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Dec 12, 2020
13 min

Trauma Kit and IFAK Basics

Despite the amount of material that is covered in our classes, there always seems to be one topic that generates the greatest number of q...

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Craig Hall

Oct 10, 2020
7 min

Public use of chest seals

Chest seals are amazingly simple, cheap and effective. Applying a chest seal to someone with a chest injury has the potential to save a life

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Why Bleeding Control Training Should be as common as CPR Training

Jonathon M. Aldridge

Sep 29, 2020
6 min

Why Bleeding Control Training Should be as common as CPR Training

There are numerous medical emergencies that require immediate intervention which simply cannot wait for EMS to arrive.

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S. Barnette

Sep 23, 2020
4 min

My MAIN Must Have Medical Tool

It is somewhat rare to find a tool that has multiple lifesaving uses in such a small package. In this blog post, we will be discussing o...

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S. Barnette

Sep 21, 2020
5 min

Excited Delirium is N-O-T A C-R-I-M-E

2020 has been an unprecedented year in a multitude of areas when it comes to law enforcement. In this article we are going to explore th...

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How a tragedy sparked a passion for medicine

RJ Shirey

Aug 27, 2020
9 min

How a tragedy sparked a passion for medicine

This is a story of how a tragedy was turned into a passion for medicine.

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An Overview of SHOCK for Patrol Officers

S. Barnette

Aug 10, 2020
5 min

An Overview of SHOCK for Patrol Officers

It is practically guaranteed that when you become involved with emergency services, you will undoubtedly witness some shocking events (pu...

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There’s a difference between being a medic on a team and being “Doc”

RogueMedic

Mar 12, 2020
3 min

There’s a difference between being a medic on a team and being “Doc”

I was recently invited to sit in on a meeting to discuss proposed protocols and scope of practice for Tactical Medics in my state. At on...

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Adaptation and overcoming obstacles in austere environments

Francisco Bermudez

Mar 3, 2020
3 min

Adaptation and overcoming obstacles in austere environments

12 January 2010 Haiti 16:53 local time a magnitude 7 earthquake tore through Léogâne and approximately 25 kilometres west of Port-au-Prin...

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Craig Hall

Feb 8, 2020
6 min

Training Scars in EMS Training

By Craig Hall If we look back over the past 10 years in EMS, a lot has changed in regard to the type of training we do. Active shooter sc...

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