TacMed Updates: Development of a National Consensus for Tactical Emergency Medical Support (TEMS) Training Programs-Operators and Medical Providers.

Law enforcement special operations medical support.

referring to nonmilitary emergency medical services (EMS) that have been modified for the realities of the tactical environment and is emerging as a new subspecialty with nationwide application in prehospital care. 1 It can be defined as the spectrum of services necessary to establish and maintain the health, welfare, and safety of special operations law enforcement providers, and refers to " t...

TacMed updates. The Committee for Tactical Emergency Casualty Care: fall update.

TacMed Updates: Committee for Tactical Emergency Casualty Care (C-TECC) Update: Summer 2014.

The first anniversary of the Boston Marathon bombings reminds us of the critical importance of multiagency operational plans for high-threat civilian trauma response. Through the commitment of the many national and local leaders, we are more prepared than we were in 2013. Still, we must remain vigilant and continue to drive forward. The Department of Homeland Security, Department of Health and ...

Empowerment of Medical Toxicology in South Korea

In a recent issue of the Asia Pacific Journal of Medical Toxicology (APJMT), the importance of empowering medical toxicology in the Asia Pacific Region has been discussed. In the editorial by Dr. Afshari, it has been stated that national societies of medical toxicology are important infrastructure for the development of medical toxicology, and the Asia Pacific Association of Medical Toxicology ...

Tactical emergency casualty care (TECC): guidelines for the provision of prehospital trauma care in high threat environments.

105 inTroducTion Civilian Tactical Emergency Medical Support (TEMS) has a long history in the United States. Enormous progress has been made during the past ten years in developing professional and operational standards within the field. However, to date, there still exists no standard of care within TEMS specifically, and more broadly for high threat pre-hospital trauma care. Current civilian ...