02/19/2026
**URGENT: JUST‑IN‑TIME PRE‑MOBILITY TRAINING FOR DEPLOYING MEDICAL PERSONNEL**
AFATT (Armed Forces Advanced Trauma Training) is now open for units requiring rapid, pre‑deployment trauma readiness. This course is designed specifically for:
- Combat Medics
- Flight Medics
- Medical Corps Officers
- Any personnel responsible for lifesaving care in combat or austere environments
AFATT provides intensive, hands‑on trauma instruction focused on the exact skills needed downrange.
Fully funded through O&M and MILPERS. No cost to your unit. Mobile training teams are available nationwide.
Slots fill quickly during pre‑mob windows.
Register now at AFATT.com
01/23/2026
FAMILY & EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS
GTI IFAK (INDIVIDUAL FIRST AID KIT) - LOADED
When disasters hit—like the ice storm moving in—families can’t rely on fast help. The GTI IFAK (Small) gives you the ability to manage life‑threatening injuries when roads freeze, power drops, and EMS is delayed.
Built by combat medics and packed with the essential equipment that actually saves lives, this compact kit fits in your vehicle, ATV, home, or go‑bag. QR codes inside link to military‑grade GTI instructional videos so every item is simple to learn and ready to use.
Available in Black, OD Green, and Multicam.
Prepared families carry one.
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01/23/2026
Warzone Medicine Unfiltered: Heat Stroke During A Raid Rehearsal
Not every warzone injury comes from gunfire. This one came from the sun.
A Marine collapsed during a raid rehearsal in extreme heat. No warning. One second he was moving, the next he was unconscious.
The medic recognized heat stroke instantly. Gear off, rapid cooling, ice packs, water, shade. Seconds mattered.
Heat injuries don’t care how tough you are. They shut your body down fast and quietly.
He recovered because someone treated it like the life‑threatening emergency it was.
01/22/2026
MEDICAL TERM OF THE WEEK: Troponin Leak
“Trauma patients can have elevated troponin without a heart attack. Shock, hypoxia, blunt cardiac injury, or even severe stress can leak troponin. The number alone doesn’t diagnose an MI. You need the story, the ECG, and the mechanism. Don’t anchor on a lab value.
World J Emerg Med. 2022;13(1):27-31. doi: 10.5847/wjem.j.1920-8642.2022.016