AAR: Condition Red 1 Day Medical - Human Cadaver Lab (GRAPHIC CONTENT)

[30 cal slut]

Phew!

[MickAK]

Best AAR I've read here. Thanks for taking the time to go into so much detail and I'll definitely be taking this class when available.

[Paul D]

Great write up! I don't think any classroom course on 1st aid, stop the bleed, whatever... can beat the learning experience you just had. That sagittal plane of the head and neck was absolutely priceless in teaching the anatomy of the airway and nasal passages. It was also an excellent show of where the medulla oblongata was.

[30 cal slut]

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You can bleed out and die in minutes. You body contains ~4 liters of blood. When you lose 1.5-2 liters, you lose consciousness. After losing 2.5 liters, you are beyond help.

How quidkly can you lose blood? Check out this femoral gusher that was made with just a scalpel. Pretty sobering. Time is of the essence to get this leak plugged.

I just noticed that the embedded Vimeo vid doesn't show up for mobile users.

So I made it a .gif

[30 cal slut]

You can bleed out and die in minutes. Your body contains ~5 to 6 liters of blood. When you lose 1.5-2 liters, you lose consciousness. After losing 2.5 liters, you are beyond help.

Corrected a brainfart - sorry too late to edit the post.

Adult body contains ~5 to 6 liters of blood.

[30 cal slut]

In my haste to write the AAR, I neglected to mention a little bit more about the instructor.

I first met Chris and Detective Mongo over 10 years ago (!!!) while hosting Jason Falla (Redback One) for a carbine class. Oh the memories...

At the time Chris was collaborating with Jason on training projects IIRC.

We reconnected recently at one of his TECC classes earlier this Spring.

Chris has an extensive background as a civilian paramedic in NYC. He's actually performed several of the procedures we went over during the lab (example: ~70 career cricothryotomies or something like that).

He instructs Naval Special Warfare personnel and US Air Force Pararescue in TCCC.

Here is his bio:

https://www.conditionredinc.com/about-us/

Christopher Van Houten

Owner and Director of Training / Condition Red, Inc.

Chris is a nationally registered critical care paramedic with 25+ years of New York City Emergency Medical Service experience.

Chris served as Northeast (Region 1) faculty for the Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC) program, the pre-hospital battlefield medicine course used by all branches of the U.S. military as well as NATO. He instructs TCCC (Tactical Combat Casualty Care) and TECC (Tactical Emergency Casualty Care) courses for local, municipal, and federal high-risk law enforcement teams, as well as branches of the Department of Defense. Part of his obligation as faculty for PHTLS and TCCC is providing oversight, instructor development, and training site evaluations.

Additionally, Chris provides instruction for new and re-certifying EMT’s and Paramedics. He is also responsible for delivering a Paramedic recertification course for the SOF community, specifically AFSW and NSW, as well as designing custom FMPs and PreDeployment Spinups. Additional instructor certifications include, but are not limited to, EVOC precision and performance driving, NAEMT PHTLS, AMLS & EMS Safety Programs, AHA BCLS, ACLS, PALS, and FEMA general topics instruction. He is also a contracted Wilderness Medicine Instructor.

Chris provides medical support for numerous local and federal law enforcement agencies. He is currently assisting in developing and delivering custom tactical and austere medical programs for the DoD, Law Enforcement, and EMS agencies that are in the process of developing and enhancing tactical medical response elements. Additionally, he has created “team medical support” training with occupational health components and extended care considerations.

Lastly, he remains an active pre-hospital clinician providing quality interfacility and 911 specific care.

[Yung]

This is a pretty unique and comprehensive writeup. Thanks for putting it together.