When seconds matter and help is still minutes away, the ability to stop severe bleeding or stabilize a wounded person can ...

Department officers can already provide first aid — cardiopulmonary resuscitation, stoppage of bleeding and the like — but the newly authorized training, coupled with expected follow up, will qualify ...

Since the mass shooting at Columbine High School in 1999, the paradigm for responding to an active shooter has shifted from a reactive to a proactive response to stop the killing (by stopping the ...

PERRYSBURG, Ohio — Tactical medics are a special breed of police officers. Beyond the standard police skills, they also carry EMT training. WTOL 11 was the only local news station to get a deeper look ...

There is an age-old debate in Tactical Medicine on what method is better for tourniquet placement: “High and Tight” or 2 to 3 inches above the wound. As a SWAT Medic and a NAEMT TCCC, TECC, PHTLS ...

FORT DRUM, N.Y. (July 26, 2022) -- A team of U.S. Navy Reserve corpsmen went chest deep into the water while maintaining control of a heavily-loaded litter over their heads. After slogging their way ...