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.
Keep these products in mind as you equip your trauma kit or IFAK
Police officers, arriving before EMS, can make the most impact on patient survival by assessing and treating life threats
If you are a provider with an IFAK, or a tactical medic, you will want to upgrade to these shears
A suspect was arrested in a Wednesday rampage that included a motel shooting, a carjacking and a home invasion
He fired a single shot as officers tried to take the unarmed black man into custody; the shooting has sparked protests
Tragedies like West Nickel Mines school shooting have led to new EMS and police response tactics for active shooter incidents
The bag is designed to be used by a non-medical person during an incident where EMS can鈥檛 immediately access the injured due to scene safety restrictions
Proactive strategy to deliver care at point of injury by being on scene and training with law enforcement
They would be deployed to parts of the city with a rising number of gang-related shootings to quickly respond with police
After scaling the cliff, medic Marco Barros told 4-year-old Sebastion Johnson to think of Spiderman as he loaded the boy into a rescue basket
She urged them to think outside the box and train for the unexpected
EMS World Keynote speaker Alexander Eastman explains what EMS needs to get to the scene quicker to improve victim survivability
One person was killed in high school shooting in addition to the lone student gunman
An area hospital will provide medics for the team who specialize in responding to high-risk warrants and barricaded gunmen
In his novel, 鈥淢edic Up: Where Criminals, Swat Teams & Medicine Intersect,鈥� Krebs tells the fictional tale of a SWAT team tactical medic responding to a hostage standoff with an armed murderer
Officers are working toward their EMT certifications to provide medical care, especially in violent incidents where EMS doesn鈥檛 have immediate access to the scene
The man wanted on child molestation charges in Calif. exchanged gun fire with police in a smoke shop; the 3 officers are in stable condition
Children ages 4, 7 and 12 were among the victims; murder-suicide is being investigated
He was trapped 50 feet in the air; responders devised a complicated rope system and a medic provided aid to the man during the rescue
The hard-and-fast rules of scene safety need to be reconsidered in active-shooter incidents where victims need immediate treatment
Officials say without their actions more would have likely been killed or wounded
The suspected gunman is dead; his father was seen being taken away by ambulance prior to evacuation
Years of experience treating soldiers in the field provides a better understanding of how to respond to civilian trauma
Authorities are beefing up security after the second attack near the site of the 2014 Winter Olympics
Government guidelines recommend having police escort medics into the 鈥榳arm zone鈥� 鈥� are you ready?
This light, flexible device can be used as protection against small-arms fire
The gunman has been secured in the 鈥渕ulti-patient incident鈥� and the airport terminal evacuated
