Preparing Medics to Care for COVID19 Patients One of the topics you may have heard talked about a lot in this fight against COVID-19 is the idea of “Proning.” Watch this video to see how you may be able to assist with proning a patient in the ICU to assist with ARDS. WANT INFO ONContinue reading “Proning in ARDS”
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Achilles Tendonitis
A common injury in Ranger School, or in a Pre-Ranger course, is Achilles Tendonitis. It is an overuse injury. Achilles Tendonitis is minor annoying pain of the achilles tendon and can often be treated with some stretches and exercises. This post will elaborate on that topic. In the acute phase as it starts hurting, theContinue reading “Achilles Tendonitis”
Minor Nagging Knee Issues
The purpose of this post is to give stretches and other rehab exercises to address minor or chronic knee injury issues that did not result from trauma. My primary audience would be those who are deployed to austere environments whom are looking for ways to rehab their guys while awaiting a good time to seeContinue reading “Minor Nagging Knee Issues”
How to Properly Screen a Ranger Physical
This post will momentarily take a different direction. It doesn’t have anything to do with improving your medical skills. But, it has everything to do with ensuring your Soldiers successfully get through medical in-processing and into Ranger School. That will make them happy, it will make your boss happy, and it will help you earnContinue reading “How to Properly Screen a Ranger Physical”