User talk:Oknee

A bit about myself I am a medical professional with interests in the filed of Emergency medicine specifically field triage and pre-hospital care. I believe in the golden hour, that being that a casualties survival is directly porportional to the care they receive in the first 60 minutes from the time of injury. Put simply the longer it takes the casualty to obtain care the greater the risk of the casualty not surviving their injuries, and/or suffering some long term disabilty related to this delay of care. That being said, what is the best way to increase the survival rate. . .EDUCATION!!!! The more people who know what to do and when to do it, the greatert he chance of casualties receiving some type of expert care withion the golden hour.

Watch for posts regarding mechanism of injury, edits to medical entries like "blood Pressure" to make them more understandible to the general public.

Lets not hide our knowledge in jargonish mumbo jumbo, let us share, and save lives. The lives you save may be your own.

I am not supporting lay limb amputation procedures, but a more global knowledge of what to expect and who to call, and what to do while you are waiting for the second tier to respond. Believe me the lay person knowing how and where to apply pressure on an arterial wound saves a life. That's all