Protocols, Gear, and Doctrine
Clinical updates, evidence-based standards, product reviews, and field reports for tactical medicine professionals. Curated by medical SMEs and veterans.
Shop Tactical GearStandard first aid kits treat superficial cuts and minor burns. Discover why severe arterial bleeding requires a dedicated trauma kit with a windlass tourniquet, hemostatic gauze, and high-compression wrap.
Read Article →Whole blood is no longer a niche capability. Here’s a field-ready checklist built around 2025–2026 consensus guidance: who qualifies, what...
A practical, guideline-aligned decision tree for airway choice in cardiac arrest, medical calls, and trauma—without tanking compressions or ventilation. Includes...
ATLS 11 formally reorders the trauma primary survey — catastrophic external hemorrhage control now precedes airway management (XABCDE). It's the...
A practical, evidence-informed playbook for managing prehospital agitation: de-escalation, safe restraint, med options (including ketamine), and the monitoring checklist that...
This is the mid-2026 state-by-state legal reference on EMS treatment and transport of injured operational K-9s: the enacted states (Massachusetts's...
Decompression sickness and arterial gas embolism are the two dive injuries most likely to kill or permanently disable a diver...
SPEMS 2026 formalized what leading services have been doing for two years: ketamine replaces etomidate as the primary RSI induction...
Anaphylaxis in the Field (2026): Epinephrine First, Airway Second - A No-BS Guide
Ground EMS blood programs doubled from 5% (2023) to 10% (2025). Here’s the practical playbook: indications, cold chain, calcium, TXA,...
On December 18, 2025, the FDA's Center for Veterinary Medicine completed a risk review of Mantel Technologies' canine freeze-dried plasma...
A clear, field-ready interpretation of the latest Stop the Bleed guidance on improvised tourniquets—what works, what fails, and what you...
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