ERT Tactical Medicine Course

“We spend a lot of time focusing on how to efficiently put bullets into people to keep others safe. We need to spend some time learning how to sustain life after the gunfight for those who have received bullets.”

Tac Med Course Outline

Introductions
-housekeeping/graphic content warning
Tactical considerations
Treatment planning
-communication
Anatomy
Stopping the bleed
-tourniquets
-pressure bandages
-wound packing
Other injuries
-burns
-splinting/immobilizing
-miscellaneous
Patient moves and drags
Practical exercises