This 3-minute excerpt is from the Crisis Medicine Tactical Casualty Care Wound Ballistics and Combat Mindset in the online course.
In the full course, this block discusses the reality of gunshot wounds. What do bullets do in bodies? The material is presented both from the standpoint of being shot, as well as shooting someone else. There are a lot of myths surrounding gunshot wounds and this block aims to apply science to the issue. Learn more about wounding models, ballistic gelatin, and the history of modern wound ballistics.
If you are carrying medical gear on your person, its location needs to be clearly marked so rescuers can find it in an emergency. Just as emergency exits are marked with colored signs to make them easier to spot, so too must your emergency medical equipment be marked.See more on the blog
