Riot Medicine

In *Riot Medicine* (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C91QZSQ5) Dr. Hakan Geijer wrote...

"Riot medicine incorporates elements of wilderness medicine and combat medicine, but it is still a distinct practice. Often the riot medic is only equipped with what they can carry in a backpack. What they choose to pack is limited by multiple factors, the major one being that their gear can be confiscated or destroyed during the course of their work. They need to carry provisions to survive the day and personal protective equipment to keep themselves safe enough to do their job. The riot medic needs to take a highly practical approach to medicine knowing that they will not be able to operate under ideal conditions. Hospital-quality diagnostic equipment will not be available, materials may be limited, and care rendered often will only be "good enough" to get a restless comrade back into the fray.

Principally, Riot Medicine is meant to mimic the style of NOLS Wilderness Medicine by Tom Schimelpfenig. In the past, whenever I have been asked where one can learn to be a street medic, I have pointed them toward this book. Its inclusion of additional illnesses and injuries seen while in the wilderness (snake bites, altitude sickness, etc.) may be useful for remote actions. The Biology of Human Survival: Life and Death in Extreme Environments by Claude A. Piantadosi goes further to discuss survival in less hospitable conditions than one typically encounters. Water protectors and other defenders of the wild may find such knowledge helpful in their struggles." (Both of these books are available in our Facebook group Files section.)