Protocols, Gear, and Doctrine
Clinical updates, CoTCCC guidance, product reviews, and field reports for tactical medicine professionals. Curated by medical SMEs and veterans.
Shop Tactical GearA no-BS 2026 playbook for law enforcement: when rapid transport beats on-scene medicine for penetrating trauma, what care actually matters en route, and how to build a patrol bleeding control kit.
Read Article →The 2023 K9TCCC guidelines explicitly state that CoTCCC-recommended windlass tourniquets (CAT, SOFTT-W) should NOT be used as first-line therapy on...
A no-BS audit for workplace, school, and church bleeding-control programs in 2026. The right gear, the right placement, the right...
Drowning is the process of experiencing respiratory impairment from submersion or immersion in liquid — outcome is nonfatal or fatal....
A no-BS 2026 playbook for EMS/LE medics: immediate priorities in head injury, blood pressure/oxygenation targets, and when tranexamic acid (TXA)...
Shock Index (SI) is simple: HR ÷ SBP. In 2026, more EMS systems are using SI ≥ 1.0 (HR ≥...
Oregon just rewrote the youth wildfire-smoke playbook. Here's the AQI cancel-or-modify decision tree, the duration thresholds, and the kit add-ons...
Lithium-Ion Battery Fire Smoke Exposure: Recognition, Decon, and Treatment (First Responder Guide)
Tennessee just cleared EMS to treat and transport injured police K-9s, joining Florida's 2021 statute. Here's the K-9 TCCC field...
Church Safety Medical Plan (2026): Bleeding Control + AED Setup That Volunteers Can Actually Run
The 2026 deep-physiology field manual on trauma-induced hypothermia. Why cold stops clots — Q10 enzyme kinetics, GPIb/vWF platelet failure, fibrinogen...
The definitive 2026 wound packing playbook. Modern TCCC/TECC doctrine on where to pack and where you never do, plain gauze...
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