It is infrequent that you need to manage an airway in a high-risk environment: Learn to spot when you should.

This 3-minute excerpt is from the Crisis Medicine Tactical Casualty Care Airway block in the online course. When should you manage an airway? Watch to find out. (Click photo for video)

The full lecture in the TC2 course includes the entire remainder of the MARCH pneumonic: Airway, Respiration, Circulation, and Hypothermia Prevention

  • Learn to recognize the indications of an airway problem and the infrequent need to manage it in a high-risk environment.
  • Understand penetrating chest trauma and “sucking chest wounds.”
  • Recognize tension pneumothorax, which is a preventable cause of death from injury.
  • For circulation, learn to use a radial pulse and ability to follow commands to help sort the injured.
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I've sat through hundreds of hours of online training. Dr. Shertz's course was totally different. He was engaging and authentic.

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This is outstanding training. I'm a Firefighter, but I spent nearly a decade as a Federal agent, plus several years in two different branches of the military. In these jobs, I've sat through hundreds of hours of online training. Dr. Shertz's course was totally different. He was engaging and authentic. Rather than speeding through slides to get to the end of the course, I found myself taking notes, rewinding lectures, and viewing blocks of instruction multiple times until I was certain I understood the concepts. I appreciated his depth of knowledge and his passion for the subject matter is clear. This is a high-quality course that I'd recommend to both Firefighters and LEOs.

Morgan West - Paramedic, Portland Fire & Rescue
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Why Do Traditional Triage Systems Fail in Actual Events?

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 help first responders triage casualties into categories of those who need treatment now versus those who can wait, it is very challenging to use most of those systems in chaotic and dangerous environments like mass casualty events. See a simple solution on the blog

A Crisis Medicine olive green slide discussing the JTTR evaluation of 4988 combat casualties and their Field Triage Score implications

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