SDP Episode 26: Tactical EMS
Mind Of The Warrior
Dr Mike Simpson
4.8 • 900 Ratings
🗓️ 8 January 2018
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, Doc talks about Tactical EMS. What is wrong, and how we fix it.
Tim Kennedy’s legend began at his local Army recruiter’s office on September 12th, 2001. His training to earn his Green Beret was featured in the book “Chosen Soldier.” Kennedy is now a Ranger qualified Special Forces Sniper with deployments in Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation Enduring Freedom, and multiple other deployments around the world. He is the only soldier to win the grueling 3 day All Army Combatives Tournament three times. Kennedy has a black belts in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and Modern Army Combatives. He is also one of the top ranked mixed martial arts fighters in the world, a position he achieved while simultaneously serving his country at the highest levels of special operations. He is currently ranked among the top Middleweights in the UFC. Tim has been featured on many television shows, most recently “Hunting Hitler” on the History Channel
Mike Simpson has served over three decades in the military as an Airborne Ranger, a Special Forces Operator, and finally as a Doctor of Emergency Medicine assigned to the Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC). Throughout his career, Mike has deployed to 17 different countries, from counter-narcotics operations in the jungles of South America, to the Global War on Terror (GWOT) in Southwest Asia and North Africa.
Along the way, Mike has been trained as a demolitions expert, SWAT Sniper, High Altitude Low Opening (HALO) parachutist, civilian paramedic, Special Forces Medic, Operations and intelligence Sergeant, and finally, a board certified Emergency Medicine Physician.
Mike is also a martial arts enthusiast, who trains in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and Muay Thai. His passion for martial arts motivated him to become a practicing fight doctor. As one of the foremost experts in both tactical trauma medicine and combat sports medicine, Mike is highly sought after as a lecturer and instructor, working extensively with Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fighters, law enforcement, and military organizations providing medical care and training. He co-stars with Tim Kennedy on Hunting Hitler on the History Channel.
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| 0:00.0 | And the Hey everybody welcome back to the sheepdog project |
| 0:16.9 | dock flying solo today just me and a cup of coffee Tim is up at the North |
| 0:21.4 | Pole somewhere doing something crazy so just going to have to |
| 0:25.1 | bear with me for this next hour. So what I want to talk to about today is |
| 0:31.8 | tactical emergency medicine. |
| 0:34.0 | This obviously is a subject that's near and dear to my heart. |
| 0:37.1 | You guys have heard me talk in and around it before. |
| 0:40.5 | Many of you listening have been to one of my S tech courses or have been to a sheepdog course. |
| 0:44.0 | So you've heard a little bit of my spiel, you've got a little bit of my training. |
| 0:48.0 | Recently online I saw a post from the Journey from the Journal of Emergency Medical Services |
| 0:57.3 | gems magazine and some things that were on the cover of that magazine |
| 1:02.4 | kind of rubbed me the wrong way. |
| 1:04.8 | Kind of highlighting the fact that we as a nation when it comes to first responders throughout |
| 1:11.6 | the United States are going in the wrong |
| 1:13.6 | direction when it comes to tactical medical response. It's something I've talked |
| 1:18.0 | about quite a bit before. A lot of you have heard my soapbox but I wanted to do a |
| 1:22.1 | little bit of a deep dive into it today since |
| 1:25.0 | it's just me I hope you get something out of this if you're a first responder |
| 1:31.4 | this is definitely something I'd like you to listen to I'd like you to give me |
| 1:34.0 | feedback on. While we're on the subject to that if you are going to give me feedback |
| 1:40.8 | the email address is in the show notes. It always is. You guys can always |
| 1:46.0 | hit me up there. You guys can also hit us up through the sheepdog site. You can email at info. |
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