Combat Medic
Magen David Adom paramedics and EMTs are being targeted as they assist the victims of the terrorist attack
Takeaways from the 90-plus posters on display at this year’s National Association of EMS Physicians annual meeting
Rob Lawrence speaks with Stefan Korshak, senior defense correspondent for the Kiev Post
Santa Ana Police Officer Scott Caceres is raising funds to help his friend Giovanni Roman with medical expenses
Yuliia Paievska, who was held captive for three months, gave the Helsinki Commission a detailed, searing account of detainees’ suffering and deaths
The proposed medical support also includes armored ambulances and transporting some patients to a U.S. military hospital in Germany
A John Hopkins Medicine team helped with the medical translation
Oscar Monterossa served in the U.S. Army for four years as a combat medic, but it was the Route 91 Harvest music festival shooting where the paramedic felt most vulnerable
Adam Ritchotte, an Army veteran, was using a boning knife to cut a beef shoulder when the knife slipped and went 4 inches into his groin
The retired medic rendered life saving measures after the motorcyclist was thrown from the bike, police said
Paramedic Alex Cardenas, 59, worked for Superior and Apollo Ambulance Services and was a medic in the U.S. Army Special Forces for 20 years
Continued evidence for the expanded use of tourniquets
Montana ballot initiative 179 seeks to train and authorize EMTs to provide non-emergency care to veterans is a meaningful pivot for EMS and patients
Fluid dynamics principles used to calculate and model highly realistic anatomy and bleeding from a shrapnel wound
Medic started TacMed because “people were dying” in combat situations; it was chosen as a prime vendor by the federal government
With the increased use of ketamine by the military medics and emergency departments is it time for more widespread use of ketamine by civilian EMS?
Approach must include removing unnecessary hurdles and filling knowledge and skill gaps
Bipartisan legislation reintroduced to make it easier for combat medics to secure civilian paramedic jobs and reduce shortage of rural EMS personnel
Adam Hartswick was responding to a 2013 explosion in Afghanistan that killed four U.S. service members
Some treated themselves for shrapnel injuries, then returned to treat injured soldiers
Combat and tactical wounds are susceptible to infection and incorporating antibiotic therapy into your tactical team’s arsenal is good medicine
