Police Tactical Medical / TEMS Products News & Articles

• Management of life-threatening bleeding

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  Rapid response is key when it comes to emergency hemorrhage incidents

• 6 tips for effective tourniquet training

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  Teach LEOs to use a tourniquet efficiently and effectively with these instructional tips from experienced field operators and Stop the Bleed instructors

• 11 advanced tips for hands-on tourniquet training

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  Challenge LEOs to go beyond the basics and demonstrate tourniquet competency in a variety of challenging environments and scenarios

• What cops need to know about purchasing, applying tourniquets

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  Here are the basics for purchasing tourniquets for police officers and quick tips for successfully applying a tourniquet to control severe extremity bleeding

• 10 investments for tactical medics worth every penny

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  Products designed to make your job easier that you won’t regret purchasing or upgrading

• Watch: How to apply a chest seal

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  A chest seal is indicated for penetrating trauma victims to restore or maintain the ability for the patient to breathe through the normal route

• Product review: 2 new tourniquets to consider

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  Keep these products in mind as you equip your IFAK

• Rig life: What rural cops carry

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  In rural areas where a beat can cover hundreds of square miles and backup is far away, a cop’s patrol rig is a shelter, shed and toolbox

• 8 investments worth every penny for K-9 officers

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  From quality gloves to Tecnu skin cleanser, here are some essential items to help make you more successful with your furry partner

• The XShear cuts to the heart of the matter

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  If you are an officer with an IFAK, or a SWAT operator with higher medical training, you will want to upgrade to these shears

• Casualty control at shooting scenes

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  How law enforcement can assist before the arrival of EMS

• The trauma kit, evolved

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  Officers of varied skill levels can use ZOLL's Mobilize Rescue kits to treat victims or even themselves, bridging the gap until EMS arrives

• 20 years of law enforcement milestones

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  Since Police1 launched in 1999 a lot has changed in policing – from new technologies to improved training to more sophisticated patrol vehicles and duty gear

• ‘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

• Firefighters partner with SWAT to enhance response

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  Loveland's TAC Fire unit in Colorado uses firefighters’ existing expertise and skill sets to provide critical support on SWAT operations

• Lessons from the Norway terror attack

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  It was estimated that 1 in 4 Norwegians knew someone who had been directly affected by the deadliest attack in Norway since World War II

• Quiz: How well do you know 'Stop the Bleed'?

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  In the event of an MCI, there may be a number of victims who require immediate treatment to stop life-threatening hemorrhaging

• National STOP THE BLEED Day 2020: How to educate during social distancing

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  While in-person training and public outreach events have been postponed this year, social media is a great platform to discuss the importance of hemorrhage control

• Why all cops should take advantage of FLETC’s tactical medical training

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  After attending this federally funded training, officers have a much better chance of helping themselves or another officer in a gunshot trauma scenario

• Why officers’ lives depend on dispelling the cliche that ‘nothing ever happens in small towns’

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  Of the 285 officers shot in 2019, nearly a quarter of them were policing towns with fewer than 11,000 people

• Lessons from the 1980 Norco bank robbery

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  The past speaks to us, if we only listen, and teaches us critical lessons about dealing with highly mobile killers

• 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

• Reader poll: Cops' increasing role in providing medical care

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  This month, we asked our readers a series of questions about the medical gear they carry, the training they’ve received and the lifesaving measures they’ve taken on the job

• Outfitting a new take-home car

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  What are some must-have items for your new patrol vehicle?

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