Author Description

Written by an experienced Emergency Medicine/Trauma doctor and a combat-proven Special Forces medic. Dr Meade is a former member of a police SWAT team. He trains SWAT medics, street paramedics and EMT's, and has overseen multiple EMS agencies. The co-author goes by the pseudonym "Sua Sponte", and has spent most of the last decade treating gunshot wounds and other traumatic injuries on overseas battlefields. Between the two of them, they bring a combination of civilian, military, law enforcement, hospital, and out-of-hospital perspectives.The focus of this book is the same as the Tactical Medicine classes taught by Dr Meade: the "Average Joe" who finds himself suddenly in an unexpected violent encounter. This man certainly doesn't consider himself to be a medically trained special operator. Instead, he is someone who realizes that, just as with his shooting skills, he needs to have skill to help save someone's life, perhaps his own, in the aftermath of shooting or other traumatic event. We call that man the "CCW Operator". He doesn't have a team medic nearby. He must show the same self-reliance that got him through the initial incident. The book, and the classes, are infused with the same TCCC (Trauma Combat Casualty Care) principles that are now being taught to military medics. We believe that the skills and mindset needed by the average guy robbed at his local bank ATM machine are the same as those needed by the cop pinned down in an inner city apartment complex hallway, or a soldier caught in an ambush in Iraq. The result of this joint effort is "BEATING THE REAPER!! Volume 1: Trauma Medicine for the CCW Operator". It is available now as both a Kindle book and in paperback. Topics in the book include tactics, hemorrhage control, shock, airway management, chest injuries and musculoskeletal injuries. We also discuss various pieces of medical gear that we strongly recommend, and other gear that we strongly recommend that you avoid.