Tactical EMS / TEMS
The Tactical EMS/TEMS topic area gives EMS providers all the relevant news and information they need to keep up to date on this ever-changing element of critical injury care and medical response. Self-care, buddy care, and basic life support functions like burn treatment and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) are among the most important areas of knowledge an EMS provider must have.
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TEMS medics need to be in top physical condition to respond with and care for SWAT officers
Keeping patients moving toward definitive treatment through accurate triage of life threats is the key to EMS success at a mass casualty incident
Orange County EMS medical director describes expected and unexpected lessons learned from the deadliest shooting in U.S. history at NAEMSP annual meeting
The revisions allow tactical paramedics to carry district-issued firearms when responding with the SWAT team
Police implored 38-year-old Dustin Johnson to drop his gun or be shot based on texts from inside that the victims were bleeding profusely and needed help
Officials used a $150,000 grant to purchase 152 ballistic vests for first responders
Paramedics are trained with all of the weapons used by SWAT; they get a ballistic vest loaded up with medical gear suited for use in combat situations
Based upon best practices, a job analysis is completed every five years
A panel of law enforcement, EMS and medical experts discussed the implications of administering patient care in the warm zone at IACP 2016
Our co-hosts discuss what EMS personnel must know about being part of a task force
The TEMS team is familiar with the types of emergencies the SWAT team responds to, allowing them to respond more quickly to those situations
The job of the tactical EMS is not to kick the door, but to be behind the police officers and give medical attention to an officer who may be down.
You responded as the first-in ambulance on a suspected active shooting scene; did you make the right call?
You are dispatched to a law office for multiple shooting victims
High-fidelity, full-scale exercises for SWAT and EMS at Urban Shield 2016 create a unique and memorable MCI and active shooter training experience
Both recipients of the award risked their lives to help others
In addition to off-road capabilities, the truck is unmarked, and its lights can be hidden to help avoid detection at night
A grant funded by the city鈥檚 oldest parade organization will provide body armor, ballistic helmets and trauma supplies for EMTs
Chris Cebollero and Greg Friese, MS, NRP, discuss EMS MCI response lessons learned from protests turned violent in Ferguson and Dallas
Four shooters 鈥減lanned to injure and kill as many officers as they could鈥� during a protest and march in downtown Dallas
The Winthrop Ambulance Service and surrounding fire departments are equipping personnel with EMS body armor for everyday use
Once the shooter is dead or apprehended, the top mission for police and EMS is to stop the dying from bleeding and airway compromise
The nation鈥檚 medical tactical response team answers the call when mass casualty medical care is needed
The shooter falsely told negotiators that he strapped explosive onto four hostages
EMS leaders and providers need to study successes and failures as an opportunity to reduce death and disability from the next mass shooting
The $118,488 purchase of ballistic helmets and body armor is for the San Antonio Fire Department鈥檚 technical rescue team and medical special operations unit
Emergency dispatchers began receiving frantic calls of a shooter at the plant at 5:03 p.m., fielding about 30 calls within 12 minutes
The new Tactical Emergency Medical Support Team will receive protective gear and emergency response training allowing them to respond to large scale emergencies
The kits contain gauze, scissors, antiseptic iodine solution, cold packs, hydrogen peroxide, mouth attachments and more
EMS agencies everywhere can continue learning from and apply the lessons learned during events in Ferguson, Missouri
Embedding tactical medics and physicians into SWAT teams over the past few years has proved invaluable for MCIs
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