Covers indications for airway intervention, equipment and pharmacology, escalation from basic maneuvers to surgical cricothyroidotomy, and ongoing airway nursing care.
Covers urgent burn care, airway concerns, burn-size assessment, fluid resuscitation, monitoring, pain control, and infection prevention, using a “best / better / minimum” framework with improvised options when hospital resources aren’t available.
Covers fluid resuscitation, urine and myoglobin monitoring, treatment of hyperkalemia, tourniquet and fasciotomy considerations, and infection control.
Covers blood products (whole blood, red cells, plasma, platelets), hemostatic adjuncts, recognition of patients needing resuscitation, and how care is delivered from point of injury and en route through the medical treatment facility.
Covers wound debridement, fracture stabilization, external fixation for the non-orthopaedic surgeon, and considerations for host-nation casualties.
Neurologic assessment, monitoring, hemodynamic and airway management, control of intracranial pressure, seizure prophylaxis, fever and sodium management, blood glucose control, and transport considerations.
Covers the full range of thoracic trauma — tension and open pneumothorax, massive hemothorax, cardiac tamponade, great-vessel and tracheobronchial injuries, flail chest, and damage control surgical techniques across roles of care.
Covers product definitions, indications, collection, storage, testing, transfusion, and documentation, including how to set up and run a “walking blood bank” for fresh whole blood and pediatric considerations.
Covers analgesia, irrigation, debridement, dressings, wound closure, and infection prevention and treatment, plus special cases such as facial, ocular, animal-bite, and aquatic-exposure wounds.