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January 4, 2021
On December 1, 2020 Officer Johnson was responding to a parking complaint when the suspect (with a history of violence and prior incarcerations, out on parole) fired a bullet that struck Officer Johns...
Laser eye injuries to tactical officers and other law enforcement personnel is an increasing threat. The definition of a laser is this: a device that emits light through a process of optical amplific...
The following tactical team deployment took place in the Midwest, involving a 30-person multi-jurisdictional SWAT team.
The following article included in this edition focuses on a mass-casualty, active-shooter event that occurred in 2017.
JSOM November 2020 featured article reviewing the use of ketamine by military paramedics.
Greetings fellow TEMS section members I want to thank Dr. Keegan Bradley for his exceptional work as TEMS newsletter editor over the past 2 years. By way of introduction, I have been an ACEP TEMS memb...
Hello and Happy New Year to you and yours! Welcome to 2021. I sincerely hope this letter finds you and your loved ones doing well. Most of us look back on this past year with mixed emotions. The CO...
August 25, 2020
ACEP is approaching, and as many of you are aware the in person portions have been cancelled. What it will look like this year is yet to be determined, but we still plan to host our section meeting to...
A 60 year-old male was shot with a 12 gauge rifled slug through his car door after stopping at a car wash on his way home from work. 30 minutes before on an interstate miles away, the assailant believ...
There are many potential uses of robots in tactical law enforcement response. In this particular tactical team activation, in a midwestern town in late November with freezing temperatures, several su...
Over the past 4 months, I have been involved in many conversations that have ranged from fiery outrage (on pick your topic) to exhausted resignation (again, pick your topic).
June 11, 2020
No man can reveal to you aught but that which already lies half asleep in the dawning of your knowledge.
Developing an Appropriate Police Response to COVID-19.
This update from WHO gives very nice basic guidelines on mask handling and safety. It lays out basic use procedures that will be helpful to hand out to TEMS personnel as well as LEO’s as well for gene...
Kabul Hospital Attack: They Came to Kill the Mothers.
This training involves an ACEP-sponsored CONTOMS course, where the U.S. Park Police helicopter is interfacing with the CONTOMS students, who have taken a casualty from the armored vehicle and, under t...
Dr. Keegan Bradley and Dr. John Wipfler have taken the lead on the with some assistance from some of the other leadership team.
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I would like to start this newsletter with a thank you to all of the support teams, in the field and in the hospitals, that allow us mission success.
April 16, 2020
There is no doubt that law enforcement is a dangerous job, but what makes law enforcement work dangerous? Law enforcement work is dangerous because of the risk of injury, illness, harm or death.
The experiences of war time combat medical care in World War II, Korea and Vietnam, together with a growing understanding of field care, rapid evacuation, transportation and the definitive treatment o...
The Specialized Tactics for Operational Rescue and Medicine (STORM) family of training courses use science, competency and evidence-based standards for Tactical Emergency Medical Support (TEMS) method...
When responders are dealing with an agitated patient in the field, safety for all involved may sometimes only be accomplished with physical or chemical While experiences using chemical restraint in th...
Domestic terrorism events, such as the Boston Marathon bombing, make evident that lessons learned from the recent conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq deserve a role in disaster medicine management and m...
Welcome to the ACEP Tactical Emergency Medical Section (TEMS) newsletter section. Our section is happy to bring the most current and interesting events taking place in the field of Tactical Medicine.
May 22, 2019
A debate as old as the field of Tactical EMS (TEMS) itself, the question has long been “should TEMS providers be armed?”
The Reactor® (Sharp Medical Products) offers a novel approach to the technique of chest tube insertion which has largely remained unchanged for many years. Open tube thoracostomy has been the standar...
This article will present a detailed after-action report of the Tree of Life Synagogue shooting that occurred on October 27, 2018 in the Squirrel Hill district of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
The job of the tactical law enforcement officer (LEO) is inherently dangerous. Tactical teams throughout the US in the last two decades have begun to more heavily rely on specially trained paramedics ...
It is an honor to serve as your section Chair. Since my involvement with ACEP, the Chair position has been held by a long line of stellar leaders; Gina Piazza (of High Threat Task Force fame), Rich Ka...
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