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.
The top tenets of violent threat attack training and practice for EMS responders
Key takeaways and lessons learned from the 2018 mass shooting event at Mercy Hospital and Medical Center in Chicago
How the next-generation medic should evaluate potential employers to find an EMS home that will encourage growth
The fight for life can end before a gunman is stopped 鈥� ongoing training enables medics to help in time
Recent tragic events highlight the need to provide patrol officers with basic TEMS medical training and equipment
Gear doesn鈥檛 have to be expensive to be effective
Tactical medicine medics should be able to treat the team鈥檚 full range of injury, from dehydration to musculoskeletal injuries, like sprained ankles
Think back to the last time you had to physically exert yourself on a call
What is the cost of a pulled trigger?
Ketamine appears to work well without serious side effects
Dilip Joseph was abducted on Dec. 5 by Taliban insurgents in the vicinity of Sarobi district in Kabul province
It would help streamline state-licensing requirements for military veteran EMTs to prevent unnecessary duplication in training
Those who fear or do not understand weapons always make dire predictions of fanciful scenarios when firearms restrictions are eased
Partnered with nonprofit Active Heroes, man and girlfriend will walk from Maine to Fla. on East Coast Greenway
A vivid new memoir offers a personal and intimate account of Dr. John Pryor鈥檚 life
Medics used 鈥榖attlefield techniques鈥� to stem bloodflow after fall through glass severed her artery
Field test was scenario-based to simulate deployment environment
Army Spc. Hugo V. Mendoza was killed Oct. 2007 in Afghanistan while aiding comrade during ambush
Since the armed conflicts in Korea and Vietnam, there have been remarkable advances in combat casualty care
Wichita County was one of the first counties in the nation to participate in the CERT programs
Army combat medics are trained to provide medical assistance in combat situations and can provide trauma care that鈥檚 beyond the scope of civilian medics with EMS or EMT training
Dr. Hartwell Lin and Dr. Russell Rodriguez, veteran emergency physicians at John Muir Medical Center in Concord, are joining Concord鈥檚 SWAT detail
EMS itself was really born in war, and the very first ambulances were seen on the battlefield
There are basically two types of tourniquets, each having different advantages
When getting information regarding a particular suspect or person of interest, there are risk assessment details for the medic to collect
Paramedic David Kervin says it is not clear why the goat attacked
Veteran firefighter creates customizable incident management software
Ottawa鈥檚 Paramedic Tactical Unit undergoes two-week veterinary training program
