was some of the best training I've received. He manages to provide a solid foundation and practice combined with a good amount of exploration of the different options available as far as gear, which is important when you may not know what you will have available or approved at different sites and services. His presentation style is engaging, without devolving into war stories. His SF background is invaluable, and his ER experience makes the information provided here relatable and actionable for civilian and LEO EMS professionals who aren't downrange. He covered everything that we covered during my initial TCCC training, with updates and additions that help me integrate the TCCC principles to my everyday EMS and tactical practice. There is a huge amount of crossover between the tactical principles in this course and my current work as an industrial medic in the mining sector, as industry provides plenty of opportunity for blunt trauma, crush, environmental, HAZMAT, and blast injuries, not to mention extraction challenges. There's no substitute for hands-on training, so I'm looking forward to attending a course with Dr. Shertz when I need to refresh! That being said, I would recommend this online course to anyone, especially while it's difficult to do in-person training during the current pandemic.

CTC2 is an exceptional course that provides an extremely comprehensive foundation for prehospital emergency medicine and crisis management. Dr. Shertz deftly explains complex concepts in an easy-to-understand format while also providing a breakdown analysis of current studies relevant to the topic. He teaches you how to identify life-threatening injuries in trauma cases, and how to sort most critical from least. The skills breakdowns were easy to follow along, which is not always an easy feat to accomplish in a virtual setting. Dr. Shertz utilizes his background in SF tactics and emergency medicine to create memorable, realistic scenarios that facilitate application and retention of course material. I find the fact Dr. Shertz delivers this difficult content with such easy affability speaks greatly to his professionalism and subject matter expertise. This course is perfect for anyone who has ever wondered ‘what if’ and ‘what would I do’ in emergency situations. Triaging doesn’t have to be complicated, and even if one person were to implement some of these assessments and skills in the event of a crisis situation, the victims of such an event would stand a much higher chance of survival than not.

As a career firefighter/EMT-critical care for over 18 years I learned so much from this course. The typical EMS course really focuses on blunt trauma and never really goes into detail on penetrating trauma. This course really brings the picture together. Starting out in EMS I was only shown a picture of a tourniquet and told “don’t ever put one on because your patient will loss a limb”. Now the mindset in EMS has changed a lot but I was never given any further instruction on tourniquets. After finishing this course I feel more than confident in my skills beyond tourniquets, wound packing, airway management, etc. I think one of the things I loved most about this course is Dr. Shertz’s no BS approach to what he teaching. He’ll tell you what works and doesn’t work, demonstrate where certain pieces of equipment fail and provide plenty of clinical data to back up his teachings. I would highly recommend anyone in police, fire, or EMS take this course. YOU WILL NOT REGRET IT!

I retired from my Orthopaedic Surgery practice several years ago. I have been engaged in many activities since then unrelated to medicine. As my primary interest is firearms training, I began searching the internet for instruction in the acute management of gunshot wounds. I wanted to be up-to-date in my knowledge base. When I found the Crisis Medicine website and reviewed Dr. Shertz's background I was sold. Experience as a Special Forces Medic and ER Physician is a perfect combination. I was not disappointed! His presentation is direct, concise, and practical with up-to-date information based on clinical experience. I highly recommend his course.