Land mines! They're going to be a big problem for many years in #Ukraine.

https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-ato/3730540-tractor-driver-injured-in-mine-blast-in-kherson-region.html

Building local medical teams and networks specifically trained to deal with such injuries is part of the answer. This book contains useful guidelines, hard won from previous conflicts:

https://www.nkt-traume.no/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Save-Lives-Save-Limbs-Internet-2.compressed.pdf

#trauma #emergency #medmastodon #tecc #medicine #medic #training

Another story about the horrors of mines and other unexploded ordinance left behind in #Ukraine :

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-06-17/ukraine-landmines-booby-traps-trip-wires-demining-mine-clearing/102468924

We’ve posted before and will do so again, read this #book, "Save Lives Save Limbs - Life support for victims
of mines, wars, and accidents". Full of practical strategies for training local groups to respond to landmine injuries:

https://www.nkt-traume.no/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Save-Lives-Save-Limbs-Internet-2.compressed.pdf

One of the goals of our fundraising is to support life saving training programmes for those local groups.

#trauma #tecc

Letzten Samstag habe ich eine #TECC (Tactical Emergency Casualty Care) Fortbildung begleitet.

Unglaublich lehrreich und spannend, auch mit dem Blick durch den Sucher der Kamera.

Seit Samstag traue ich mir die Nutzung von #Tourniquets zu.

Ever thought you needed a Black Flag Medical patch or pin? Well now you can have one, thanks to @blackmosquito

https://black-mosquito.org/de/black-flag-medical-klett-patch.html

https://black-mosquito.org/de/black-flag-medical-button.html

They're not very expensive and money raised goes towards our medical aid work. Please buy generously!

#medic #medical #Ukraine #tecc #tccc #paramedic #solidarity #mutualaid

If you look hard enough there is a lot of freely available #medical training material online.

Here is the entire #Military Clinical Readiness Curriculum from the #American Colleage of Surgeons.

https://www.facs.org/for-medical-professionals/education/programs/military-clinical-readiness-curriculum/

Free to access & with a Ukrainian translation!

Topics covered inlcude:
* Airway and #Breathing
* Critical Care
* Head & Spine Injury
* Torso #Trauma
* Transfusion and #Resuscitation
* #Wounds, #Amputations & #Fractures

Lots there for field #medics too.

#Ukraine #tecc #tccc

If you don't always have time to watch an #emergency #medicine video, what about trying a #podcast? Listen in the car, on the train, while out for a run....

The College of #Remote & Offshore Medicine (#CoROM) publishes just such a podcast series!

Application of #ultrasound in an austere environment? Episode 25. Management of severe #burns in an #austere environment? Episode 18. There's a lot to choose from.

https://anchor.fm/corom-foundation

#medics #emt #tccc #tecc #firstaid

#Landmines are one of the biggest scourges of modern warfare. They create so much civilian damage long after the #conflict ends.

Fast pre-hospital treatment of landmine injuries is the key to saving lives and, where possible, limbs.

The key to such treatment is education and training. Building a local community of first responders with the necessary skills to act quickly in the treatment of landmine injuries is essential.

https://squeet.me/display/962c3e10-9175f731-87db0a88d74b3056

#Ukraine #trauma #tourniquet #tecc #firstaid

The perfect resource?

"#Guerilla #Medicine: An introduction to the concepts of #austere medicine in asymmetric #conflicts"

Unfortunately they still talk about "nationally authorized resistance organizations" and "State-authorized resistance efforts"

Nonetheless, this page provides a publication download (in PDF) on the topic of "medical support to resistance forces."

https://www.europeanmedics.eu/guerilla-med-publication

Should be an interesting read & a worthwhile resource

#Ukraine #medics #emt #tccc #tecc #emergency

Our Open Collective page is now fully up and running, with a fiscal host on-board.

https://opencollective.com/blackflagmedical

We'd be very appreciative of anyone who can support us, in order to purchase more #medical supplies for #volunteer #medics operating in conflict zones, primarily #Ukraine at this time.

#emergency #tactical #paramedics #collective #mutualaid #humanitarian #tccc #tecc #emt #trauma