Police Medical Supplies News & Articles

• Why law enforcement officers should be trained emergency medical responders

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  Jim Dudley speaks with Eric Thomas O'Neal about adding yet another dimension to today’s law enforcement officer, that of a trained emergency medical responder

• Photo of the Week: PD boosts lifesaving capabilities with 55 AEDs

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  The Flagstaff Police Department now has one ZOLL AED Plus defibrillator in every patrol vehicle, funded through a $100K grant from Health First Foundation Northern Arizona and Griffith Blue Heart

• Why police officers need to carry a tactical medical kit — and what items to carry

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  These supplies and kits will help you save lives when time is of the essence

• Ohio cops who saved gunman’s life used chest seal they bought with own money

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  The police union is now calling on the department to ensure officers are equipped with all the lifesaving equipment they need – without spending their own money

• IACP 2022: A police physician’s cautionary ketamine tale

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  Law enforcement officers and paramedics regularly encounter profoundly agitated patients and need the medications to treat those patients as well as the support of their organizations

• How to shop for your agency like you shop for yourself

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  First responders can save time and money and implement greater departmental purchasing transparency with the Amazon First Responders Storefront

• Management of life-threatening bleeding

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  Rapid response is key when it comes to emergency hemorrhage incidents

• 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

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