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Inside EMS Podcast: More tactical medicine training for EMS?

After a gunman opened fire on a movie theater in Louisiana, hosts Chris Cebollero and Kelly Grayson ponder whether tactical medicine should be a part of initial EMS training

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In this episode of Inside EMS, Chris and Kelly discuss two high profile news stories.

The first involves a man who opened fire on a movie the theater in Lafayette La., killing three people before fatally shooting himself.

“Is it time that we begin extending initial training to include tactical medicine in the times of all these killings” Cebollero asked. Grayson gives kudos to his peers at Acadian Ambulance for their response.

The second story comes out of Mississippi, and involves a patient that was ‘hogtied’ face down on the stretcher. Grayson provides some inside information from his colleagues who were witnesses at the scene.

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