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Fire Medicine: 9 Key Steps of Wound Cauterization
Along with direct pressure, cauterization (sealing a bleeding wound with fire) is among the very first trauma medical procedures ever developed. Early man’s desperation while watching a loved one…
Read MoreDoctoring in the Apocalypse: A 9 Step Guide
This article dives into what doctoring through the apocalypse will involve and offers a guide of topics to study for those brave individuals who might find themselves stepping up to fill such an incredibly important position.
Read MoreThe 7 Essentials of Police Medical Gear
What Goes Into a Police Medical Kit? Cops have a hard job. Not only are they concerned for the safety of everyone around them, but their own safety is…
Read MoreTrauma Kits: The Most Essential Gear for Big Game Hunting
Hunting Season is coming up and that means it’s time to start prepping gear, checking hunting rifle zero, and planning our next big hunt. I’ve hunted since I have been…
Read MoreThe Most Famous Combat Surgeon of the Revolutionary WAR
Few medics can have been said to impact the world as clearly as Dr. J Riker. Often, we are put in places where our actions mean the difference between life…
Read MoreThe H&H Mini Compression Bandage is Discontinued! Here are Other Options …
There are many different forms of bandages, and a good pressure dressing is an essential part of any well-rounded trauma kit. This style of bandage is important for bleeding control…
Read MoreThe Well-Rounded Medic Pt 2. Physical Fitness
In Part 1 of this series I discussed beginning my journey into grappling as a way helping myself to become a more well rounded medic. There are a variety of…
Read MoreThis Magic Drug Might Be Free
The Covid Pandemic of 2020 which gained so much media attention and politicians swearing to help the American people is nothing in comparison to the lesser publicized, but far deadlier…
Read MoreThe Well-Rounded Combat Medic Pt. 1
Last week I finished a block of instruction with a combatives school in Minnesota. Integrative Defense Strategies invited me out to give a class on active shooter trauma medicine to…
Read MoreCop Shoots Fellow Cop: “I thought he was gonna rape me!”
In the early morning hours of January 25th 2023, Williamsburg 911 dispatchers received a call from a distraught man claiming to be a James City County officer who’d just…
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