Podcast Episode 137: ANOTHER Great Medical Update from Ukraine from a CASEVAC Paramedic and 2 EM Physicians
Don’t miss another great update from Ukraine. This time Dennis talked to Kasia, Kyle and Denys who volunteered (or are...
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What Tourniquet Does the U.S. Military Use? A Complete History from Vietnam to 2026
The U.S. military issues the CAT Gen 7 as standard, with SOFTT-W, SAM-XT, and other CoTCCC-recommended devices for SOF. Evidence-based history of tourniquet adoption from Vietnam to 2026 — Butler 2017, Kragh 2008, IFAK II contents, and what the data...
Read Article →Official Joint CoTCCC and Prolonged Casualty Care Working Group Consensus Statement
Just we have always said about PFC from the beginning… “-Completion of TCCC is prerequisite to PCC” But what is...
PFC and The Surgical Team Deficit
The vast majority of SOF deployments occur outside combat zones where the SOF Medic is expected to care for the...
Prolonged Care and Technology: A PFC Op-Ed
Prolonged Care and Technology: A PFC Op-Ed If trained sufficiently, integrated responsibly, and not relied upon, some technology may enhance...
Haven’t we always done PFC?
No. Medics and Corpsmen have not always done Prolonged Field Care or Prolonged Casualty Care. While it is true that...
Aceite de Oliva Contra el Ictus
Estudios de la Universidad de Burdeos en Francia recientemente han publicado un estudio en la revista NEUROLOGY, en donde hacen...
Joint Trauma System Newsletter Update
The Joint Trauma System and Defense Committees on Trauma are made up of several committees including the Committee on Tactical...
Prolonged Field Care: Lessons from the Battlefield to the home front
Prolonged Field Care: Lessons from the Battlefield to the home front Authored by Dr. Richard Hoang | Jun 20, 2019 | Even without an...
Medical Support to Resistance: Special Warfare Article
This article first appeared in the Jul-Sep 2019 Special Warfare Magazine which can be found open-source at soc.mil. SURVIVABILITY MEDICAL...
A Practical Approach to Care after SMARCH-E-PAWS-B: RAVINES
The RAVINES Mnemonic was created to help the medical provider on the ground in an austere environment with a very...
The MARCH Algorithm in Tactical Combat Casualty Care
The MARCH algorithm is synonymous with Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC). It is a simple acronym for remembering the necessary...
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