PJ Medcast

Medcast #31 reviews AARs from two military med meetings in August 2015, as well as some of the medical issues from a recent Pacific Ocean jump mission with critical care.

This podcast reviews what you need to know regarding weapons of mass destruction (WMD’s). In some instances you can provide definitive treatment, in others you need to simply have SA and protect your team accordingly and triage and evacuate.

This podcast will succinctly review a working approach to dive medicine with emphasis on the must know concepts and management.

In Part 2 of our discussion with Pat Davidson, Pat review the fundamentals of a basic physical training program.

Dr. Pat Davidson discusses a broad range of over arching issues pertinent to human performance training and the PJ career field.

For the new PJ this will provide you with a foundation of operating in a mass casualty incident. Exercising these concepts in a crawl, walk, run fashion will create proficiency. Accountability, security, triage, patient movement/treatment/ and packaging are the hallmarks for MCI ops. This is a core skill for Pararescuemen.

“This episode brings in new formats including a brief AAR of training with the USCG and lessons learned performing an MCI on a Cutter, as well as an introduction to the discussion of human performance issues.”

This podcast continues the discussion of travel medicine relevant to patrol medicine issues, as well as self care on deployment. It focuses on symptom management and general classification of common illnesses.