FORT STEWART, Ga. -- Night falls all too quickly at Evans Army Air Field as medics from 1st Brigade Combat Team carry "wounded" Soldiers and civilians across the wet grass. Rain doesn't stop the ...
PERRYSBURG, Ohio — Tactical medics are a special breed of police officers. Beyond the standard police skills, they also carry EMT training. WTOL 11 was the only local news station to get a deeper look ...
Since the mass shooting at Columbine High School in 1999, the paradigm for responding to an active shooter has shifted from a reactive to a proactive response to stop the killing (by stopping the ...
LENEXA, Kan. — From a barricade to a hostage situation, and from escorting a dignitary to making a high-risk arrest, the SWAT team responds to it all. And in Johnson County, when one of the six SWAT ...
Training sessions are underway in key military disciplines. The program includes tactical, firearms, and medical training. The main goal is to maintain a high level of skills and coordinated action to ...
Dr. Barbara Bass, left, shows Harris County Sheriff Adrian Garcia and Dr. Aashish Shah how to practice airway management on a practice mannequin at Houston Methodist’s Institute for Technology, ...
GOWEN FIELD, Idaho - Four Army medics swooped on a medical dummy. The scenario: Treat a casualty with two gunshot wounds to the chest. The medics moved quickly, passing medical supplies, inspecting ...
When the call of “officer down” went out on the radio on the afternoon of March 15, officer Brandi Kamper was among those who came running. After arriving at what was still an active shooting scene, ...
OFFICER Magazine spoke to three agencies about the roles of their tactical medics and how that growing position in SWAT units bridges law enforcement and EMS. Gaston County, North Carolina, tactical ...
Spc. Cher Lee (right), a U.S. Army Reserve Soldier with the 13th Psychological Operations Battalion, from Arden Hills, Minnesota, calls out a nine-line medevac while evaluating a dummy during a ...