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 Save-the-Date: December 2023 C-TECC Meeting Mark your calendars for the December 2023 C-TECC Meeting, which is scheduled to be held on Tuesday, December 5 in Fort Worth, Texas. More information is forthcoming. We are also collecting discussion topics and speaker suggestions for the December Meeting. If you have any ideas to submit, please click here.

  Pediatric Tactical Emergency Casualty Care (TECC) Guidelines Developed by: The Committee for Tactical Emergency Casualty Care   <v:rect id="_x0000_s1031" style="position:absolute;left:0;text-align:left; margin-left:70.5pt;margin-top:16.8pt;width:471pt;height:.7pt;z-index:-15728640; mso-wrap-distance-left:0;mso-wrap-distance-right:0; mso-position-horizontal-relative:page" fillcolor="black" stroked="f"> Current as of July 2023   Disclaimer:   These are guidelines only intended primarily for the high-threat environment where traditional resources may not be available, and there are competing safety, operational, and patient care pr...

Welcome back to the PFC Podcast with Dennis and guest JR, discussing their work on the southern US border. Dr. JR Pickett, the Chief Deputy Medical Director for Austin, Texas, describes the rugged, rural regions they cover, far from major cities. The area experiences scorching temperatures, and many migrants pass through, making it crucial to provide medical assistance. They encounter accidents, venomous snakes, and challenging terrain.

INTRODUCTION You’re moonlighting in a remote access hospital. EMS radios in for a burn patient and to anticipate a difficult airway. You can hear the tension in their voice. They’re rolling up now. The patient is horribly burned. She was smoking with her home O2 on and has severe mixed partial and full thickness burns to the chest, neck, face, and airway. You attempt to intubate, but the glottis is edematous and closing. You see the need for the inevitable – you’re going to have to perform a cricothyrotomy. She is morbidly obese. Her oxygen saturation is tenuous on BVM. You are unfamiliar with your team. And to make matters worse you haven’t practiced or even mentally rehearsed a cric in years.