Yesterday two PJs from the 212th RQS on their State wide alert jumped from a C-130 to a hunter who was mauled by a grizzly bear and severely injured. Care under fire was translated to risk of further bear attack, then prolonged TACEVAC to a hospital. Hear about the unique issues of this mission […]
174. ALASKA JUMP MISSION: Bear Mauling Read More »
Part 2 of our discussion with DM Strength and Conditioning Coach Drew.
174 Human Performance Optimization Read More »
Operator overseas with partner force, runs a rotary wing tacevac for an MCI.
172 Real World Mass Cal Read More »
Note: This article includes Avengers: Endgame spoilers. Proceed at your own risk The Avengers movie franchise has had a relationship with the US Air Force and Pararescue throughout, starting at the very beginning with Iron Man 1. But at the end of the latest Endgame movie, we are presented with a huge whammy that could
The Bombshell You Didn’t Know about Pararescue and Captain America Read More »
I realized yesterday, the day before memorial Day we should do something special. I called a few PJs and CROs I know who were friends and comrades with some of the great Operators we have lost and asked them to make few comments about their Brothers. I apologize for not getting to more people but
172 Memorial Day 2019 Read More »
A young 103rd PJ, also med student, discusses a few observations from SOMSA ’19.
171. SOMSA points from a PJ Read More »
Doc Tanaka, STTS Doc from Hurby, discusses his presentation this year at SOMA regarding increasing Dive Medical Officers for AF Special Warfare, This talk is definitely specific to AFSW.
Army Medic JJ discusses his SOMSA experience including regional anesthesia, drones for eval, and more in a thoughtful discussion. JJ is a leader in education for SF Medics, and introduces AFSW operators to a a few concepts we will need to adopt down the road.
Prior PJ, soon to be med student, Rich reviews a talk he did on prolonged field care based on the PJ experience documented in the Joint Trauma System (JTS). He then reviews a few presentations including the impact of repeated head injuries and the results of chronic traumatic encephalolpathy (CTE), and a few other presentations.
SOMSA- The Special Operations Medical Scientific Assembly. The meeting of the Special Operations Medical Association (SOMA). In the first of several podcasts one of the PJs attending the event reviews the highlights including FDP and other important presentations.
