Our Orthopedic Surgeon and 212th FLIGHT DOC discusses hip and knee injuries common to operators. He also discusses standard and emerging treatments and operations for these injuries, return to duty concepts, and time courses for healing. Support the Pararescue Foundation- PLEASE! TTWD-TOML
81. Part two with Doc Paynter, hip and knee injuries in Operators Read More »
Maj Erin Jenkins is an AF aerospace and exercise physiologist. In this episode she discusses the negative impact of fatigue and fatigue mitigation strategies. She covers the issues of mental and physical fatigue, sleep physiology and tips, and the problems with the lights from your computers and cell phones at night. Support the pararescue foundation!
80. An introduction to the operational impact of Fatigue Read More »
Dr. Laureen Hill is the Chair of Anesthesiology at Emory University. In this episode, she discusses controversies regarding intubation, particularly in the pre-hospital setting, the supreme importance of bagging properly, and other lessons learned during decades of training medical providers how to intubate. Please go to PararescueFoundation.org and make a donation.
79. Dr. Hill discusses controversies and issues on airway management. Read More »
In part 2 of our discussion with Bill, he discusses his experience in the Khobar Towers bombing, and the PJs who survived it and then helped organize and manage the CCP for hundreds. Get Bill’s two books on PJs- Guardian ANGEL and the novel TRICKLOCK, on Amazon or elsewhere where books are sold. Support your
78. Bill Sine part 2. Khobar Towers & MCI lessons learned. Read More »
In this first of two conversations with Ret. PJ Bil Sine, he discusses the first Pararescue combat jump mission into a minefield. Remember to support the PJ foundation at pararescuefoundation.org
77. Bill Sine: the first PJ combat jump mission. Read More »
Doc Smith was a member on the Wilderness Medical Society Guidelines for avalanche safety and rescue. He discusses, avalanche awareness, safety and mitigation protocols, rescue and resuscitation. Here are some links he mentions is the discussion: http://www.backcountryzero.com/ http://wms.org/research/default.asp?t=pg http://www.wemjournal.org http://avalanche.org
76. Doc Smith Wilderness Medicine Part 2. Avalanche safety and rescue. Read More »
Ish had a long career doing missions and and has spent the last decade and a half thinking about the technical aspects of Rescue, what it means to be a PJ, how does rescue fit into the DOD mission set, and ends with an unplanned discussion of being on the X when you least expect
SW reviews the highlights of the meeting including PJ combat medic presentation. Go to RDCR.org to learn about a great meeting in Norway for mil resuscitation. Try to attend the 2017 Special Operations Medical Association Scientific Assembly to network with SOF and learn from SOF. 21-25 MAY in Charlotte
74. FEB 2017 TCCC Committee Meeting Highlights with PJ Med Programs Manager Read More »
Doc Smith is an Emergency Medicine Doc in Jackson, WY, member of the Teton SAR team and Med Director,NPS Doc, wilderness med consultant, and LTC in the US Army Reserves. He is one of the most experienced Wilderness Medical Providers around with lots of real world experience. In this first of a series of wilderness
73. Doc Will Smith discusses an MCI Lightning Strike on the Grand Teton Read More »
Detailed minutes can be found on the NREMT website and in the JSOM. Thanks to Capt (RET) Butler for permission to do this.
72. Highlights from the SEP 2016 TCCC meeting Read More »
