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Guide to running Prolonged Casualty Care Training by Ragged Edge
Ragged Edge guide to designing and running a prolonged casualty care exercise at the unit level.
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Enhancing TCCC through Optimized Simulation
A guide on how to teach better TCCC and run trauma lanes through designing patients, scenarios and providing feedback.
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Enabling Medics to manage Sick Call
Guide for PA’s and Senior Medics on improving Sick Call operations within their unit.
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Cricothyroidotomy Training Guide for Military Medics: Ragged Edge of the Scalpel
Cric Training Guide for Military Medics and their Instructors
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Treating TBI from the Aid Bag
A medics guide to treating TBI with their Aid Bag.
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A Lost Opportunity
A must read article for TCCC Instructors on how common mistakes ruin training.
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Discord and Google Drive!
Our Google Drive, Discord, Social media and merch
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Ketamine Toolkit: Questions & Answers for your Medical Director
The goal of this page is to give the medic a resource for engaging with their battalion PA or Surgeon regarding the use of ketamine.
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How to become an Army CRNA
Guide to help shine some light on becoming an Army CRNA 66F
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Anti-venom research: A response to the venomous article by The Guardian and TBIJ
The intent of this article is to affirm to military providers and medics that the JTS Envenomation CPG and Antivenoms it suggested are efficient and data backed. We remind medics to be cautious of medical claims with no supported evidence. Recently, The Guardian & TBIJ articles collaborated with a scientist (Not Doctor), Juan Calvete, who…
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Technician Badge for 68W – How to get yours:
Explanation of what US Army Technician Badge is and how medics can get it.
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Evidence Under Fire: Military Medics guide to evaluating research
This guide is for helping medics learn to look at studies.
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CTC Medical Survival Guide
This guide is mainly for medical Senior NCO’s and Officers to prepare their unit for a more successful CTC rotation (and subsequently, a deployment) while avoiding common mistakes. Junior 68W may gain information from this to prepare themselves, but success will come from getting your unit involved in training. “How could I better prepare for…
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Tranexamic Acid
All about TXA – A guide for medics
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Do you use a Doppler for Bleeding Control Training?
Control of massive bleeding is all about achieving occlusion of the artery. This is the most important skill we can master as combat medics. Hemorrhaging is the leading cause of death on the battlefield, so we shouldn’t focus on airway, respirations, needle decompressions or other “sexy” interventions until we absolutely have “M” in MARCH mastered.…
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What if you didn’t have Ketamine as a 68W Combat Medic?
A basic guide for exposing combat medics to pain options beyond Ketamine, if they are prepared for it.
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Shirts & Stickers now available
Shirts and stickers now available. More coming!
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Prolonged Care in Large-Scale Combat Operations: A Call for Enhanced Training and Resources
As military operations evolve, the challenges of providing effective casualty care and evacuation during large-scale combat operations become increasingly apparent. The devastating consequences of inadequate medical treatment can lead to catastrophic losses, underscoring the urgent need for a comprehensive approach to prolonged care in the battlefield. The U.S. Army’s Combat Medics, designated as 68Ws, play…
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TC 8-800 MEDIC 2021 Update
The new version of TC 8-800 cuts out nearly 100 pages to distill a clear message for medics, NCOs, and officers: train to the modern standard of medicine. The TC clearly orders the training priorities: 1. TCCC – While trauma is only a small percentage of the patients we will treat, it constitutes the most…
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Whole Blood Toolkit: Questions & Answers for your Medical Director
A guide on Whole Blood Transfusions for Military medics
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Next Gen Shorts: Is physical exertion after whole blood donation safe?
Welcome to “Next Gen Shorts”, where we look to take a recent studyfocused on military and prehospital medicine, and condense it into a quickmanageable read to ensure you get what’s most important for your practice. Today’s paper is on the safety of physical exertion following whole blooddonation. The Background: The employment of whole blood (WB)…
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Medic Professional Development Program
Medics and corpsmen receive a fire hose of basic medical knowledge during their initial training. However, you can only learn and retain so much in a condensed military course. This weekly learning plan focuses primarily on anatomy, physiology, and pathophysiology as the foundation for all other medical knowledge.
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Next Gen Shorts: does the use of ketamine in suspected TBI increase mortality?
Welcome to “Next Gen Shorts”, where we look to take a recent studyfocused on military and prehospital medicine, and condense it into a quickmanageable read to ensure you get what’s most important for your practice. Today’s paper discusses whether the use of ketamine in prehospital trauma increases patient mortality. The Background: Ketamine is well-known as…
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Next Gen Shorts: Is palpable radial pulse a good estimate for systolic blood pressure?
Welcome to “Next Gen Shorts”, where we look to take a recent study focused on military and prehospital medicine, and condense it into a quick manageable read to ensure you get what’s most important for your practice. Today’s paper is on the utility of radial pulse palpation for estimating systolic blood pressure. The Background: Blood…
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Where do anecdotes fit into evidenced based medicine?
By Jonathan C. Johnson and Andrew D. Fisher The internet and social media forums of which have become our greatest ally have begun to transform into an equally great adversary. This system seems to be designed and masterfully perfected to allow for experts and novices alike to come together and discuss controversial topics, while promoting…
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Malaria: A Scientific Introduction
In 2018, malaria-infected an estimated 228 million people, killing over 400,000, disproportionately affecting the young and the poor (World Health Organization, 2019). Malaria is endemic to tropical and subtropical regions of the world, including parts of sub-Saharan Africa, Southeast Asia, and Central and South America (Suh, 2004). In 2003, the World Bank estimated that the…
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SOF PROVIDER COVID-19 RESPONSE
https://bit.ly/2yDZSkR 5 APR 2020 REQUEST FOR SOF MEDICAL PROVIDERS SOF Friends and Other Military and Civilian Medical Providers and Medics, New York City is past the breaking point. The hospitals are truly overwhelmed. Besides the 5,000 beds or so being put in and around the city as field hospitals in field conditions, the major hospitals…
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How to Get Free Medical Resources Through AMEDD Virtual Library
As a member of the United States Army, you have a wealth of educational resources available to you. A great example is the Army Medical Department’s Virtual Library (AVL). The AVL links to a wide array of medical references and educational resources for medical providers of all levels. Here is how you can sign up…
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Pelvic Binders in Trauma Resuscitation
Originally posted on FOAMfrat: https://www.foamfrat.com/single-post/2018/09/05/Its-All-In-The-Hips Pelvic fractures (PFs) can be one of the most devasting injuries. They can happen with simple falls in the elderly to the more prevalent young males involved in high energy motor vehicle accidents (MVA). PFs that arise from falls tend to be less severe as those in high energy trauma.…
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14 Medical Lessons Learned from The Battle of the Black Sea that are Still True Today
Medical lessons learned have a habit of fading from memory as wars draw to a conclusion. Valuable knowledge can be lost if these hard earned lessons aren’t passed down to new providers. Below are 14 lessons learned from the 1992 battle which occurred in Mogadishu, Somalia, known today as the Battle of the Black Sea.…
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