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Tag: Tactical Medicine
Patrol
Using Your Patrol Vehicle for Casualty Transport
There are times when you should put someone in your police vehicle and speed them to the emergency room and times when you shouldn’t.
May 24, 2023
Patrol
QuikClot Combat Gauze LE
Z-Medica
QuikClot Combat Gauze LE is a 3-inch x 4-yard strip of z-folded soft, white, nonwoven, hydrophilic gauze impregnated with kaolin, an inorganic mineral that is both safe and effective in accelerating the body’s natural clotting cascade.
November 3, 2020
Patrol
5 People Killed in Active Shooter Attack on Milwaukee Brewery
Five employees were killed Wednesday afternoon during an active shooter attack at the MillerCoors headquarters in Milwaukee, WI, said Police Chief Alfonso Morales at a press conference Wednesday night. The suspect is dead.
February 26, 2020
Training
(Video) Train and Equip Officers for Self-Care/Buddy Care
Don Alwes emphasizes the critical life-saving nature of first-aid equipment and training so wounded LEOs can treat themselves and fellow officers.
June 13, 2019
Patrol
Florida Deputy Shot in Leg Saved by Quick Action by Fellow Officers
A deputy with the Pasco Sheriff's Office who was shot in the leg received life-threatening injuries but was quite likely saved by the quick action taken by other officers at the scene.
June 11, 2019
Special Units
How To Start a Tactical Medicine Program
Tactically trained on-scene medical support personnel can greatly reduce operational risks.
March 12, 2019
Patrol
2 Maryland Narcotics Officers Shot, Wounded While Executing a Warrant
The Special Operations Unit with the Prince George’s County (MD) Police Department was executing a search warrant on Wednesday night when they came under fire as they entered the suspect's residence.
September 20, 2018
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
Patrol
Tactical Medical Response to School Shootings
Officers trained in first aid responding to school shootings have to do what they can to help the victims who can be saved.
August 8, 2018
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
Special Units
FL Deputy Used Tourniquet, Trauma Training to Save Wounded Federal Agent
Hawkins was the first officer to arrive at the scene Sept. 26 after a U.S. Customs and Border Protection pilot was shot by 18-year-old Jake Lewis IV, who committed suicide immediately after. Lewis had screamed “I hate f****** cops” before shooting the agent four times in the parking lot of a Publix in the Oakleaf area of Clay County. More Here.
November 21, 2017
Special Units
Video: FL Deputy Used Tourniquet, Trauma Training to Save Wounded Federal Agent
Hawkins was the first officer to arrive at the scene Sept. 26 after a U.S. Customs and Border Protection pilot was shot by 18-year-old Jake Lewis IV, who committed suicide immediately after. Lewis had screamed “I hate f****** cops” before shooting the agent four times in the parking lot of a Publix in the Oakleaf area of Clay County.
November 21, 2017
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