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Patrol
Providing Trauma Care
It can take time for Emergency Medical Services (EMS) to arrive on scene. During that time law enforcement officers may be the only medical care available. So officers need to be trained to supply that care.
January 23, 2013
Patrol
Field Trauma Care for LEOs
Every officer should have a minimum amount of medical equipment as well as training to use the equipment. As I have stated at
POLICE-TREXPO
in some of my presentations, my dream is for a small kit with the essentials to appear on the belt or in a pocket of every LEO.
August 4, 2010
Patrol
Trauma Care for the Soul
Suicide kills more of our fellow officers than any other cause, and we can't help them if we ignore their pain.
January 14, 2019
Training
Trauma Care on the Front Lines of Patrol
North American Rescue's combat medical training provides police first responders with basic focused training on applying pressure dressings, tourniquets, haemostatic agents, control hypothermia, as well as how to reduce tension pneumothorax.
November 10, 2011
Patrol
Kansas Officer Distributing Care Packages to Traumatized Kids
An officer with the Leavenworth (KS) Police Department recently received a Police Recognition Award from the city's police chief for her efforts to comfort children who were either victims of or witnesses to crime.
May 17, 2019
Special Units
SWAT-Tourniquet
TEMS Solutions
The SWAT-T is a multi-function trauma care device used as a primary or back-up tourniquet, pressure dressing, and all-purpose wrap.
January 29, 2016
Special Units
SWAT-T
TEMS
The SWAT-T is a multifunction trauma care device that can be used as a primary or back-up tourniquet, pressure dressing, or all-purpose wrap. Its name states how to use it - stretch, wrap, and tuck.
September 29, 2015
Patrol
Injured Hiker Saves CHP Officer Struck by Copter Blade
A California Highway Patrol officer survived a critical wound from a helicopter blade, thanks to an injured hiker who provided timely trauma care to the officer.
July 9, 2012
Patrol
Baltimore Detective Gravely Wounded in Shooting, Manhunt Under Way for Suspect
"We are doing everything we can to keep [the officer] stabilized and to take care of the injury to his brain," said Dr. Thomas Scalea, chief of the University of Maryland Medical Center's Shock Trauma Center.
November 15, 2017
Special Units
Returning To Duty: Todd Young
Fremont (Calif.) Police Officer Todd Young returned fire, after a violent Norteno gang member fired 10 rounds at him at 2:30 p.m. Aug. 27, 2010 on a street in Oakland. Officers performed trauma care on Young and delivered him to Highland Hospital, where he received life-saving emergency medical care. He is now recovering and plans to rejoin the SWAT team later this year or in early 2013. We feature his story in the June 2012 "Shots Fired" and "Todd Young's Long Road Back."
June 12, 2012
SWAT
Is Law Enforcement Entering a Deadly New Era?
The spike in duty deaths has occurred despite the many advancements in police training, equipment (particularly protective armor), and emergency medical trauma care. What does appear to be occurring is more and more criminals are showing an increasing willingness to engage police in armed confrontations.
March 31, 2011
Training
ATF's Tactical Medic Program
ATF tactical medics operate as a special agent EMTs with a life-saving skill set. They can perform classic trauma-care functions such as CPR, bandaging, splinting, applying oxygen, and spinal immobilization. They also utilize advanced skills.
August 17, 2013
Special Units
Oklahoma Trauma Surgeon Volunteers for Department's Special Operations Team
The Tulsa Police Department's Special Operations Team has a very special member of the squad—a trauma surgeon.
August 27, 2018
Training
KGS TraumaFX Debuts Advanced K-9 Emergency Medical Training Simulator
TraumaFX, a division of Kforce Government Solutions Inc. (KGS) and a leading global provider of advanced, ruggedized human and canine medical training simulators, has announced the commercial availability of what the company calls the most-advanced canine medical simulator available - K9 Diesel.
May 21, 2018
Patrol
New York's Mobile Trauma Unit
Since its inception, the New York-based Mobile Trauma Unit (MTU) has provided critical medical support to law enforcement officers during national security events, high-risk enforcement operations, and training exercises.
November 20, 2012
Weapons
A Trauma Surgeon Talks About Wound Ballistics and Stopping Power
"I got involved in wound ballistics and what it really took to stop a threat during residency in Philadelphia because I had a friend on the police force who lost his job for use of excessive force by shooting somebody, I think it was, 18 times, and I always thought, maybe he needed to shoot that person 18 times to stop the threat."
December 28, 2017
Training
Video: Wounded Mass. Officer Leads Boston Pops
MBTA Officer Dick Donohue, who was wounded in the Boston Marathon bomber manhunt, led the Boston Pops on Fourth of July for their rendition of the Dropkick Murphys' song, "I'm Shipping Up To Boston."
July 4, 2013
Patrol
Taking Care of Yourself
It's often said of moms, but it's also true of officers: you can't take care of others if you don't first take care of yourself.
March 2, 2018
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