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What looks to be a great and affordable event in London

Fantastic to see a formal higher education qualification in #TacticalMedicine in Australia. This was a huge push for us to begin @UKTacMedEd and try to build a UK qualification for emergency service and military personnel delivering casualty care in tactical environments.

Interesting article about improvisation for ‘zero responders’. We’ve spent a long time moving away from ‘ad hoc’ techniques to professionalise tactical medicine but it’s worth considering what you’d do if you weren’t in possession of any kit at all emj.bmj.com/content/35/8/5…

Check out the latest TCCC Journal Watch for March to May 2018. Ongoing review of medical literature keeps pace with evidence-based medicine providing the best guidelines and practices in tactical combat casualty care. deployedmedicine.com/market/11/cont… #TCCC #TC3

Early planning today for the tactical precourse for #TacT19 Get ready for adrenaline filled full scale simulations, talks and workshops. All delivered by international experts in the field of tactical medicine, ballistics,counter-terrorism and prehospital trauma.20 people only!

Today, we finally managed to have a listen to @TheResusRoom #HaemorrhageControl podcast Fantastic work as ever by @laing_simon @robfenwick & @heli_med_james Reinforcing the essentials, debunking some myths and highlighting the importance of <C>ABC theresusroom.co.uk/external-haemo…

@ResilienceMed @keatingteam1 @JRAMC_BMJ Worth reading in tandem with an article from the same journal on Behind Body Armour Trauma jramc.bmj.com/content/162/1/8

Does modern military spec ballistic body armour protect from spinal injuries? NATO 7.62 vs hard plates (nil penetration) in cadaveric pigs @JRAMC_BMJ QxMD.com/r/29784654

With the terrorist attacks of 2017 we saw a genuine step-change in momentum. As a result, our operational activity increased to meet the new and emerging threats we now face. #ActionCountersTerrorism

Systems need to be able to react to dynamic & changing threats. There is no such thing as a ‘one size fits all’ Major Incident plan. Whether Ballistics, Blades or Baseball Bats; all weapons are force multipliers in any incident. All require an adaptable tactical response.

@WeekesLauren It bothers me that most training scenarios are still ‘single point of bleeding on a mannequin’ We need to create confident lay responders & debunk ‘high or low’ - high and tight does that We need to create thinking professionals who make decisions based on tac situation & wound

@WeekesLauren And the single/double loop fiasco 🙄 TQs have been overcomplicated and their use diluted by poor training; all it takes is one look at a real traumatic amputation post blast to realise we should be focusing on confident application Applied correctly, they will work high or low

10 Haemorrhage Control Myths Though a little dated, great to acknowledge things like damage control resuscitation and the importance of appropriate haemorrhage control training jems.com/articles/print…

Planning for both #TacT19 and the precourses is in full swing. Let us know: What would make you join us for the conference? Certain speaker? Certain topics? (Be specific)

Many people have prepared themselves to know what to do when someone collapses with a heart attack, but would you know what to do following a bomb blast, shooting or stabbing? Quick actions in these situations will save lives. Download the citizenAID app today!

We should only be running realistic scenarios. Period twitter.com/_df42/status/9…

@cmdrbob558 @JimDickie3 @TacTrauma Distance. Capability of the shooter. Capability of the weapon. Context of individual contact. So many intricacies within the data

@JimDickie3 @ResilienceMed @TacTrauma Thx Jim. That was the one. I wonder if the pattern from the last Las Vegas shooting was different since it seemed like he was just spraying fire.

UK military experience of GSWs in 🇮🇶 & 🇦🇫 ‘03-‘14 546 survivors, 177 fatalities 52% Extremity 16% Head 15% Thorax 7% Abdomen Consider the levels of ballistic protection in this series; how would civilian mortality differ...? injuryjournal.com/article/S0020-… Thanks @TacTrauma

@cmdrbob558 @TacTrauma This would be amazing to see. Thank you Robert It would make perfect sense. Take away ballistic body armour and helmets and I’d expect the same

@ResilienceMed @TacTrauma There was a paper on civilian gun trauma a year or so back. Will try to dig it up. Less extremity inj & more centre of mass/head inj.