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Clinical updates, CoTCCC guidance, product reviews, and field reports for tactical medicine professionals. Curated by medical SMEs and veterans.
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Heat Illness in the Field 2026: The Cooling Kit That Actually Works (Ice Sheets, Groin/Axilla Packs, and Cold-Water Immersion)
Cool first, transport second. Exertional heat illness kills when teams delay cooling for transport or use the wrong method. The 2026 field cooling kit playbook for EMS, Fire, training cadre, and tactical teams: cold-water immersion when feasible, ice sheets with...
Read Article →PFC and The Surgical Team Deficit
The vast majority of SOF deployments occur outside combat zones where the SOF Medic is expected to care for the...
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...
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...
Podcast Episode 61: TBI Update with Dr. VanWyck
Traumatic Brain Injuries coupled with other injuries can be one of the most difficult wound patterns to manage in the...
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