CoROM: Case Report, Hepatic abscess
CoRom Compass Newsletter Winter 2020
HPI: A 74-year-old Indian male arrived in the U.S. one month before presenting to the Emergency Department. He described fever to 38.5C for ten days and intermittent right upper quadrant abdominal pain for “years”. Other than visiting family in the U.S., he spent his entire life in urban southern India. He had seen a U.S. physician a week before and had one negative set of malaria thin and thick smears.
In the ED he was well appearing but slightly febrile with moderate RUQ tenderness. His laboratory testing was notable for slight liver function test abnormalities and RUQ ultrasound showed a 10 by 6 cm abscess. Read the entire case report.
CoROM: Case Report, A case of COVID-19 in the ED
CoRom Compass Newsletter Summer 2020
On April 5th a 55-year-old male with treated hypertension presented to the emergency department for one week of dry cough, shortness of breath “while talking”, body aches, and fever to 38.5 Celsius. He stated overall, he “felt good”, but didn’t think his symptoms were improving… Read the entire case report.
Robservations: Interview with Dr. Mike Shertz of Crisis Medicine
Lead Instructor Mike Shertz, MD-18D sits down with the filming director of our Tactical Casualty Care series, Robert Meyer Burnett to discuss Crisis Medicine’s online courses between filming our two new courses in January 2020.
Robert Meyer Burnett is both Mike’s oldest friend and an independent filmmaker, having directed his own feature film, as well as directing and producing behind the scenes coverage for films such as The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, The Usual Suspects, X-men, X2, and Superman Returns.
Mike sits down to talk about his background, how he created our TC2 series, and how the two new courses (Essential Casualty Care and First Receivers-No Notice Events) fit into our series of online classes.
- You can find the entire episode on Robert’s YouTube Channel, The Burnettwork
TacMed University
Realities of gunshot wounds:
What do bullets do in bodies? Dr. Shertz dives into the ballistics and its effects on the body of one of the world’s most widely seen and used rifle rounds. This segment is one portion of his excellent and much larger in-depth series of studies on wound ballistics…
You can sign up for TacMed University via their website.
CoROM: Case Report, Western Rattlesnake envenomation
CoRom Compass Newsletter Winter, 2019
A 23-year-old male presented to the Emergency Department after being bitten on his right thumb an hour before by a Western Rattlesnake (Crotalus oreganus) he picked up as a souvenir while hiking in Eastern Oregon.1He has normal vital signs, minimal bleeding from two parallel punctures, and thumb pain. The patient brought the snake to the ED as proof of the speciation. Read the entire case report.
The Approach to the Active Shooter: Run, Hide, Fight, Treat
ER Cast with Rob Orman, September 22, 2019
Drs. Mike Shertz and Rob Orman discuss the tactics and obligations of medical staff in the emergency department during an active shooter event.
- Interested in more training? We can help you with that – online classes available now.
- Want to hear more from Dr. Orman? You can find his podcast at Hippo Education.
CoROM: Case Report, Rash & eschar acquired in South Africa
CoRom Compass Newsletter Autumn, 2019
A 47-year-old male presents to the Emergency Department with an “abscess” on his back. He returned from 12 days hunting in South Africa one-week prior. He noted tenderness inferior to his scapula during the return trip and identified redness and a “pustule” when he looked in the mirror. Read the entire case report.
ITS: Valuable Medical Resources Online to Learn, Train and Gear Up
Imminent Threat Solutions, July 24, 2019
…Skills need to be sharpened, so once you’re comfortable with your understanding of the guidelines, be sure to check out the awesome training resources provided by our friends at Crisis Medicine. They offer online and in-person courses following the TCCC and M.A.R.C.H. (Massive hemorrhage, Airway, Respiration, Circulation, and Hypothermia prevention) system… Bryan is currently working through the Crisis Medicine Complete TC2 Online course and a full write-up will be coming to ITS upon completion, to share his experience with it.
https://kylelamb.libsyn.com/episode-61-doc-mike-shertz-and-bill-keller-crisis-medicine
Find the podcast at Viking Tactics
ER Cast: How to place and remove a tourniquet with Mike Shertz MD
Emergency MD Rob Orman approached me and asked how to apply an off the shelf, commercially available tourniquet – great to have Rob’s help getting the word out on his ERCast podcast platform to train everyone to stop massive hemorrhage and save lives. Rob’s video proves an untrained bystander can apply a tourniquet, but that some training definitely improves the likelihood you will understand the nuances and will be able to successfully apply a tourniquet in an emergency
- Interested in more training? We can help you with that – online classes available now.
- Want to hear more from Dr. Orman? You can find his podcast at Hippo Education.
ER Cast: How to place and remove a tourniquet with Mike Shertz MD
Emergency MD Rob Orman approached me and asked step by step through proper technique for packing an actively bleeding gunshot wound. This is especially useful in body areas where it’s difficult to use a tourniquet (such as the groin/bleeding femoral artery).
This is the second ERCast podcast platform featuring Crisis Medicine training to stop massive hemorrhage and save lives
Deep Water Happy: One Teacher’s Bleeding Control Kit
