Never A Victim
Marksman
Immediate Action Medical-Tactical Response 07/12/2016-07/13/2016
This is my review for Immediate Action Medical from Tactical Response. I attended this course on 07/12/2016 to 07/13/2016. Tactical Response instructor Calvin Lim taught this course. There was no required gear to take this course, and each student was provided with a VOK medical trauma kit. An extra set of clothes (that you don’t mind destroying) is recommended.
Immediate Action Medical started with a discussion of some common misconceptions of trauma medical care. Keeping someone alive due to a traumatic injury only long enough to get to a hospital is your main goal. Just a basic understanding of what trauma is, and how to fix it is all that is required to really make a difference when it counts. Calvin also stressed that aimed, accurate, and deadly fire is the best kind of medical treatment you can provide. You should be carrying two trauma kits--one to induce trauma, and one to fix it.
The majority of the two-day course consisted of understanding the three most common types of trauma: excessive blood loss, tension pneumothorax, and airway obstruction. Each of these was discussed and then a practical application followed. Tourniquet use was done in normal lighted conditions as well as applying a tourniquet while blindfolded. Every student had the opportunity to insert a NPA airway into another student as well as have one applied to him or her. Calvin also set up a rack of ribs with a balloon under it, simulating a realistic way to insert a 14-gauge needle to decompress a chest cavity.
I went into this course with some trauma medicine training. I left this course with a better understanding of the need to practice these skills. Other trauma medicine courses I have attended in the past did not have near the practical application time as Immediate Action Medical. I now plan to practice my medical skills on a regular basis, much like I do with my shooting practice at my local range. Calvin Lim was a great instructor, with quick and precise answers for the students in the class.
If you own a gun and have never taken a trauma medicine class, take this course. Trauma medicine is the “unsexy” part of carrying a gun. You are much more likely to save a life with this type of medical training than you are to save a life by using your firearm. If you carry a gun you should at least be carrying a tourniquet.
Take this course.
This is my review for Immediate Action Medical from Tactical Response. I attended this course on 07/12/2016 to 07/13/2016. Tactical Response instructor Calvin Lim taught this course. There was no required gear to take this course, and each student was provided with a VOK medical trauma kit. An extra set of clothes (that you don’t mind destroying) is recommended.
Immediate Action Medical started with a discussion of some common misconceptions of trauma medical care. Keeping someone alive due to a traumatic injury only long enough to get to a hospital is your main goal. Just a basic understanding of what trauma is, and how to fix it is all that is required to really make a difference when it counts. Calvin also stressed that aimed, accurate, and deadly fire is the best kind of medical treatment you can provide. You should be carrying two trauma kits--one to induce trauma, and one to fix it.
The majority of the two-day course consisted of understanding the three most common types of trauma: excessive blood loss, tension pneumothorax, and airway obstruction. Each of these was discussed and then a practical application followed. Tourniquet use was done in normal lighted conditions as well as applying a tourniquet while blindfolded. Every student had the opportunity to insert a NPA airway into another student as well as have one applied to him or her. Calvin also set up a rack of ribs with a balloon under it, simulating a realistic way to insert a 14-gauge needle to decompress a chest cavity.
I went into this course with some trauma medicine training. I left this course with a better understanding of the need to practice these skills. Other trauma medicine courses I have attended in the past did not have near the practical application time as Immediate Action Medical. I now plan to practice my medical skills on a regular basis, much like I do with my shooting practice at my local range. Calvin Lim was a great instructor, with quick and precise answers for the students in the class.
If you own a gun and have never taken a trauma medicine class, take this course. Trauma medicine is the “unsexy” part of carrying a gun. You are much more likely to save a life with this type of medical training than you are to save a life by using your firearm. If you carry a gun you should at least be carrying a tourniquet.
Take this course.
