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Shelf Stability and SLEP: What Expiration Dates Actually Mean | MED-TAC International
"Expiration dates are for the weak." It's a phrase that circulates in prepper media with the swagger of an inside secret — the suggestion that manufacturers stamp dates on products purely to drive sales, that the consumer is the mark,...
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Estudios de la Universidad de Burdeos en Francia recientemente han publicado un estudio en la revista NEUROLOGY, en donde hacen...
Ukraine: Podcast Episode 101
Dennis had the honor of interviewing Dr. John Quinn who’s on the ground working Role 1 medical operations for an...
Podcast Episode 100 and SOMSA-22
In the 100th Episode of the Prolonged Field Care Podcast Dennis sits down with Jamie, Sean and Paul to talk...
CollabCare and Hucu.ai Partner to Improve Communication for Older Adults and Families
Digital health solutions have helped to democratize access for underserved individuals and communities. With both increasing maturity and adoption across...
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The Joint Trauma System and Defense Committees on Trauma are made up of several committees including the Committee on Tactical...
Improvised Field Medicine Shopping List for the Austere Clinician
From tourniquets to chest seals, our community has been at the forefront of innovating, problem solving and improvising when not...
Prolonged Casualty Care for all
The wait is over... The Role 1 Prolonged Casualty Care Guidelines for the entire DoD are now available here and...
Prolonged Field Care: Lessons from the Battlefield to the home front
Prolonged Field Care: Lessons from the Battlefield to the home front Authored by Dr. Richard Hoang | Jun 20, 2019 | Even without an...
Medical Support to Resistance: Special Warfare Article
This article first appeared in the Jul-Sep 2019 Special Warfare Magazine which can be found open-source at soc.mil. SURVIVABILITY MEDICAL...
Wilderness Medical Society Clinical Practice Guidelines for Spinal Cord Protection
Techniques for immobilization and extrication of the patient with a real or potential spine injury have been implemented for decades,...
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