Mike Shertz MD/18D
Dr. Mike Shertz is the Owner and Lead Instructor at Crisis Medicine. Dr. Shertz is a dual-boarded Emergency Medicine and EMS physician, having spent over 30 years gaining the experience and insight to create and provide his comprehensive, science-informed, training to better prepare everyday citizens, law enforcement, EMS, and the military to manage casualties and wounded in high-risk environments. Drawing on his prior experience as an Army Special Forces medic (18D), two decades as an armed, embedded tactical medic on a regional SWAT team, and as a Fire Service and EMS medical director.
Using a combination of current and historical events, Dr. Shertz’s lectures include relevant, illustrative photos, as well as hands-on demonstrations to demystify the how, why, when to use each emergency medical procedure you need to become a Force Multiplier for Good.
Bridge to Complete Tactical Casualty Care (BTC2)
Advanced TC2 students frequently ask: can I get the rest of the Complete TC2 material? Now you can. This course is open to Crisis Medicine...
Tactical Casualty Care – ONLINE
Learn TECC/TCCC to identify and manage immediately life-threatening injuries, gain the knowledge and skills to implement a plan to save lives.
Advanced TC2 – ONLINE
The Advanced Tactical Casualty Care Course covers the evaluation and treatment of the tactical casualty during the Care Under Fire / Direct Threat and Tactical...
Complete TC2 -ONLINE
This dynamic and practical course covers the complete evaluation and treatment of the tactical casualty during both the Care Under Fire/Direct Threat, Tactical Field Care/Indirect Threat phases,...
Improvised TECC/TCCC
This course covers the published medical literature on providing lifesaving interventions for a trauma casualty in a high-risk environment using improvised techniques. We won’t discuss...
K9 Tactical Casualty Care for Humans – ONLINE
If you work around operational K9s or have K9's you worry about and you are already TECC/TCCC trained, which of your human skills are transferrable...
Tactical CBRN Casualty Care – ONLINE
The use of chemical warfare agents is not only relegated to WWI: The US Department of Homeland Security - FEMA, Co-TCCC, are both currently working on...
First Receivers – No Notice MCI Events – ONLINE
What happens when there is an active violent incident or mass casualty incident and your hospital gets 20 or 50 or 100 casualties immediately following?...
Air Travel Emergencies – ONLINE
This Crisis Medicine course is the missing manual for How to Be a Better Able-Bodied Passenger and Better Prepared Cabin Crew. What can you do...
Wound Ballistics and Combat Mindset – SELECTION
Realities of gunshot wounds. What do bullets do in bodies? In this introductory lesson, Dr. Shertz teaches the myths and realities of gunshot wounds. An...
Essential Casualty Care – ONLINE
There are some injuries that will cause death before the arrival of EMS. Learning to manage these injuries rapidly and correctly is crucial to saving...
Kids Casualty Care – Online
In this 6-minute class, specifically taught to children, bandaids, bandages, tourniquets, and the recovery position are presented, with a non-scary, age-appropriate demonstration of how to...