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The Official US Army Ranger Medic Handbook - Full Size Edition
Created and Trusted by US Military Forces
Benefit from decades of hard-won experience saving lives in the most challenging environments around the world - learn from the best!
Complete and Unabridged
150+ pages of battlefield lifesaving content: everything you need at your fingertips, no omissions.
Giant 8.5" x 11" Size
Big desktop format means no more squinting at small images and text. Perfect for your professional library or training center.
The Official US Army Ranger Medic Handbook - Full Size Edition
Master Close Combat Medicine! Giant 8.5" x 11" Size - Large, Clear Print - Complete & Unabridged
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MASTER COMBAT MEDICINE
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The 75th Ranger Regiment Trauma Management Team (Tactical) are the most revered combat medics in the U.S. Army. The Ranger Medic Handbook contains the distilled wisdom of hard-won experience over decades in combat around the world, in depth and detail, including dozens of easy-to-follow diagnostic and procedural flow charts that will let you correctly and effectively respond to a huge variety of medical situations, both life-threatening emergencies and every-day discomforts.
RANGER MEDIC CHARTER
“SOCM ATP”
(Special Operations Combat Medic Advanced Tactical Practitioner)
Shoot and engage targets to defend casualties and self.
Operate relatively independently with highly-dispersed highly-mobile combat formations in an austere environment.
Communicate via secure and non-secure means.
Move tactically through unsecured areas.
Absolute master of the basics through pre-hospital trauma life support and tactical combat casualty care.
Timely, consistent, and competent provider of advanced trauma management within scope of practice.
Practitioner who assists licensed medical providers with medical emergencies and routine care encountered while in garrison, training, and during deployments.
FOREWORD
Historically in warfare, the majority of all combat deaths have occurred prior to a casualty ever receiving advanced trauma management. The execution of the Ranger mission profile in the Global War on Terrorism and our legacy tasks undoubtedly will increase the number of lethal wounds.
Ranger leaders can significantly reduce the number of Rangers who die of wounds sustained in combat by simply targeting optimal medical capability in close proximity to the point of wounding. Survivability of the traumatized Ranger who sustains a wound in combat is in the hands of the first responding Ranger who puts a pressure dressing or tourniquet and controls the bleeding of his fallen comrade. Directing casualty response management and evacuation is a Ranger leader task; ensuring technical medical competence is a Ranger Medic task.
A solid foundation has been built for Ranger leaders and medics to be successful in managing casualties in a combat environment. An integrated team response from non-medical personnel and medical providers must be in place to care for the wounded Ranger. The Ranger First Responder, Squad EMT, Ranger Medic Advanced Tactical Practitioner, and Ranger leaders, in essence all Rangers must unite to provide medical care collectively, as a team, without sacrificing the flow and violence of the battle at hand.
An integrated team approach to casualty response and care will directly translate to the reduction of the died of wounds rate of combat casualties and minimize the turbulence associated with these events in times of crisis. The true success of the Ranger Medical Team will be defined by its ability to complete the mission and greatly reduce preventable combat death. Rangers value honor and reputation more than their lives, and as such will attempt to lay down their own lives in defense of their comrades. The Ranger Medic will do no less.
I will never leave a fallen comrade…
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ISBN/SKU: 1975976975
68W, Army Medic, Combat Medic, Combat Lifesaver, ASVAB
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Before You Buy
Q: Who is this book for?
A: This handbook is best suited to military medics, tactical medical personnel, EMTs, paramedics, advanced first-aid providers, instructors, and readers studying battlefield trauma care. It is particularly valuable for those who want to understand the medical framework used by the 75th Ranger Regiment in austere and high-risk environments.
Q: What does the handbook cover?
A: It covers trauma management, casualty assessment, airway and breathing problems, hemorrhage control, shock, head injuries, burns, allergic reactions, medical emergencies, evacuation considerations, routine care, and other conditions a Ranger Medic may encounter in training or combat. It also includes numerous diagnostic and procedural flow charts designed for rapid reference.
Q: Is this mainly a first-aid book?
A: No. This is a much more technical medical reference. It assumes a higher level of medical knowledge than a basic first-aid manual and is aimed at personnel expected to provide advanced pre-hospital care under difficult conditions.
Q: What makes a Ranger Medic different from a conventional combat medic?
A: Ranger Medics are expected to operate with highly mobile, dispersed combat formations and to function with a high degree of independence. Their role combines advanced trauma management with the ability to work tactically, communicate, move through unsecured environments, and support casualties close to the point of injury.
Q: Is this suitable for civilian EMTs and paramedics?
A: Yes, particularly for readers interested in tactical, austere, or pre-hospital trauma care. Much of the underlying medical reasoning is relevant outside the military, although some procedures, terminology, equipment, and operational assumptions reflect the specific environment of the 75th Ranger Regiment.
Q: Is this suitable for someone with no medical background?
A: It can be interesting as a study reference, but it is not written as an introductory medical textbook. The handbook uses professional terminology and assumes familiarity with anatomy, trauma care, and clinical decision-making, so readers without medical training may find parts of it demanding.
Q: What makes this different from a general combat-medic manual?
A: The handbook reflects the experience and requirements of the 75th Ranger Regiment Trauma Management Team and concentrates heavily on providing capable medical care close to the point of wounding. It is therefore more specialized and operationally focused than a broad entry-level combat-medic reference.
Q: Is all of the medical guidance still current?
A: Not necessarily. This is an established Ranger medical reference and remains valuable for historical, professional, and training study, but trauma medicine evolves continually. Readers using it for present-day clinical practice should compare its recommendations with current Tactical Combat Casualty Care guidance, current clinical practice guidelines, and their own authorized medical protocols.
Q: Why choose the full-size edition?
A: The handbook contains dense medical text, algorithms, tables, and procedural flow charts, so readability matters. This complete, unabridged edition uses a full 8.5 × 11-inch format, giving the technical material substantially more room than a compact reproduction and making it better suited to serious study and repeated reference.
Publication Details & Specifications
| Format | Paperback |
|---|---|
| Series | Carlile Military Library |
| Edition | Full-size edition |
| Print length | 162 pages |
| Dimensions | 8.5 × 11 inches |
| Item weight | 0.86 pounds |
| Language | English |
| Publication date | August 31, 2017 |
| ISBN-10 | 1975976975 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1975976972 |
| Content | Complete and unabridged |
| Source | 75th Ranger Regiment Trauma Management Team (Tactical) |
| Format advantage | Large 8.5 × 11 inch format with clear print and illustrations |
| Clinical reference | Includes dozens of diagnostic and procedural flow charts for emergency and routine medical situations |
| Focus | Close-combat medicine, trauma management, casualty care, and field medical decision-making in austere environments |
| Intended readers | Military medics, tactical medical personnel, emergency-care professionals, instructors, and readers studying combat medicine |
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