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Discover how our Homeland Security Professor of the Practice, Dan DeBree, at Texas A&M University - The Bush School of Government and Public Service is doing his part to educate the next generation of public servant leaders!

Incorporating some awareness of strategic network & system responses to #MajorIncidents , this afternoon’s exercise examines all elements of the major incident from forward hazard areas, incident command and these strategic considerations. It’s great to understand your partner agencies as well as the demands on the whole hierarchy. ALSG ALSG #MIMMS

Ground truth from Burma. Irregular warfare (IW) was a hot topic at @specialopsmedassociation SOMA last week, as was medicine in a large scale combat operations (LSCO). The common theme was that what we consider “old” in terms of medicine, is “new” again because the age of the Golden Hour is now history. Reality is mass casualty events with prolonged evacuation times. Better be training accordingly! from @freeburmarangers • Doctors and medics treating a casualty at a forward Casualty Collection Point, (CCP). #militarymedicine #tccc #pfc #pcc #austeremedicine #lsco #IW #beprepared

“Mass casualty events with prolonged evacuation times so train accordingly” resonates with me. Thinking back to September 11, 2001, Hurricane Katrina, 2005, Hurricane Maria, 2017, and even to the brief time I was on the ground in Tacloban, Philippines after Typhoon Haiyan struck in 2013. These were all situations where there was no short evacuation time available. What is the plan for care and scope of practice and prolonged field care algorithms for civilian first responders, EMTs, and medics? What is the logistical plan to support these operations? What’s the plan for evacuation especially when standard options are limited or unavailable? Having made the mistake of attending a tactical emergency medical operators course and packing a backpack with “everything you think you need” including 1,500 ml of IV fluids and cardiac medications but no cardiac monitor (🤦🏻♂️) and then being told to climb a cargo net as part of an obstacle course. Fast forward to the end, the weight of the pack compressed my brachial plexus and circulation. I lost the function of my hands near the top of the net and had to find a creative way back down. Lesson learned: Be clear on what your exact operational goals are, what the environment you will be working in, what are some expected obstacles, and what haven’t you thought of yet (usually think of these things after you are elbow-deep in stuff), and pack for that. Let’s take ownership of our thinking and training to ensure we are prepared.

First of our series of videos! Dr. Chuck Bass talking to you about our protection technologies and our advanced material research!

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The Australian Defence industry is facing a significant challenge - the government's strategic planning process. According to a reputable defence reporting publication, each of the highest defence plans has a lifespan of around 1000 days, and the government's strategic review poses the biggest financial risk to the industry to date. As a result, the industry is at risk of winning government contract, only to have it fall to a strategic review. With the Defence Strategic Review (#DSR) and the Surface Fleet Review currently in progress ( post IIP) , the effort to get these plans deciphered, levelled, and applied to an operationally viable point is stressing the system to its limit. Will it change again in the next 1000 days? Only time will tell. #hereandnow #defencestrategicreview

The Basic Emergency Operations Center Functions course is designed to introduce the role, design, and function of the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) and the supportive relationship as a NIMS Command and Coordination component of the Multiagency Coordination System.

This quote is a powerful reminder about the significance of planning and prioritizing what truly matters. As the saying goes, money may fluctuate, but time remains constant. Wishing everyone a highly productive week ahead! #staymotivates #dedicated #firedup #urah #usmc #usa #inspiremas

The reality of LSCO. To all the General Officers out there making your grand plans for glory, the scale of casualties in a true peer-peer war is unfathomable - the numbers would overwhelm medical capabilities and a generation of young combatants would likely be lost or forever impacted to achieve what? And that’s not even taking into account the civilian decimation. Sure, you can argue that war is the way of the world, but wouldn’t it be nice if we could make diplomacy great again? From @bteam_co Warning graphic video for education purpose’s. Knowledge transfer coming from a Paramedic friend currently working in Ukraine. I think it’s important to try and share info coming from on the ground in these situations in a very different environment. Resources and capabilities aren’t going to be the same every where you go. Learn what you can. Here is what he had to say. @northamericanrescue “Train TCCC but know that most casualties that you will see as a medic have already been injured for 2 -12 hours. The capability to move casualties in trench warfare is dependent on non-favorable tactical scenarios. Trauma naked in a winter environment is not the right move. Hypothermia will kill. Train MASCAL. Casualty evacuation is limited so expect to only be able to evacuate large groups of casualties. Train splints. Penetrating trauma will break underlying bone structure more often than not. Pressors are important but only coupled with fluid resuscitation. FWB is hard to come by. Kit setup should include MARCH sequence for 1-2 casualties. The essentials are TQs, hemo static gauze, and airway adjuncts. You should be able to work off of your kit for immediate interventions without getting into your aid bag or truck.” #tccc #bethedifference #savinglives