RATS!
The RATS, Rapid Application Tourniquet System, and the SWAT-T, Stretch Wrap And Tuck Tourniquet, are options…
Tactical Medical
These articles pertain to TacMed.
The Neck Drag
This niche patient movement technique, stolen right out of infantry manuals, is useful if you need…
Where to Put It
This article I wrote about “The Great Placement Debate” was first published in the September, 2024…
A Case Study in Comorbidity
As we approached the 4th anniversary of George Floyd’s tragic and unnecessary death on 25 May…
Ways to Fight Tunneling In
In life-threatening situations, we tend to get hyper-focused on the task at hand, to the exclusion…
Explosive Threats during Casualty Care
Here are three case studies of medical intervention in the face of explosive threats. This is…
BVMs
Bag valve masks are underappreciated tools for getting air into your patient, without getting close to…
Cold Zones Aren’t
In tactical medicine, we talk about the “hot zone, the warm zone, and the cold zone.”…
Impaled Objects: No 11th Commandment
An impaled object is anything stuck in the wound. It could be a weapon, or they …
Hypothermia: Lessons from SERE
This primer on cold-related illness lists both how, and how NOT, to treat hypothermia, based on…