Tactical EMS / TEMS
The Tactical EMS / TEMS topic area gives officers all the relevant news and information they need to keep up to date on this ever-changing element of critical injury care and medical response.
During a mass casualty incident, or when EMS isn’t available, survival of the wounded may depend on you
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Two Ohio police officers should be commended for saving a suspect’s life with a chest seal they purchased, but this shouldn’t be the norm or the expectation
Cops are hurt, lose time from families and work, get serious disabilities, and die, from injuries which could have been addressed on scene through proper training and equipment
The goal of the VALOR Project is to empower officers and saves lives though evidence based research, and they need your help!
AHA says everyone from professionals to bystanders who use standard CPR should begin with chest compressions
Wisconsin’s undaunted ALERT Team is equipped and prepared to respond to and mitigate terrorist, WMD, or other catastrophic events
This year every team came away with the winning experience of working with members of EMS and Fire teams in a host of high-speed training scenarios
Raytheon’s One Force Tracker can simultaneously coordinate police units
Retired SWAT officer creates air-powered door ram
The damage done to first responders in the aftermath of 9/11 is lasting
Heimlich maneuver saves choking woman from slipping into cardiac arrest
Legal requirements to establish a multi-jurisdictional police tactical team
Deputy on Forsyth creek rescue: ‘I knew it wasn’t going to be good’
At least two died as several passangers were ejected from a tour bus
The officer saw the fire and rushed to the scene
The officers and firefighters will help with rescue and recovery operations in Haiti
Officer Rob Angelo says, “You never know if what you do matters”
Officer Darrell Cortez saved an elderly woman hanging from a tree
The tactical emergency division applies on-the-scene trauma care to civilian settings
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