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04/20/2026

04/09/2026

The 2026 International Tactical Medicine Competition is coming to Forsyth, GA! Team slots open Friday, April 10th. If you've been dreaming of a weekend spent training with the top Tac Med educators in the world and competing against other top-tier teams, set a reminder to grab a slot - they will fill fast!

04/05/2026

“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.” - John 3:16

03/27/2026

We rarely rise to the occasion, rather we fall to our lowest level of mastery. Are you ready to level-up?

Our SHIELD eLearning platform is available 24/7 for you. Looking for a more hands-on challenge? Come see us at one of our in-person courses.

03/07/2026

When you're first on scene, you don’t have time to dig through a pack. The SOARescue First-In Trauma Belt keeps critical medical gear right where you need it—on your belt and ready to go.

Designed for tactical medics, EMS, and first responders, this modular system includes a MOLLE-compatible belt, two small pouches, one large pouch, and an optional addition of three identification labels so you can organize your kit the way your mission demands.

We intentionally don’t stock it with medical supplies, allowing you to build a kit that matches your training, protocols, and operational needs.

Because when seconds count, your gear should already be on you.

03/04/2026

Traumatic brain injuries in the tactical environment are often underestimated, under-recognized, and operationally devastating.

From blast exposure and breaching operations to falls, vehicle incidents, and blunt force trauma, TBIs don’t always present with dramatic findings. A patient may be awake, talking, and still experiencing evolving intracranial pathology. In high-threat or high-tempo settings, subtle neurologic decline can be missed if you’re not deliberately looking for it.

For the prehospital tactical medical provider, this means maintaining a high index of suspicion. Repeated blast exposure without obvious injury, transient loss of consciousness, worsening headache, vomiting, unequal pupils, declining GCS, or behavior changes should immediately raise concern. Hypoxia and hypotension must be aggressively avoided — both dramatically worsen outcomes in brain-injured patients.

March is Brain Injury Awareness Month - a great time to review TBI protocols and check your protective head gear to ensure you remain uninjured and operational.

02/23/2026

Built by the providers who train America’s tactical teams, the SOARescue Comprehensive EMT Refresher Program delivers all 40 hours of NCCP-required continuing education — covering the national, local/state, and individual components — through engaging, scenario-driven modules grounded in current evidence-based guidelines.

Developed under active physician medical direction and informed by real-world operational experience in HEMS, SWAT, military, and 911 EMS environments, this course goes beyond checkbox compliance. You’ll reinforce critical BLS competencies in airway management, cardiology, trauma, medical emergencies, and EMS operations while integrating the latest national best practices and Prehospital Evidence-Based Guidelines (EBGs).

Complete the entire program online on your schedule. No distributive education limits — all 40 hours are accepted by NREMT.

02/05/2026

A STEMI (ST-elevation myocardial infarction) occurs when a coronary artery becomes acutely occluded, causing full-thickness myocardial ischemia. Electrically, injured heart cells can’t maintain normal membrane potentials, creating a current of injury that shifts the ST segment upward in the leads viewing that affected wall of the heart.

In simple terms: the heart muscle is starving for oxygen, its electrical behavior changes, and the EKG shows it. But not all ST elevation is a true STEMI.

Common STEMI mimics include early repolarization (commonly seen in athletic patients), pericarditis, left bundle branch block, ventricular aneurysm from an old MI, hyperkalemia, and left ventricular hypertrophy. These can produce ST changes without an acute coronary occlusion — and treating them as a STEMI can lead to unnecessary cath lab activation or missed alternative diagnoses.

This 35yo M patient presented to EMS with central, sub-sternal chest pain x 30 minutes while on scene at an outdoor law enforcement operation in January. He denied medical history, nausea, back pain, radiation of pain, but did have some mild associated shortness of breath.

02/03/2026

To kick off Heart Month: we're bringing it back to basics. What is an electrocardiogram (ECG or EKG)?

An EKG is a real-time recording of the heart’s electrical activity. Every conducive heartbeat is triggered by electrical impulses moving through the atria, AV node, and ventricles, and the EKG translates that microscopic ion movement into a visible waveform we can interpret.

Clinically, the EKG allows providers to identify rhythm disturbances, conduction blocks, ischemia, infarction patterns, electrolyte abnormalities, and the effects of medications or hypoxia. It shows not only how fast the heart is beating, but how well the electrical system is functioning.

For prehospital and acute care providers, the EKG is one of the fastest tools for detecting life-threatening conditions such as STEMI, ventricular dysrhythmias, heart blocks, and cardiac instability — often before symptoms fully declare themselves. When you understand what it’s showing, you’re not just reading squiggles — you’re interpreting perfusion, conduction, and myocardial health in real time.

02/02/2026

Current open-enrollment course lineup for 2026. New courses may be scheduled for later in the year, but these will fill FAST.

Is getting your TP-C on your 2026 goal list? Register for your seat now before it's gone! More information is available on our site: https://www.soarescue.com/courses.

02/01/2026

February is American Heart Month — a time to highlight the importance of cardiovascular health and the role early recognition and intervention play in saving lives. Heart disease remains the leading cause of death in the United States, and for prehospital providers, we are often the first link in the chain of survival when cardiac emergencies strike.

American Heart Month is an opportunity to reinforce training, review protocols, and recommit to delivering evidence-based cardiac care on every call.

February is also a great time to call awareness to our own cardiovascular health. Long hours, cortisol dumps, inadequate nutrition, and lax cardio conditioning contribute to the physical deterioration prehospital providers attribute to their jobs over the years. An aspect of being a team medic is ensuring everyone on the team is mentally AND physically prepared to operate to the best of their ability.

Strong hearts save lives — and so do prepared providers.