Six SWAT operators completed a Laredo Fire Department EMT program, earning certification to provide care during life-threatening incidents, Laredo Police said.
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 ...
There is an age-old debate in Tactical Medicine on what method is better for tourniquet placement: “High and Tight” or 2 to 3 inches above the wound. As a SWAT Medic and a NAEMT TCCC, TECC, PHTLS ...
LET’S GO TO BELLEVUE NOW. THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS A NEW PARAMEDIC ON STAFF, AND IT’S ALREADY IMPROVING. EMERGENCY RESPONSES. KETV NEWSWATCH SEVEN’S ERIN HAGERTY IS LIVE IN BELLEVUE TO EXPLAIN HOW ...
FARGO — Wearing the camouflage fatigues and black boots of a SWAT team member, Ted Werre walked into the building looking to help someone. Werre spotted a man who had been shot in the leg writhing in ...
TOLEDO, Ohio — You wouldn't typically find a medic kicking down the door with the SWAT team. But Toledo police chief Michael Troendle says that's all in a day's work for the department's tactical ...
While a woman was held hostage in a Bridgewater apartment behind a barricaded door nearly two years, a special team of emergency responders devised a plan to breach the door using an explosive charge ...
Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on X (Opens in new window) X Northeastern Junior College offered a free three-day Tactical Medicine Awareness Course, Friday through Sunday, ...
the Thomasville Police Department’s Officer Harry Bumgarner is as fit and disciplined as they come. He runs 10 miles before bedtime, hits the gym before sunrise, then pulls 12-hour patrol duty. And ...
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) - Dr. Leon Kwei is an emergency room physician with a passion for protecting law enforcement and, in part, thanks to him, a new law takes effect Wednesday. “It allows ...
In the emergency room, he's Dr. Chris Ward, an approachable physician with a white coat and stethoscope who saves lives night after night. Out here on the firing range, he's just 'Doc,' a reserve ...