OFFICER Magazine spoke to three agencies about the roles of their tactical medics and how that growing position in SWAT units bridges law enforcement and EMS. Gaston County, North Carolina, tactical ...

There is an age-old debate in Tactical Medicine on what method is better for tourniquet placement: “High and Tight” or 2 to 3 inches above the wound. As a SWAT Medic and a NAEMT TCCC, TECC, PHTLS ...

TOLEDO, Ohio — You wouldn't typically find a medic kicking down the door with the SWAT team. But Toledo police chief Michael Troendle says that's all in a day's work for the department's tactical ...

GLENDORA, Calif. (KABC) -- A week after a Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department tactical medic died of cancer, fellow deputies escorted his young daughter to school on the year's first day of ...

PERRYSBURG, Ohio — Tactical medics are a special breed of police officers. Beyond the standard police skills, they also carry EMT training. WTOL 11 was the only local news station to get a deeper look ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) - Dr. Leon Kwei is an emergency room physician with a passion for protecting law enforcement and, in part, thanks to him, a new law takes effect Wednesday. “It allows ...

SEMBACH, Germany – Allied Forces North Battalion medics conducted a combat lifesaver course at Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe in Casteau, Belgium in the first week of April. The course ...

TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - They negotiate with barricaded suspects and rush into dangerous situations. Toledo’s SWAT team is an elite unit, and now, it’s added a new unit with six new members to the team.

Active-threat incidents, such as an active shooter and bombing, create dangerous environments that push responders beyond the “everyday” or routine calls for service. These environments present unique ...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - A world away, Ukrainian-Americans felt despair with word of Russia’s invasion of their home country back in February of 2022. “I still refused to believe that it would happen, so ...