FORT STEWART, Ga. -- Night falls all too quickly at Evans Army Air Field as medics from 1st Brigade Combat Team carry "wounded" Soldiers and civilians across the wet grass. Rain doesn't stop the ...
PERRYSBURG, Ohio — Tactical medics are a special breed of police officers. Beyond the standard police skills, they also carry EMT training. WTOL 11 was the only local news station to get a deeper look ...
Since the mass shooting at Columbine High School in 1999, the paradigm for responding to an active shooter has shifted from a reactive to a proactive response to stop the killing (by stopping the ...
LENEXA, Kan. — From a barricade to a hostage situation, and from escorting a dignitary to making a high-risk arrest, the SWAT team responds to it all. And in Johnson County, when one of the six SWAT ...
There is an age-old debate in Tactical Medicine on what method is better for tourniquet placement: “High and Tight” or 2 to 3 inches above the wound. As a SWAT Medic and a NAEMT TCCC, TECC, PHTLS ...
Dr. Barbara Bass, left, shows Harris County Sheriff Adrian Garcia and Dr. Aashish Shah how to practice airway management on a practice mannequin at Houston Methodist’s Institute for Technology, ...
The Maui EMS Training Center conducted a Law Enforcement First Response – Tactical Casualty Care course in April. Located at the University of Hawaii Maui College, the center is part of the University ...
Spc. Cher Lee (right), a U.S. Army Reserve Soldier with the 13th Psychological Operations Battalion, from Arden Hills, Minnesota, calls out a nine-line medevac while evaluating a dummy during a ...