You will never have a more high stress situation than a crying child with a upset parent and possible life threatening bleeding. He kept functioning, adapted and overcame. Great work.
Being in EMS myself, I would also like to add that he did a good job communicating with dispatch. It may not seem like he said a whole lot but stating that he applied a tourniquet to control bleeding can tell incoming EMS the level of severity in a lot of cases. Liked the video, looking forward to more!
Really depends on the radio system. Our system is an 800mhz trunked one that has almost no delay between keying up and transmitting. Obviously older VHF repeaters have a longer delay, so it does depend on the system they are using.
For this reason I carry a SWAT-T in addition to a CAT. Also, what may be little blood for an adult could be a significant portion of their overall intravascular volume for a child, so I consider any brisk bleeding on a child life-threatening, even if it doesn't appear to be "massive" from an adult perspective.
To be honest I haven't tried it, but it still has a buckle. Out of the tourniquets that you cinch the CAT-T seems the best, so that's why I carry the elastic SWAT-T as an alternate.
Lifter015 be careful with RATS. Using anything under 2 inches as a tourniquet can cause tissue damage. I ended up switching to a SWAT-T for that reason.
I was just talking to a friend of mine this past Sunday about how we wished there were more videos exactly like this one. Being able to learn and get "experience" without having to make your own mistakes first is super valuable. Thank you for taking the time to do this even though RUclips won't allow you to earn any ad revenue.
Yes more of these types of videos. This is an excellent representation of real world trauma and how to handle the situation. That police officer did a great job.
This was a great example of how to help a little one in need. Thanks for sharing & I look forward to future installments of this segment on your channel.
Key points that would be good to cover in this video: 1) Recognizing when a TQ is actually necessary. That was not much blood and did not look like arterial bleeding. 2) Importance of Compression WITH elevation 3) Being very familiar with your trauma kit, how to use all the interventions and where they are located in your kit. 4) Talking to your patient also keeps you calm and your head on task instead of freezing up. His talking did more for himself and the mother than the baby.
My daughter is a 68W in the army (Combat Medic) and we just had this conversation. She explained that for medically trained people who KNOW and are easily able to recognize arterial bleeding vs venous bleeding, knowing when a tourniquet is necessary is a no brainer, but these are NOT medically trained people. Police are what my daughter called CLS or combat life savers, meaning they are the first person on scene before a medically trained person arrives, and when they see lots of bleeding, their immediate job is to err on the side of caution and put a tourniquet on it to stop bleeding in the moment. Better to be safe than sorry. She said that in a high stress situation, as the one in the video was, and any combat is, the priority of the officers or soldiers is the whole situation, not fine medical details, that is for the medical personnel to determine later at the hospital or aid station (in her case in the army).
First of all well done to the officer on the spot. Recognised the bleed as a potential threat to life and acted immediately. It’s never easy when there’s screaming, panic, fear, blood and especially when a child is injured. As a cop he has to multitask: deal with the injury; manage mom; update control; where’s the weapon; where’s the suspect; try and preserve potential evidence etc. Most cops get basic first aid training and little time to practice & budget cuts impact on training with reduced contact time. This officer kept communicating with the child and mom, his voice sounded calm and confident even though he probably didn’t feel like it. He got the mom to apply pressure while he got his gloves on and med kit out. The only thing I would say is to have the TQ ready to go not inside a pack with everything else. He was fortunate to have mom there and not have to deal with it on his own as seconds count, fumbling for the TQ wastes precious time. Also be familiar with your equipment i.e. know how to open gauze packet, you don’t want to wait till an emergency to start reading instructions on packaging. Overall top job mate.
This gives context to what you are doing. This situation shows what it's really like You're already stressed from anticipation , a life literally in your hands then you have the baby crying and squirming the mother yelling and cursing in your ear.At the same time you have empathy for the victim and don't want to hurt them further. I was a Corpsman and trauma medicine is not for the faint hearted. This new format is a thumbs up.Carry on.
This type of footage is such a valued learning tool . Viewers can place themselves in the boots of a responder . See what works and what can be improved on . Gives an example of what can be encountered in the field as well as bystander reactions. As well as those of a victim . Looking forward to watching more . Thank you for taking the gamble on offering it to your viewers .
Keep doing these. One of the greatest gaps in my EMT-B and AEMT training was the stress training. These are really good for thinking about what to do when you are under fire and/or people are screaming at you to save their child. I love that I have to think real-time about what my actions are in these videos. I really appreciate all your videos that supplement my education.
Good learning. Also shows why prepping your supplies ahead of time will save valuable time in the process. Have your TQ’s unwrapped from the packaging and ready to use. Also arrange your kit in a way that you can see most of everything when you open it.
This video was awesome. For someone with no medical training at all, seeing a real situation and getting feedback on the officers choices was great. I really hope you continue to do more videos like this.
I really like these kind of videos! Dummy training is good for well thought out practice and training though these give real world examples that show how it's not easy when it's real. Keep it up skinny medic. Thanks for all the help.
Great video and comprehensove breakdown. I like it. One comment/suggestion I'll make is that I'd turn off the audio on the second playthrough and commentate over it instead, playing only key bits of audio when needed. This will allow for quicker, on the spot commentary and more visual aids present without having to do an excessive amount of cutting back and forth. Keep up the good work!
After taking a medical class, I'd honestly shy away from the RATS. Anything under 2 inches as a tourniquet can cause tissue damages. I ended up switching to a SWAT-T for that reason.
John S look up vid with John lovel from warrior poets society channel he has the guy who designed the rats and talks about real world experience with it and pros and cons especially with children, good watch
lidd69 I've seen the video. I was convinced since I've got a two year old that my CAT7 wouldn't work on. I purchased one myself, and brought it to my medical training class. In practical terms when time is not on your side when someone is bleeding out (namely my kid), the last thing I should have to worry about is if you're applying it properly so it won't cause any tissue damage once it comes off. Now I carry a SWAT-T to circumvent that.
Very informative and obviously real life scenario. Like how you can focus on the things that went well and the things that can be improved. Practicing and training is one thing; seeing the real deal is something else.
I would love to see more of these. Everyone of us can learn from each scenario, I'm a role player for a tactical medicine group and even role playing I learn something from every scenario I've been in. The one thing I would have like to see from this officer is to have his trauma kit opened and accessible, and maybe more familiar with the contents. Had he or another person been seriously injured opening that bag adds seconds, seconds count in a massive hemmorage. Him not using his on body TQ was absolutely the right call IMO
I like this idea... it shows in a small way how stressful and chaotic a situation like this can be... and what someone did right or could have done right in that moment.
Great to see this in action , shows how important knowing your gear and not losing your cool is in a situations like this, glad to hear there both gonna be ok
This is a needed type of video. Please include many more reviews of actual trauma treatment. Your approach of showing the full coverage, then going back over the events one at a time was very understandable.
I'm a big fan of this format. This is the closest that most of us will get to experiencing trauma as a first responder and seeing how long certain things can take, how much screaming and panic can be involved, what "gosh, that is a lot of blood" looks like, what works and what doesn't, and so on. I really liked your critical analysis. You made very good points and handled the subject with positivity and compassion for the officer and victims. You're a great teacher and I'm looking forward to learning more from the next video in this series.
Create Synergistic Transformations that isn’t the mother! That is the aunt! The mom was stabbed too. The Aunt is pissed because the mom put them through that. The mom didn’t believe when the Ex said he would kill her and the family
Like how this demonstrates the kinda stress u can be in. Whether a stabbing or car accident or whatever. Your gonna have ppl screaming around you and not letting u focus. Giod to keep in mind
Thanks for the video. It's really crucial for people to be mentally prepared to deal with other folks' upsot, craziness, hollering, screaming, whatnot. 20 years ago I took several courses, including Red Cross "Wilderness Emergency Response," a 12 - week intensive course. For me, the most disturbing images showed what happens to the human body healing from Frostbite. I'd never seen anything like those before. >>>>> Nothin' like a hug to help the kid deal with the situation.
Skinny, Keep the vids coming.. They are awesome. I teach 1st aid,CPR and AED. i send my students over to your channel. I've watched your vids for a few years now and love the content you have. thanks and stay safe.... see you on the BIG one
Good stuff. Thanks. Real life events show the need for repetitive training and how you can forget things like a red pull tab when the adrenaline is pumping. It also shows how zip closures need to be redesigned for first aid use. The material above the zip typically closes in on itself and they're equal lengths.
I like this idea. Good to not be critical and encouraging to people on what to do in emergencies. What might be interesting is to add some tips for us to take - like how to determine how much blood is too much? How packages open (with an example of you opening one of pointing it out) - How people react in stressful situations, when a pressure bandage will work and how to make it work better. Good stuff.
Quoodle1 the amount of blood is a secondary issue to what kinda bleed cap/vent/arterial in my mind. Learn your own gear inside and out if theres a patient and gear there theres probably someone who knows how to use it already.
Man, that's hard to watch but I like to know about real situations. Makes me realize how much I need to train with my equipment as well as directing people in a situation.
I like the concept. I'd like to see more of your thoughts on what could have been better. The child here was saved, so that's what matters most, but any thoughts (hindsight being 20-20) on what could have been done better, or what tools or gear would have been better, etc. would be a great addition to these videos. Keep it up.
SM - What you presented in AAR format and supplemental discussion, I vote EXCELLENT. Real world events as a teaching moment, superb. Does not get more attention focusing than that.
Would really like to see more vids like this of real world situations and how you would personally apply your knowledge. PLEASE and THANK YOU for what you do. I’ve learned a lot from your channel
As messed up as it is to say, the child screaming and wailing like that is actually a good sign. It means she's still alert. I would've been more worried if she was very, eerily quiet.
Great job by officer. I would add that a quick scan of the child further up the arm and arm pit, chest, back would be prudent. The arm wound may not have been the only wound or even the most serious wound. Some times we get focused on just we see initially and think “ ok, I got this” and only treat the obvious wound when there may be others.
This example of a medical situation depicticed with a real life/ real world situation is important in the sense that people get an emotional, psychological experience of an event. Training is of ut most importance indeed, and experience is the best trainer. The way humans operate is though memory and imagination. With this angle that you presented skinny medic helps to brigde the gap of imagination with real world experience.
Poor baby!! good job officer...LE here in Philadelphia we get issued CATs and our training is pretty good too. I carried one before we got them issued so I had two but now I carry 4 just in case
These after action reports do educate very well. Active Protection does a great job in doing it for encounters with criminals, this is a great way to cover the medical side of it (There was an add when i played it).
I've seen plenty of videos of people in stressful situations performing lifesaving actions like this. Even some from soldiers under direct fire. But nothing is as horrifying as seeing that much blood coming out of a young child. Just watching this had me shaking, I only hope that if I am ever faced with such a situation, I perform half as well as he did.
I carry a CAT and 2 SWAT-T’s. You rarely think about applying a T to a child’s small limb. I guess he could have slipped the gauze pack under neath the CAT to fill the gap. Good work and kudos for even having a trauma kit onboard.
Two of my biggest take away were 1. Know your equipment, where it is, how to open and use it. 2. Practice all situations. Adults, children, babies, elderly. As a 23 year Army medic, we failed on that 2nd one big time going into Iraq/Afghanistan. Still do really.
Thanks for this video! Because I have children this video hit home. I will be adding a SWAT T tourniquet to my med bag! Thanks for this video brother. I've learned so much from you!
Wow that’s a tough one. Good seeing that ever officer on seeing that ever officer having a trauma kit though. Even 10 years ago that may have not be true.
He could have saved two minutes easily had his turnakit been on person like any first responder should have. However. He acted cool calm and collected an you can tell he is actually a good cop and man. Good to see.
Mom didn’t help the child stay calm but the officer did a great job. He communicated with the child and did what he could. Amazing outcome. Ill take no radio traffic and some action on scene over a great incoming report and nothing done.
I liked this very much because it is a “real world situation & solution”. Thank you for not criticizing and instead explained the better or easier alternatives. I have often wondered if I encountered a person with a chest wound who was having trouble breathing & I had no special first aid equipment. Is there anything I could do besides of course call 911 & try to comfort the injured? My fear is that it would be a sucking chest wound - that may not be the correct term so please don’t LOL!
Good point on the CAT T on infants and toddlers. Hadn't considered that. I am attending a 'stop the bleed' course at a local Trauma centre this month. I will bring that up if they don't
Keep sending out videos like these. But the question remains of what to do when a small kid is bleeding and direct pressure doesn't control it well enough. I'm talking an injury happening in a boonies type area where medical held is hours or days away, a SHTF scenario.
Well done. Thank you! I've learned a lot from you and always carry a CAT TQ , an Israeli bandage, several chest seals I bought from you and a roll of tape and scissors and lots of gauze in my truck. Also Benadryl and aspirin. Might need it for myself or someone else.
I know the majority of a lot of content is GSW, stab related but I’d like to see trauma issues that arise from farming. People don’t realize that farming is very hazardous with a lot of potential for trauma applications. And the majority of the time farmers are even farther from EMS help than others.
The stress and the crying got to him and he realized that it wasn't worth it to mess with the gloves. Gloves are important I am not saying he should have just left the gloves in the packaging.
That's not the mom. That's the mom's sister. The girl's mom was stabbed too. She then handed her daughter over to her sister, who brought her to the cop. At the end of the video, you can hear the woman rebuking her sister for putting her niece and herself in a dangerous situation (by not taking the ex seriously when he threatened to kill her and her family).
She isn't trained to deal with this what do you expect her to do? Don't be disrespectful to someone who was having one of the worst days of their life. Hopefully her sister listens next time.
Could have used the gauze under the TQ right on the artery if neccessary and tightened it down. Gauze would have helped fill the void, kinda like the junctional TQs
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SkinnyMedic keep these videos coming! Real world training techniques are great!
Wow. Those thought police suck. First aid is bad? I must be a pirate for being a former boy scout.
SkinnyMedic lame. Educational content is educational content.
That poor child what a traumatic event
This is an AWESOME idea man! Keep them coming. This is SO much better that just “talking” about a scenario.
That sucks, but real life video like this could help save lives. Keep up the amazing work!
I would love to see a medical version of the Active Self Protection channel.
Maybe it will grow into that
minicoopertn yes!
I was just thinking this format is similar to ASP. Love the idea.
minicoopertn I would love to see that too
I think it will be quite difficult to find so much medical videos like ASP. I think there is no "Brazil of medicine" :)
But still, I love this idea
You will never have a more high stress situation than a crying child with a upset parent and possible life threatening bleeding. He kept functioning, adapted and overcame. Great work.
Imagine the same thing but explosions and bullets all around you, reigning on you.
Being in EMS myself, I would also like to add that he did a good job communicating with dispatch. It may not seem like he said a whole lot but stating that he applied a tourniquet to control bleeding can tell incoming EMS the level of severity in a lot of cases. Liked the video, looking forward to more!
it also accurately records the time of the said tourniquet being applied
He transmitted after it keyed up. They might not have much of a delay.
Really depends on the radio system. Our system is an 800mhz trunked one that has almost no delay between keying up and transmitting. Obviously older VHF repeaters have a longer delay, so it does depend on the system they are using.
For this reason I carry a SWAT-T in addition to a CAT. Also, what may be little blood for an adult could be a significant portion of their overall intravascular volume for a child, so I consider any brisk bleeding on a child life-threatening, even if it doesn't appear to be "massive" from an adult perspective.
You are correct, they don't have 5,000 CC to loose!
fhgnius What about a rats?
To be honest I haven't tried it, but it still has a buckle. Out of the tourniquets that you cinch the CAT-T seems the best, so that's why I carry the elastic SWAT-T as an alternate.
Lifter015, RAT's will work on smaller arms and legs. John Lovell has a video on them "RATs and Doc C" It's worth a few minutes.
Lifter015 be careful with RATS. Using anything under 2 inches as a tourniquet can cause tissue damage. I ended up switching to a SWAT-T for that reason.
God it is horrifying to watch but informative. Keep producing these.
Joel Kennington its good to be ready to see people messed up or when things go bad you don’t panic/freeze. So this kinda vid is perfect in my opinion
Any information you can get that has to do with trauma and medical is good keep up the good work brother I learned so much from you and your Channel
Thank you for the support!
SkinnyMedic np bro i have your stuff all over my channel people get into it
I was just talking to a friend of mine this past Sunday about how we wished there were more videos exactly like this one. Being able to learn and get "experience" without having to make your own mistakes first is super valuable. Thank you for taking the time to do this even though RUclips won't allow you to earn any ad revenue.
good.
This equally broke my Mama-heart & enraged me!
BUT I am so grateful for you showing real life situations like this.
Knowledge is power.
I like this approach to your videos, I’m one of the medical guys on my church security team and these AARs are invaluable, please keep posting more
you should tell "my church" they need to have dedicated medical staff, =)
it only takes a spark!
Yes more of these types of videos. This is an excellent representation of real world trauma and how to handle the situation. That police officer did a great job.
This was a great example of how to help a little one in need. Thanks for sharing & I look forward to future installments of this segment on your channel.
Key points that would be good to cover in this video:
1) Recognizing when a TQ is actually necessary. That was not much blood and did not look like arterial bleeding.
2) Importance of Compression WITH elevation
3) Being very familiar with your trauma kit, how to use all the interventions and where they are located in your kit.
4) Talking to your patient also keeps you calm and your head on task instead of freezing up. His talking did more for himself and the mother than the baby.
My daughter is a 68W in the army (Combat Medic) and we just had this conversation. She explained that for medically trained people who KNOW and are easily able to recognize arterial bleeding vs venous bleeding, knowing when a tourniquet is necessary is a no brainer, but these are NOT medically trained people. Police are what my daughter called CLS or combat life savers, meaning they are the first person on scene before a medically trained person arrives, and when they see lots of bleeding, their immediate job is to err on the side of caution and put a tourniquet on it to stop bleeding in the moment. Better to be safe than sorry. She said that in a high stress situation, as the one in the video was, and any combat is, the priority of the officers or soldiers is the whole situation, not fine medical details, that is for the medical personnel to determine later at the hospital or aid station (in her case in the army).
First of all well done to the officer on the spot. Recognised the bleed as a potential threat to life and acted immediately. It’s never easy when there’s screaming, panic, fear, blood and especially when a child is injured. As a cop he has to multitask: deal with the injury; manage mom; update control; where’s the weapon; where’s the suspect; try and preserve potential evidence etc. Most cops get basic first aid training and little time to practice & budget cuts impact on training with reduced contact time. This officer kept communicating with the child and mom, his voice sounded calm and confident even though he probably didn’t feel like it. He got the mom to apply pressure while he got his gloves on and med kit out. The only thing I would say is to have the TQ ready to go not inside a pack with everything else. He was fortunate to have mom there and not have to deal with it on his own as seconds count, fumbling for the TQ wastes precious time. Also be familiar with your equipment i.e. know how to open gauze packet, you don’t want to wait till an emergency to start reading instructions on packaging. Overall top job mate.
This gives context to what you are doing. This situation shows what it's really like You're already stressed from anticipation , a life literally in your hands then you have the baby crying and squirming the mother yelling and cursing in your ear.At the same time you have empathy for the victim and don't want to hurt them further.
I was a Corpsman and trauma medicine is not for the faint hearted.
This new format is a thumbs up.Carry on.
This type of footage is such a valued learning tool . Viewers can place themselves in the boots of a responder . See what works and what can be improved on . Gives an example of what can be encountered in the field as well as bystander reactions. As well as those of a victim . Looking forward to watching more . Thank you for taking the gamble on offering it to your viewers .
Keep doing these. One of the greatest gaps in my EMT-B and AEMT training was the stress training. These are really good for thinking about what to do when you are under fire and/or people are screaming at you to save their child. I love that I have to think real-time about what my actions are in these videos. I really appreciate all your videos that supplement my education.
Please have more of these videos, they are very useful to become aware of the stress that occurs during a first responder event.
this seriously hurt my heart to watch. that baby shouldnt have to go through something so terrible. thank you for the taching and info
I love this kind of videos! Active Self Defense / A.S.P. Is another great series of AAR videos.
Yes I got his advise about doing this series
Good learning. Also shows why prepping your supplies ahead of time will save valuable time in the process. Have your TQ’s unwrapped from the packaging and ready to use. Also arrange your kit in a way that you can see most of everything when you open it.
More, please, doc.
That was really uncomfortable to watch but priceless information. Thanks!
This video was awesome. For someone with no medical training at all, seeing a real situation and getting feedback on the officers choices was great. I really hope you continue to do more videos like this.
I do like this format. Proves that you not only need to know what equipment you have but also need to know where it is and how to use it. Thank you.
I really like these kind of videos! Dummy training is good for well thought out practice and training though these give real world examples that show how it's not easy when it's real. Keep it up skinny medic. Thanks for all the help.
Great video and comprehensove breakdown. I like it.
One comment/suggestion I'll make is that I'd turn off the audio on the second playthrough and commentate over it instead, playing only key bits of audio when needed. This will allow for quicker, on the spot commentary and more visual aids present without having to do an excessive amount of cutting back and forth.
Keep up the good work!
For better or worse, I carry a RAT in addition to a CAT specifically because I have a small child. It is also a compact and budget friendly secondary.
I run cat, rats, and swat -T, each have their individual needs, swat-T is approved for K 9 patients also, and the rats works well on children
After taking a medical class, I'd honestly shy away from the RATS. Anything under 2 inches as a tourniquet can cause tissue damages. I ended up switching to a SWAT-T for that reason.
John S look up vid with John lovel from warrior poets society channel he has the guy who designed the rats and talks about real world experience with it and pros and cons especially with children, good watch
lidd69 I've seen the video. I was convinced since I've got a two year old that my CAT7 wouldn't work on. I purchased one myself, and brought it to my medical training class.
In practical terms when time is not on your side when someone is bleeding out (namely my kid), the last thing I should have to worry about is if you're applying it properly so it won't cause any tissue damage once it comes off.
Now I carry a SWAT-T to circumvent that.
Man give this officer a medal or some thing!!! And the little girl is warriors, glad she's ok now.
Hello from Brighton UK. AAR's are extremely informative. Not to judge, but learn, many thanks for all that you do, Roland
Very informative and obviously real life scenario. Like how you can focus on the things that went well and the things that can be improved. Practicing and training is one thing; seeing the real deal is something else.
I would love to see more of these. Everyone of us can learn from each scenario, I'm a role player for a tactical medicine group and even role playing I learn something from every scenario I've been in. The one thing I would have like to see from this officer is to have his trauma kit opened and accessible, and maybe more familiar with the contents. Had he or another person been seriously injured opening that bag adds seconds, seconds count in a massive hemmorage. Him not using his on body TQ was absolutely the right call IMO
As a police officer, I really appreciate the police body cam footage breakdowns. Thanks for doing what you do!
I m a Police Officer from Berlin in Germany. Top Doing. I m proud of you .
I like this idea... it shows in a small way how stressful and chaotic a situation like this can be... and what someone did right or could have done right in that moment.
Great to see this in action , shows how important knowing your gear and not losing your cool is in a situations like this, glad to hear there both gonna be ok
I think this type of video is a great learning tool.
This is a needed type of video. Please include many more reviews of actual trauma treatment. Your approach of showing the full coverage, then going back over the events one at a time was very understandable.
Super, never know when one of your videos might save a life. Actual chaos is much better than just re-enactment. Kudos!
Heart wrenching hearing her cry, train for your children
This channel is educational and might or has already saved a life or two! Here is where i wouldnt mind ads.
I'm a big fan of this format. This is the closest that most of us will get to experiencing trauma as a first responder and seeing how long certain things can take, how much screaming and panic can be involved, what "gosh,
that is a lot of blood" looks like, what works and what doesn't, and so on. I really liked your critical analysis. You made very good points and handled the subject with positivity and compassion for the officer and victims. You're a great teacher and I'm looking forward to learning more from the next video in this series.
The mother's anger and hate was being picked up by the child.
Create Synergistic Transformations that isn’t the mother! That is the aunt! The mom was stabbed too. The Aunt is pissed because the mom put them through that. The mom didn’t believe when the Ex said he would kill her and the family
Future Jarhead thanks, I didn't know that. We need to try and keep calm when someone, especially a child is bleeding out. Easier said than done.
Create Synergistic Transformations no prob bro
@@heterodox3487 Much easier said than done especially for someone who isn't a professional.
Like how this demonstrates the kinda stress u can be in. Whether a stabbing or car accident or whatever. Your gonna have ppl screaming around you and not letting u focus. Giod to keep in mind
Thanks for the video. It's really crucial for people to be mentally prepared to deal with other folks' upsot, craziness, hollering, screaming, whatnot. 20 years ago I took several courses, including Red Cross "Wilderness Emergency Response," a 12 - week intensive course. For me, the most disturbing images showed what happens to the human body healing from Frostbite. I'd never seen anything like those before. >>>>> Nothin' like a hug to help the kid deal with the situation.
Critiquing videos like this is a great idea. Please do more.
This style of video is great! Seeing real world is second to none.
Skinny, Keep the vids coming.. They are awesome. I teach 1st aid,CPR and AED. i send my students over to your channel. I've watched your vids for a few years now and love the content you have. thanks and stay safe.... see you on the BIG one
Good stuff. Thanks. Real life events show the need for repetitive training and how you can forget things like a red pull tab when the adrenaline is pumping. It also shows how zip closures need to be redesigned for first aid use. The material above the zip typically closes in on itself and they're equal lengths.
I like this idea. Good to not be critical and encouraging to people on what to do in emergencies. What might be interesting is to add some tips for us to take - like how to determine how much blood is too much? How packages open (with an example of you opening one of pointing it out) - How people react in stressful situations, when a pressure bandage will work and how to make it work better. Good stuff.
Quoodle1 the amount of blood is a secondary issue to what kinda bleed cap/vent/arterial in my mind.
Learn your own gear inside and out if theres a patient and gear there theres probably someone who knows how to use it already.
This was an awesome video!!! I’d like to see more “after action reports” 👍🏻
Man, that's hard to watch but I like to know about real situations. Makes me realize how much I need to train with my equipment as well as directing people in a situation.
I like the concept. I'd like to see more of your thoughts on what could have been better. The child here was saved, so that's what matters most, but any thoughts (hindsight being 20-20) on what could have been done better, or what tools or gear would have been better, etc. would be a great addition to these videos. Keep it up.
Thank you for the feedback
Love this format - thx! Nothing is better for learning than reality ...
Great video Skinny Medic! This was really a teachable moment!! Keep up the great work!
SM - What you presented in AAR format and supplemental discussion, I vote EXCELLENT. Real world events as a teaching moment, superb. Does not get more attention focusing than that.
Wow. Scared the crap out of me every time she went quiet.
Would really like to see more vids like this of real world situations and how you would personally apply your knowledge. PLEASE and THANK YOU for what you do. I’ve learned a lot from your channel
We were taught to use the CAT with a gauze roller or large pad folded to apply pressure and maintain to the wound on a child.
I think this would be a good style of video to cover. Always good to see what works and what doesn't.
As messed up as it is to say, the child screaming and wailing like that is actually a good sign. It means she's still alert. I would've been more worried if she was very, eerily quiet.
Great job by officer. I would add that a quick scan of the child further up the arm and arm pit, chest, back would be prudent. The arm wound may not have been the only wound or even the most serious wound. Some times we get focused on just we see initially and think “ ok, I got this” and only treat the obvious wound when there may be others.
This example of a medical situation depicticed with a real life/ real world situation is important in the sense that people get an emotional, psychological experience of an event. Training is of ut most importance indeed, and experience is the best trainer. The way humans operate is though memory and imagination. With this angle that you presented skinny medic helps to brigde the gap of imagination with real world experience.
Poor baby!! good job officer...LE here in Philadelphia we get issued CATs and our training is pretty good too. I carried one before we got them issued so I had two but now I carry 4 just in case
These after action reports do educate very well. Active Protection does a great job in doing it for encounters with criminals, this is a great way to cover the medical side of it (There was an add when i played it).
Definitely love the after thoughts like ASP angle. I’m an NP and past EMT, keep them coming please!
I've seen plenty of videos of people in stressful situations performing lifesaving actions like this. Even some from soldiers under direct fire. But nothing is as horrifying as seeing that much blood coming out of a young child. Just watching this had me shaking, I only hope that if I am ever faced with such a situation, I perform half as well as he did.
I carry a CAT and 2 SWAT-T’s. You rarely think about applying a T to a child’s small limb. I guess he could have slipped the gauze pack under neath the CAT to fill the gap. Good work and kudos for even having a trauma kit onboard.
We need more like this to help us prepare. Thank you.
Two of my biggest take away were 1. Know your equipment, where it is, how to open and use it. 2. Practice all situations. Adults, children, babies, elderly. As a 23 year Army medic, we failed on that 2nd one big time going into Iraq/Afghanistan. Still do really.
Poor little one, it breaks my heart as a dad. the cop did a really good job.
Thanks for this video! Because I have children this video hit home. I will be adding a SWAT T tourniquet to my med bag! Thanks for this video brother. I've learned so much from you!
Wow that’s a tough one. Good seeing that ever officer on seeing that ever officer having a trauma kit though. Even 10 years ago that may have not be true.
He could have saved two minutes easily had his turnakit been on person like any first responder should have. However. He acted cool calm and collected an you can tell he is actually a good cop and man. Good to see.
I really liked this video please do more of them. It is like Active Self Protection, but the medical side. I only live 40 minutes from there.
Mom didn’t help the child stay calm but the officer did a great job. He communicated with the child and did what he could. Amazing outcome. Ill take no radio traffic and some action on scene over a great incoming report and nothing done.
I liked this very much because it is a “real world situation & solution”. Thank you for not criticizing and instead explained the better or easier alternatives. I have often wondered if I encountered a person with a chest wound who was having trouble breathing & I had no special first aid equipment. Is there anything I could do besides of course call 911 & try to comfort the injured? My fear is that it would be a sucking chest wound - that may not be the correct term so please don’t LOL!
Good point on the CAT T on infants and toddlers. Hadn't considered that. I am attending a 'stop the bleed' course at a local Trauma centre this month. I will bring that up if they don't
thanks for the time and effort doing this vid
Keep sending out videos like these. But the question remains of what to do when a small kid is bleeding and direct pressure doesn't control it well enough. I'm talking an injury happening in a boonies type area where medical held is hours or days away, a SHTF scenario.
I also learned in this video that having rapid access is important. The officer wasted a lot of time digging into his bag.
Great to see lessons to learn from real world videos, I really like this approach and would love to see more.
This was "INTENSE" 👍
Good learning moment, good job.
Well done. Thank you! I've learned a lot from you and always carry a CAT TQ , an Israeli bandage, several chest seals I bought from you and a roll of tape and scissors and lots of gauze in my truck. Also Benadryl and aspirin. Might need it for myself or someone else.
So tragic that child and mother had to go through that.
I like this new direction of videos! Very informative, would like to see more.
I know the majority of a lot of content is GSW, stab related but I’d like to see trauma issues that arise from farming. People don’t realize that farming is very hazardous with a lot of potential for trauma applications. And the majority of the time farmers are even farther from EMS help than others.
The cop was more comforting to the baby than the mother!
I really like this idea it gives us a real world view of trama I'd like to see more of these videos
Great video. Please make more. I still carry Esmarch bandage and some Cat 7's.
kudos to the officer 💙 I'm wondering though...why only one glove?
The stress and the crying got to him and he realized that it wasn't worth it to mess with the gloves.
Gloves are important I am not saying he should have just left the gloves in the packaging.
Super helpful and informative. Would love to see more of this kind of content.
I enjoy your content,hope to see more like it.always learn something.
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Keep up the good work bro! These videos are awesome
He needed to put the tourniquet on the mom’s mouth!
...🙄smh.
That poor kid… What a life she is going to have.
That's not the mom. That's the mom's sister. The girl's mom was stabbed too. She then handed her daughter over to her sister, who brought her to the cop. At the end of the video, you can hear the woman rebuking her sister for putting her niece and herself in a dangerous situation (by not taking the ex seriously when he threatened to kill her and her family).
She isn't trained to deal with this what do you expect her to do? Don't be disrespectful to someone who was having one of the worst days of their life. Hopefully her sister listens next time.
As a father I am always wanting medical info for kids. Seems most stuff is just for adults. I'd love to see more info towards children.
Could have used the gauze under the TQ right on the artery if neccessary and tightened it down. Gauze would have helped fill the void, kinda like the junctional TQs
The medical version of active self protection! Nice!
Keep these videos coming, Great work!
Great concept! Thank you.