Posts tagged rescue
Pararescue's Contribution to the Thai Cave Rescue, a podcast series
Pararescue's Contribution to the Thai Cave Rescue, a podcast series

The rescue of the youth soccer team from a flooded cave in Thailand was a riveting tale of ingenuity and survival, one that was particularly fascinating to those of us involved in EMS, Fire, and rescue. If you want to hear the nitty gritty details that went on behind the scenes, listen to this series of podcasts in which Dr. Stephen Rush interviews the leader of the Air Force Pararescue team involved in the operation. Truly a remarkable back story that you didn’t read in the news.

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Beyond MARCH: Rescue and Prolonged Field Care 1000 Miles from Anywhere
Beyond MARCH: Rescue and Prolonged Field Care 1000 Miles from Anywhere

How would you, your team, or agency handle a situation where you not only had to access a patient far from anywhere, but then had to care for them for many hours, or even days, before exfiltration was possible?

This blog post summarizes the approach that US Air Force Pararescue uses for tactical medicine which is readily applicable to prolonged field care as well.

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