Police Medical Supplies News & Articles

• Product review: 2 new tourniquets to consider

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  Keep these products in mind as you equip your IFAK

• ‘It does happen here!’: Why rural cops need tacmed training, equipment

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  Distance from backup and trauma care are the perils of rural policing

• 12 things every police department's civil unrest plan needs

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  Failure to plan is planning to fail, and that's glaringly evident when large-scale civil unrest breaks out

• Why all cops need to know how to 'stop the bleed'

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  Life-threatening hemorrhages are a huge threat to officers who have been injured in the line of duty

• New TCCC guidelines provide officers more tourniquet choices

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  The Committee on Tactical Combat Casualty Care had previously only recommended three tourniquets in its guidelines

• NYPD gives officers thousands of face masks in preparation for coronavirus

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  "Our men and women are prepared if and when it hits the city. The equipment's already been out. We have a lot more in store"

• Opinion: Increase cardiac arrest outcomes by updating police dispatch protocols

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  We lose 1,000 Americans a day to sudden cardiac arrest – here’s how cops could help

• 5 things cops need to know about the 2019 novel coronavirus

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  Besides practicing good hand hygiene and keeping current with your vaccinations, N-95 masks can be used to provide protection from airborne droplet diseases

• How police can conduct an on-scene fentanyl risk assessment

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  Follow these steps to limit your exposure risk and improve your safety

• Digital Edition: How to win the war on opioids

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  In this free guide, we explore the latest law enforcement tactics and training for combating the opioid epidemic

• Photo roundup: SHOT Show 2018

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  From firearms to tactical gear, the 40th installment of SHOT Show did not disappoint

• IACP Quick Take: The thin blue line meets the red cross

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  With increasing public expectation that police officers will render care on scene, what is the interface of law enforcement and prehospital care?

• Quiz: What should you do if you come across a cardiac arrest?

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  Test your knowledge of what to do in a life-threatening medical situation

• Wash. police save own deputy with AED

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  The deputy suffered a health emergency after a fight with a DUI suspect

• How a Minn. PD defined LE’s role in treating cardiac arrest victims

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  The Rochester Police Department’s use of AEDs is the difference maker in cardiac arrest survival rates

• 5 things to know about fentanyl

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  The rise of the extremely potent drug is a troubling new reality for a country already reeling from an opioid epidemic

• Kratom: What cops need to know about the drug the DEA plans to ban

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  Kratom, currently sold as a health supplement, is often used by individuals as an alternative to heroin

• White paper: Building an Opioid Overdose Reversal Program

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  Download this free step-by-step guide to initiating an opioid reversal program in your department

• 9 keys for implementing an AED program in your police department

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  AEDs should be seriously considered as a new standard method of treatment for cops who are called to a scene involving a cardiac emergency

• Mich. cop newlyweds save man from OD on heroin

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  The man was found unresponsive without a pulse in the backseat of a car

• 5.11's 84 ALS backpack: A tactical EMS tackle box

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  The 84 ALS can handle a significant amount of gear comfortably, and helps you find what you're looking for, fast

• Why the tourniquet holster should be on your duty belt

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  The tourniquet holster fits onto a duty belt, providing easy access for officers no matter the situation

• Two first aid products every CCW citizen should have

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  Tactical medical products are improving constantly - if you're going to carry, there are a few more things you should keep close

• RISE Honorees: How a Mass. PD is winning the opioid overdose battle

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  After his city suffered 47 overdose deaths in an 18-month period, Lt. Patrick Glynn began to think seriously about the role of cops in treating OD victims

• SWAT medic creates trauma bag for active shooter situations

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  The bag is designed to be used by a non-medical person during an incident where EMS can’t immediately access the injured due to scene safety restrictions

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