OFFICER Magazine spoke to three agencies about the roles of their tactical medics and how that growing position in SWAT units bridges law enforcement and EMS. Gaston County, North Carolina, tactical ...

GLENDORA, Calif. (KABC) -- A week after a Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department tactical medic died of cancer, fellow deputies escorted his young daughter to school on the year's first day of ...

TOLEDO, Ohio — You wouldn't typically find a medic kicking down the door with the SWAT team. But Toledo police chief Michael Troendle says that's all in a day's work for the department's tactical ...

There is an age-old debate in Tactical Medicine on what method is better for tourniquet placement: “High and Tight” or 2 to 3 inches above the wound. As a SWAT Medic and a NAEMT TCCC, TECC, PHTLS ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Northeastern Junior College offered a free three-day Tactical Medicine Awareness Course, Friday ...

PERRYSBURG, Ohio — Tactical medics are a special breed of police officers. Beyond the standard police skills, they also carry EMT training. WTOL 11 was the only local news station to get a deeper look ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) - Dr. Leon Kwei is an emergency room physician with a passion for protecting law enforcement and, in part, thanks to him, a new law takes effect Wednesday. “It allows ...

TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - They negotiate with barricaded suspects and rush into dangerous situations. Toledo’s SWAT team is an elite unit, and now, it’s added a new unit with six new members to the team.

In the emergency room, he's Dr. Chris Ward, an approachable physician with a white coat and stethoscope who saves lives night after night. Out here on the firing range, he's just 'Doc,' a reserve ...

Active-threat incidents, such as an active shooter and bombing, create dangerous environments that push responders beyond the “everyday” or routine calls for service. These environments present unique ...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - A world away, Ukrainian-Americans felt despair with word of Russia’s invasion of their home country back in February of 2022. “I still refused to believe that it would happen, so ...