#prolongedfieldcare

[globalrecon]

Search Global Recon Podcast on ITunes, SoundCloud, or click the link in my bio. If you enjoyed this episode leave us a review, and subscribe on ITunes. Thank you. Chris @SpecialForcesMedics is a retired Special Forces Green Beret Medic (18 Delta). He took some time out of his busy day in Afghanistan to come back on the podcast. Co hosting was Tim Kolczak of @theveteransproject. We discussed TCCC, prolonged field care, and the importance of having his entire Special Forces team trained up prior to deployment so they were all profiencent medically. We discuss some aspects of mental toughness as well as making that transition from a soldier to a civilian. Chris was also a teammate of Staff Sergeant Matthew McClintock who was killed in action just over a year ago in Afghanistan. Matthew died while protecting his teammates, doing what he loved, on the field of battle. We will never forget you bro. #DOL #GlobalReconPodcast #MatthewMcClintock #SpecialForces #GreenBerets #TCCC #NAR #NorthAmericanRescue #ProlongedFieldCare #CombatMedics #CombatMedicine #TacticalMedicine #Warrior #18Delta #TheVeteransProject

[johnlawton]

#Repost @soarescue (@get_repost) ・・・ ☤National Tactical Medicine Competition 2017☤ ・ @angry.canadian setting up the SAVe II ventilator at this years #NTMC2017 . We were fortunate to have some great products at this years competition for the teams to work with. ・ @emi_group @cromedicine @tssiops @northamericanrescue @strategicrescueproducts @qoreperformance @enolagayeusa ・ #SOARescue #austeremedicine #prolongedfieldcare #PFC #tecc #tccc #tacmed #tacticalmedicine #rescuetaskforce #stopthebleeding #police #fire #ems #rescue

[johnlawton]

#Repost @soarescue (@get_repost) ・・・ It’s only a flesh wound! ・ 📸: @ryanwiklund ・ #SOARescue #austeremedicine #prolongedfieldcare #PFC #tecc #tccc #tacmed #tacticalmedicine #rescuetaskforce #stopthebleeding #police #fire #ems #rescue #strategicrescueproducts #grabharness #k911_tactical_care @grab_harness @strategicrescueproducts (at Charlotte Police and Fire Academy)

[redleader-standingby-blog]

Once we moved the old man into the recovery room/CCP/front porch, the exhausted ad hoc surgical team melted away into their normal duties. Chief Shephard went to the op center. The corpsman and the medic recounted their adventure with the other junior enlisted. Mig, my 18C, and by default of being a corpsman prior to going Army and SF, my assistant surgeon, grasped my shoulder. “You want some food bud?” “No, I’m going to finish up with him.” Our patient was still under. I had disconnected the IO line running into his sternum, but the ketamine was still running strong in his system. He also still had a big ass catheter in the middle of his chest. After reading the instructions again, I dug the removal tool out of the FAST1 bag and attempted to thread it on to the end of the stud. It didn’t connect. “Righty tighty, lefty loosey”, I said to myself. For all these elite skills, the turning of a screw driver got me sometimes. Still no connection. Maybe it’s a reverse thread. No dice. I read the instructions again, taking time to do each step exactly as written. The removal tool still spun freely. I began to sweat again. Can one thing with this patient go right? The old man gave a low moan. I could see his eyes moving under his closed eye lids. He was getting light. I grabbed some ketamine and gave a bump into his shoulder. This would buy me a little more time while I figured out a solution. Because of our security situation, this amp was an outpatient procedure. The sun had just set over the 10k foot ridgeline to the west. His nephew had been squatting patiently with our militia guards by the gate for some time now. I had to get him out of here. I was beginning to accept that I was going to send this guy home with a souvenir in his chest (but minus a leg), when I remembered I had one more FAST1. I opened the kit, took out the tool, perfect fit. I pulled up and the object came easily out of his chest. I later learned that this was a very common problem with the FAST1 (now you can pull them out with your hand). I sent the man home with instructions to return in the morning. “3 minutes...ha." #18d #oef #specialforces #readyman #narescue #prolongedfieldcare (at Naray, Konar, Afghanistan)

[johnlawton]

#Repost @grab_harness with @repostapp ・・・ #Repost @angry.canadian with @repostapp ・・・ . Prolonged field care - the often skipped, undertrained and/or ignored part of TCCC . From secured airways (be it Cric or RSI) to managing analgesia, anesthesia and amnesia for 12hrs, 24hrs or longer. Where short term care gives way to the advanced knowledge and techniques required to manage long term needs of a patient. With limited supplies a medic must manage and be trained on pharmacology, anesthesia, blood product use, ventilation needs, perfusion monitoring and surgical interventions. Medicine vs just tourniquet monkeying . #OpSwiftmend with @shelbytnsheriff #SWAT, @tees_usa @northamericanrescue, @darkangelmedical, @weaponized_medicine and @kla_defense . #prolongedfieldcare #notgoinganywhere #Medic #TCCC #pfc