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After-Action Report: Tactical Medicine Lessons From Terror Attack

In an after-action report on a major terrorist attack on American soil, a team of medical professionals claims that first-responder agencies are not keeping pace with current terrorist methods in terms of their Tactical Medical Care preparedness. The present prevailing approach to training and equipment “emphasizes the need for hemorrhage control [for handgun wounds] but...
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The Critical Gap & The Vital Role Of Tactical Medical Care by LEOs

A Force Science consultant spent nearly two hours recently talking about a critical four to six minutes. That’s the typical time law enforcement is on an injury scene before EMS personnel roll up to render medical care. And for a wounded officer or civilian whose life may be hanging in the balance, “that’s a huge...
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Mark Your Calendar: New Findings On Police Combat Medical Care

New findings about officers’ efforts to administer combat medical care at the scenes of OISs will be revealed at this year’s annual Lewinski Lecture on Nov. 21. Dr. Matthew Sztajnkrycer, the internationally recognized “SWAT doc” and Force Science consultant associated with the Mayo Clinic, will discuss the strengths, weaknesses, and lessons learned from his unique...
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Tourniquet Responsibility Brings Extra Stress Load, New Study Finds

A research team headed by a certified Force Science Analyst has explored an important concern that may be overlooked in typical field-medicine training for LEOs: How much extra stress is inflicted on an officer who needs to apply a tourniquet to a severely injured colleague? This question was investigated recently in Scottsdale, AZ, with the...
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Simple Form Helps Officers Expedite Mental Illness Calls

A unique mental health assessment form that can help officers better communicate with medical personnel and may contribute to reduced wait times in hospital emergency rooms is becoming more widely used now after successful pilot studies. The simple, one-page checklist of various “mental state indicators and behaviors” is designed to give street officers and hospital...
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Human Touch And The Wounded Warrior

During a special debriefing at the ILEETA training conference this year, Sgt. Joseph Ferrera of the Southfield (MI) PD showed surveillance video of an elderly man who walked into the lobby of that city’s police station on a quiet Sunday afternoon and started shooting a .380-cal. pistol. Dramatic action dominates the 10-minute clip, as officers...
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Surviving Wounds Before EMS Arrives: The Bible Of Self-Care And Buddy-Care

The foreword for a recent book on casualty care for cops poses two questions that every officer should face up to realistically: If wounded, “how will you survive?” And “What will you do if no one can come to your rescue?” The answers lie in the 129 pages that follow in Officer Down! A Practical...
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Special Protocol For EXDs Response Is Valuable Liability Shield

With the symptoms and dangers of excited delirium now well-publicized and solidly confirmed by numerous research studies, agencies that fail to have a response protocol in place are inviting needless liability problems, according to a day-long presentation recently at a training seminar sponsored by the Illinois Tactical Officers Assn. “Usually administrators start to take notice...
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New Expert Report On Excited Delirium Stresses 4-Point Protocol

An international panel of experts, including 2 MDs involved in Force Science training, has recommended a 4-step protocol as offering the best hope for a successful outcome when dealing with suspected cases of excited delirium. Already in use by some progressive departments in the US and Canada, the endorsed procedures should serve as “models for...
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Wounded But Alive? You Can Help With New Effort To Save Cops’ Lives

When you or fellow officers survive a “near-miss” incident—one that could have been fatal—Dr. Matt Sztajnkrycer wants to hear from you. You can reach him through a unique website he has just launched: www.valorproject.org. There, regardless of where you live in the world, you can contribute confidentially to an ambitious, ongoing research study designed to...
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