Field Care for burns Always Better. | October 27th, 2021 When I started the BFG MED Blog, my promise to the reader was that we would provide basic to-the-point medical information without terminology that made you Google. Since starting, I have received the occasional “but you didn&rsquo …

What Happens When Blood Loss Occurs Always Better. | September 7th 2021 Blood loss. Spoiler Alert! It’s bad for you. Several of the previous posts have talked about stopping blood loss, I guess it’s time to spend a few minutes on WHAT HAPPENS when blood loss occurs. I have spent to …

Combat, Tactical, and Pre-Hospital Emergency Scenario Always Better. | September 2nd 2021 First things first, for the purposes of today’s blog post we are going to be discussing tourniquet placement in a Combat, Tactical, and Pre-Hospital Emergency Scenario. Tourniquet placement and …

CPR is a great skill for treating certain medical conditions and limited types of trauma conditions Always Better. | Aug 10th 2021 Let’s Discuss Performing CPR on Trauma Patients This week we are going to discuss performing CPR on trauma patients. As with most things, there is some contr …

Trauma Patients who Bleed Become Hypovolemic Always Better. | July 30th 2021 We previously discussed tourniquets and bleeding control but today I wanted to discuss a related topic. One of the first things I noticed when assessing the contents of the MTKN and TKN-MEDIUM trauma kits when I arriv …

The Truth about Tourniquets Always Better. | July 22nd, 2021 1. Tourniquets are a Last Resort False It is true that this was once taught, I was told this in my first Medic class, but we have learned a lot since then. Tourniquet use as a last resort is an antiquated protocol for trauma. Tourniqu …