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🇬🇧 #PoliceMedics creating awareness of our role amongst other responders to enhance interoperability in casualty care #TheBasicsDoneWellAlways #Since1878
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http://www.policemedics.net 11-01-2016 10:07:45
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An outstanding talk from Matt Sztajnkrycer, cognitive errors in high stress tactical medicine, with application to other situations. Critical patients increase cognitive load, set up for easy choices, avoid creating training scars. TacticalTrauma NAEMSP AMPA Mayo Clinic Emergency Medicine Univ. of Wisconsin Emergency Medicine


Fascinating talk by Matt Sztajnkrycer on decision making under pressure by police officers. The concept of cognitive scripting was particularly interesting - “Great if you pick the correct script” #TacTrauma24




Test day today for the med students - a variety of trauma first aid topics assessed: pelvic splints, chest seals, tqs, defibs, igels, penthrox etc. Some very impressive stuff. Invaluable to have RLHPrehospitalCare students and London Ambulance Service staff as stooges/assessors too.










If you're a police officer in the UK and have witnessed a resuscitative thoracotomy, please email / DM Rachel Edwards or me. We're looking at the psychological impact of officers witnessing this procedure and your help could improve support offered to officers in the future.