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The Tactical EMS / TEMS topic area gives officers all the relevant news and information they need to keep up to date on this ever-changing element of critical injury care and medical response. Self-care, buddy care, and basic life support functions like burn treatment and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) are among the most important areas of knowledge a cop must have.
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Boston bombings: Have we (finally) ended the tourniquet debate?

Boston bombings: Have we (finally) ended the tourniquet debate?

If you still need "proof positive" that tourniquets save lives, perhaps you should go talk with a survivor of the Boston Marathon bombing. - Full Story

Columns

Boston bombings: Have we (finally) ended the tourniquet debate? Doug Wyllie, PoliceOne Editor in Chief - 10-43: Be Advised...

Boston bombings: Have we (finally) ended the tourniquet debate?

If you still need "proof positive" that tourniquets save lives, perhaps you should go talk with a survivor of the Boston Marathon bombing - Full Story

Exclusives

Saving lives in the tactical space: Using the 'Casualty Collection Point'

Saving lives in the tactical space: Using the 'Casualty Collection Point'

The option of Casualty Collection Point (CCP) is no different in its utilitarian approach than any other trained tactic. - Full Story

News

Injured K-9 airlifted to animal hospital after shot by suspect

Air medical EMS crews pulled out all the stops after a K-9 was shot by flying her to an animal hospital to save him - Full Story

News

Officials investigate ambulance absence that kept injured cop waiting

Officials are continuing to investigate whether some fire department rescue services were inappropriately out of service at a time when a police officer was seriously injured in a hit-and-run crash - Full Story

In-depth News

Special Report: Tactical Tools for Patrol

Special Report: Tactical Tools for Patrol

Paint it black and call it tactical. This has been the knock on products flaunting that ‘tactical’ label. In this special section, we examine what really qualifies in the category of must-have tactical tools for cops, delve deeply into what TEMS officers need to gear up, and take a closer look at personal ballistic shields. 

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Tips

Stopping the bleeding: New survey will benchmark current LEO TEMS readiness

I was recently speaking with a newfound contact in law enforcement — in fact, he’s connected... - Full Story

Videos

TerraHawk at IACP 2010

The top priorities of the TerraHawk M.U.S.T. are mobile response and rapid deployment. When you pull up, you put the vehicle in park, press one button, and in less than a minute the vehicle is level and stabilized.



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Tactical EMS / TEMS Columnists

Issues in Tactical EMS Issues in Tactical EMS
with Samuel Getz
Beat-1 Beat-1
with Chris Lawrence