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Archive for category Medic
More veterans are starting businesses
From: Star-Telegram
TARRANT COUNTY — Andrew Brady, armed with a Purple Heart and early Army retirement papers, launched a business in his hometown last year.
His objective was nothing less than audacious — to sell high-dollar, custom-made rifles in a battered and weak economy where even Walmart and Target have sometimes been hurting.
A college graduate and two-time combat veteran before his 30th birthday, Brady knows the odds. He’s doing it despite them.
“This is the worst time to own a business, much less start one,” he said one afternoon in the Lone Star Armory shop, near Rendon in southern Tarrant County. “But if you can make it in this economy, I’m convinced you can make it for good.”
By launching his small business last year, with no backing outside of family, friends and his own chutzpah, Brady is part of what seems to be a growing trend among veterans to become entrepreneurs.
About 9 percent of the businesses in the U.S. are veteran-owned, the vast majority of them small businesses with few to no employees, according to a Census Bureau survey taken in 2007, the most recent and comprehensive study of the subject.
But Brian Bascom, CEO of the U.S. Veterans Chamber of Commerce in Plano, figures that the numbers might be edging higher since then, based on what he calls a “fairly significant entrepreneurial bent” among those in the military.
Combine that with close to 15 percent unemployment nationwide among Iraq and Afghanistan veterans, and one has a potential recipe for more entrepreneurship among 20- and 30-something veterans.
“These are not folks who are going to sit around on their thumbs, so if they can’t get a job, what are they going to do? They’ll make up their own job,” Bascom said. “It’s absolutely a kick in the pants for entrepreneurship.”
Medicine Under Fire
From: Mil-Spec Monkey
Lone Star Medics – Medicine X
I’ve taken a grab bag of Tac classes and pretty much all of them were primarily about putting holes in bad guys, so I got to thinking diversifying a little bit with a medic class would be a good idea. No one really likes to think about themselves or their buddies getting seriously injured, but when the time comes, wishing it away is not going to do a lot of good. Thus getting a least some sort of basic medical education can go a long way which will be helpful outside of tactical situations as well. Having first met up with Lone Star Medics at Shotshow, I jumped at the offer to check out one of their classes this summer. Although I’m decent with a gun, my medical skill didn’t go too far past Band-Aids and fortunately the 2 day Medicine-X class fits that skill level quite well.
EP3 Sonic Defenders Now In Black
Posted by Gary in Accessories, Comms, Medic, Warrior Tools on 15/Oct/2010 14:42
Rookie Medic – Trouble with His Pack
Posted by Jack Sinclair in Medic, Training on 9/Oct/2010 15:16
Rookie medic has some trouble with his pack.
Many veterans with PTSD struggle to find employment
Posted by Jack Sinclair in Medic, News, Warriors on 8/Oct/2010 21:13
“Michael Butcher has applied for at least 25 jobs since injuries he suffered in Iraq forced him to leave the Army three years ago.
“I was even turned down by McDonald’s,” said the 29-year-old San Diego native.
The military is known for developing leadership, adaptability, loyalty and teamwork. But Butcher said when he tells employers he needs time off to see therapists for post-traumatic stress disorder and a brain injury, they don’t call back.”
http://articles.latimes.com/2010/sep/19/local/la-me-veterans-invisible-wounds-20100920
New QuickClot Product
Posted by Gary in Medic, Warrior Tools on 20/Sep/2010 14:12
Press Release
Z-Medica Introduces QuikClot Belt Trauma Kit for LE
WALLINGFORD, Conn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Z-Medica Corporation, a medical device company developing innovative hemostatic agents, today announced the availability of the QuikClot® Belt Trauma Kitâ„¢, a hemostatic kit designed especially for law enforcement agencies so officers can stop traumatic bleeding quickly and help save lives. The new QuikClot® Belt Trauma Kitâ„¢ is compact, lightweight and cost-effective. The 5.75″ x 4″ self-contained kit to treat traumatic bleeding, includes either QuikClot® First Responseâ„¢ or QuikClot® Combat Gauzeâ„¢, plus SWAT-Tourniquet â„¢, a CPR shield and gloves. The kit is designed to be worn on an officer’s duty belt along with other gear, taking up little space, but providing valuable life-saving tools. The QuikClot® Belt Trauma Kitâ„¢ can help officers when dealing with motor vehicle accidents, gunshot, knife or other assault wounds, workplace and home accidents, or any situation that involves traumatic bleeding.
The Medical Trauma Bag
Posted by Jack Sinclair in Medic on 18/Sep/2010 17:11
Advice on setting up a Medical Trauma Bag, from an ex-U.S. Army Special Forces (Green Beret) medic, gleaned from his first-hand experience in the field; then further modified to a civilian-friendly level.
His channel:
Epocrates Moble Medical App
Posted by Gary in Medic, Warrior Tools on 27/Aug/2010 20:28
Epocrates Updates
I have the free version of this on my iPhone. An EMT I know uses it to I.D. mystery pills found on or around unresponsive patients.
Epocrates Clinical Updates:
August 2010Updates Summary:
9 new drug monographs 331 drug monographs edited 849 drug-drug interaction edits
Battlefield Healthcare Summit
Battlefield Healthcare Summit:
Pre and Post Deployment Combatant Care
September 20 – 22, 2010
San Diego Marriott Mission Valley, San Diego, CA
IDGA’s 13th Battlefield Healthcare event: Pre and Post Deployment Combatant Care. IDGA’s Battlefield Healthcare summits are highly recognized and respected forums where members of the military healthcare community can come together for advanced and focused discussions on up to date clinical treatment techniques, lessons learned from the battlefield, and panel discussions that also allow participants to earn continuing education (CME and CE) credits.
U.S. donates $132,000 in medical supplies
Posted by Jack Sinclair in Medic, News on 15/Aug/2010 22:20
Transit Center at Manas Airmen unload about $80,000 of medical supplies at the National Hospital Aug. 13. The U.S. State Department approved the donation for the hospital as well as four others: National Trauma Center, National Surgical Center, Pediatric Hospital #3 and Besh-Kungei Military Hospital, to aid with long-term and follow up care for June victims of the violence in Southern Kyrgyzstan. A total of $132,000 in medical supplies we delivered by the Airmen Aug. 13. Photo by Staff Sgt. Nathan Bevier
Glen Rhodes: shot point blank in the chest
Posted by Jack Sinclair in Medic, Training on 3/Aug/2010 18:01
“I was shot point blank in the chest Friday the 13th of July 2007, the bullet entered near the front edge of my left armpit about 4 in. to the left of my left nipple and about 2 in above it.
The bullet traveled through my left lung destroying about 30% of it then the bullet nicked my aorta and heart sack it then ricocheted of of the inside front of my ribcage.
It then tore through my diaphragm leaving a 3 in by 2 in hole in my diaphragm. From there it tore through my stomach destroying 3 acid ducts and causing me to lose about 20% of my stomach.
From there the bullet nicked my liver and spleen then it traveled through the back third of my spinal cord canal from about the middle of T11 on my left side to about the middle of T12 where it exited my spinal canal and traveled about another inch to my right parallel with the skin of my back and came to rest.
The bullet was a Speer Gold dot 9mm that was fired from a Glock model 17.
This was all caused by a fellow soldier who was being stupid and playing with his personal handgun.
Now I have a few rules that I make damn sure are followed around me…
#1 When a firearm is cleared everyone in the room checks it not just the handler.
#2 Do not put a magazine in your weapon without alerting others around you. (physically stick your finger in the chamber area and make sure that there is not possibly a round, this is used as a double check. first look then feel.)
#3 Pay attention to barrel awareness, flagging (accidently or purposefully crossing someone with your muzzle) around me will defiantly get someone a “boot camp ass chewing” and possibly shot.
#4 No matter how trained and experienced your with weapons you can still screw up. (I find that sometimes people with more experience can be at a higher risk of messing up due to becoming lax with their firearms handling.
#5 Always keep yourself and others around in check about safety and have them keep you and each other in check as well. (If someone corrects you listen to them don’t just blow them off and possibly get mad about being corrected, listen to them.)”
http://carteach0.blogspot.com/2010/02/glens-story-cautionary-tale-for.html
Traumatic Brain Injury & the Military
Posted by Jack Sinclair in Medic, News on 19/Jul/2010 19:48
“[Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) is all too commonly associated with modern warfare, particularly the War on Terror. Many veterans suffer from these injuries without realizing it, until serious problems develop. Through awareness, we can help our military friends and family members avoid the serious implications of a traumatic brain injury.]
Military men and women are continually involved in situations where risk of injury is high. One silent war wound that often goes unnoticed is a traumatic brain injury (TBI). A TBI affects the function of the brain and can often cause life-altering damage ranging from personality and behavioral changes to complete loss of brain function and the ability to communicate. Therefore, some of the affects are not just life-altering, but also life threatening, and wind up requiring, long-term, specialized traumatic brain injury rehabilitation.”
Marines Need Dedicated Medivac Birds
From: CAPT Michael Vengrow, MC, USNR
USMC CH-46
…more than six decades after Iwo Jima, consider the fact that Marines still do not have a dedicated medevac helicopter—a nicety of war that is all about saving limbs and lives and that Soldiers have had for many years.
It is time to change medevac doctrine for the U.S. Marine Corps-Navy team. The doctrine is an anachronism that serves no one very well, least of all the Marines who fight on the front lines and display such incredible valor.
Malaria FAQ for Health Professionals
Frequently Asked Questions on Malaria Prevention
http://www.nathnac.org/pro/misc/faq_malaria.htm
Revised 14 March 2008
Compiled by the HPA Malaria Reference Laboratory
and the National Travel Health Network and Centre (NaTHNaC)
The main source of advice relating to malaria chemoprophylaxis for travellers from the UK is from the Health Protection Agency, Advisory Committee for Malaria Prevention (ACMP):
Chiodini P, Hill D, Lalloo D, Lea G, Walker E, Whitty C and Bannister B. Guidelines for malaria prevention in travellers from the United Kingdom. London, Health Protection Agency, January 2007.
The ACMP guidelines for the treatment of malaria can be found on the HPA website at http://www.hpa.org.uk/infections/topics_az/malaria/
An algorithm for the treatment of malaria can be found on the British Infection Society website at http://www.britishinfectionsociety.org/documents/