Ep 56: Learning From Battlefield Trauma

Most Active Shooter Events are not Mass Casualty Incidents, but when they are you need to have a plan in place to deal with those who self-evacuate. Bill Godfrey, Mark Rhame, Kami Maertz, and Adam Pendley discuss the strategies and logistics needed to deal with patients who might not be in the hot or warm zones.

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Hard is hard for a reason – it doesn’t mean it’s not worth doing. Getting held back by tradition, management and others are often the reasons we fail to implement change.  Join Bill Godfrey, Adam Penley, Kami Maertz and Mark Rhame as they discuss these three common obstacles to changing policies and procedures and offer ideas and examples of how to overcome these challenges.

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Patient distribution, security concerns, reunification, media handling and even parking can easily overwhelm a hospital during a mass casualty event.  Can we integrate our training and provide assistance? On this week’s podcast we’ll discuss how we, as Public Safety Officers, can assist our hospitals in the challenges they may encounter if faced with an active shooter incident.

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90% of the time the active threat is over within 10 minutes.  In today’s episode we tackle the question of when is it time to stop searching for an unknown threat and when is it time to start focusing on medical?  When the bad actor has gone silent, it’s time to coordinate resources and stop the known bleeding. 

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Join us today as we delve into the ins and outs of hosting the ASIM Advanced course, covering facility needs and logistics. Discover the value of this training, its participants, and the rewards it brings. Ready to seize this opportunity? Visit c3pathways.com training section to request DHS funding and submit your request!

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Jill McElwee joins Bill Godfrey, Pete Kelting and Don Tuten in part two of the discussion on how and why to adapt to change. We’ll address some of the common reasons given as to why we can’t change including:

• That’s not the way we do it around here.
• We can’t get the other neighboring agencies to make the transition and do this as well.
• Everyone is on different radios (interoperability).
• Our fire department doesn’t transport, so there’s no reason to make entry.
• We don’t believe in RTFs, so we (law enforcement) are just doing to do it ourselves.
• It’ll never happen here. It’s policy.

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Today we start a discussion on why it’s important to train both sides and establish communication. Bill Godfrey, Pete Kelting and Don Tuten talk about the importance of joint training and building relationships prior to an incident.  While responder agencies tend to be somewhat isolated, being open to adjusting your training provides a skill set and confidence in the process that will allow you to move forward.

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Active Shooter Events can be chaotic and overwhelming, and things can go wrong.  In today’s episode, we’ll examine some of the common areas where problems occur and give you tips on how to recognize these, recover from them, and get back on track.  Spending 60 seconds fixing a problem now, can save you time in the long run.

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Today we touch upon some common occurrences in Active Shooter Events where follow-on 911 calls report additional shooters in differently locations but in reality are not accurate. These calls -- though well intended -- often result in duplicate work, wasted resources, or over-response to a new location. Active Shooter Events have one shooter 97% of the time, but our training teaches the "plus one" theory that we should always expect another bad guy. If you don't manage it, you will spend valuable time and resources chasing ghosts.

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This episode gives us unique insight to the minds of high school students on the topic of Active Shooter Events, what they think about preparedness and procedures schools follow, and discussion of surprisingly insightful tactical thoughts. 

Ryan also shares a very up close and personal experience with an incident that happened to him at his school. It was a surprising revelation in the discussion as he did not mention it during pre-interview. Importantly, he shares the raw emotional reaction he and some of his friends experienced.

Do NOT miss this episode! 

P.S. This episode is safe for kids. Nothing gory. Just an unvarnished discussion with a 16 year-old high school sophomore about a difficult topic. If you're a parent, we encourage you to sit and watch it with your teenager.

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