Stimulus Podcast 58 - Lessons Learned in Blood with Mike Shertz, MD

<p><span style="font-weight: 400">Mass casualty events are rare and thus the mistakes made and lessons learned are often repeated, over and over. In this episode, emergency physician and former Special Forces medic Mike Shertz, MD walks us through the steps on how to be an effective first receiver of mass casualty victims and shares the lessons written in blood from previous events. </span></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Guest Bio:</strong> <span style="font-weight: 400">Mike Shertz MD is an emergency physician who spent 13 years as a Green Beret and a Special Forces medic. He is the founder and purveyor of</span> <a href="https://www.crisis-medicine.com/"><span style= "font-weight: 400">Crisis Medicine</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400">which teaches and trains first responders in tactical casualty care. Check out</span> <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p50C7yrWCko"><span style= "font-weight: 400">this video</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400">that we did together in 2019 on how to place and remove a tourniquet and</span> <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ULJgkkA_lU"><span style= "font-weight: 400">this one</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400">on how to pack a gunshot wound with combat gauze. </span></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>This episode is in support of</strong> <span style= "font-weight: 400">the</span> <a href= "https://iamals.org/"><span style="font-weight: 400">I AM ALS</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400">. I AM ALS was founded by Brian Wallach and his wife Sandra shortly after his diagnosis at the age of 37. He was given 6 months to live, and now 4 years later he is leading a revolution to find a cure. People often refer to ALS as rare, which is not really so. The lifetime risk is around 1 in 300. Since Lou Gehrig was diagnosed 80 years ago, available treatments have been shown to extend life a mere 3 months.</span> <a href="https://iamals.org/"><span style="font-weight: 400">I AM ALS</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400">supports research, legislation to fast track