Robb Hamic's Stroy- getting more emergency medical training

Sept. 14, 2010 - PRLog -- Albuquerque, NM, September 14, 2010 -- Albuquerque, New Mexico- Robb Hamic had an experience a few weeks ago in Albuquerque that caused him to rethink his approach to his training for life saving skills. As a professional self defese teacher he comes into contact with dangerous situaitons daily but he realized that he needed more emergency medical training "just in case."

I watched a woman die today. It sucked and I wish that it didn't happen. Unintended consequences of a sever traffic accident in Albuquerque. I am writing about today because I want to share my experience because I think others can learn from it. It was a normal day. My student was driving and we were going to do tactical training in West Albuquerque. I saw a truck hit a small car broadside, I called it a T-Bone when I was a cop. The truck rolled and the car was pushed way out of the intersection, caving in on the passenger side. There was a car to our left but the accident happened in our lane, maybe 10 car lengths in front of us. I am a former police officer and I have been a first responder many times as a police officer. This time was different.

I told my student to call 911 and gave the location. I got out of the truck before it stopped and ran over to the car that had the most damage. People were screaming. The driver was trapped and injured. The passenger was unconscious and had very sever damages as evidenced by the bleeding from her ears. Her tongue was sticking out of her mouth and obstructing her breathing. I didn't see any chest movement and thought she may be dead. I checked her pulse and it was there, barely.

Robb Hamic http://www.robbhamic.com is a professional self-defense teacher. I am the managing principal for Summit Self Defense http://www.summitselfdefense.com I decided that I needed more medical training a few weeks ago and received tactical medical training from my friend and veteran Austin EMT, Lee Vernon. I had previously received medical training the the Army and in the Sheriff's Academy but that was long ago and it was not enough. I train in reality and use guns and knives. I knew it was my ethical responsibility to increase my knowledge in this area because of the potential of injury in training. I train in far off places and medical attention is often non-existent or far away. Lee's course was extensive and it brought modern life saving skills into my consciousness. I learned many things that I never knew. I was complacent in this area and I didn't consider consequences often enough. I challenged myself to prepare.

The woman didn't look good, her pulse was faint but she was alive. She needed airway. I pushed her tongue back into her mouth and tilted her head back to get a C-spine. She gasped and had air. She had airway, breathing and circulation. We waited for the police to arrive. Another bystander came on the wreck and I asked him to hold a C-spine on the driver because she was obviously inured severely, although conscious. A woman approached and I heard her say she was a nurse so I asked her to take over as she had better skills than me.

Firefighters arrived. Ambulance, more police and the helicopter was on the way. It was about to land and I heard "she's 10-7." The helicopter didn't land because she died. It was a foregone conclusion due to her fatal injuries. Sad.

Tactical Medical skills are essential for teachers and protection professionals. Most of us do not posses enough and we should make that admission and seek training. If not for our students, for the unintended consequences of life. Family, friends or people we choose to help. As a police officer, I came upon many similar accidents but had no ability to affect a situation such as this. I had no initiative because I had no confidence in my skills as a lifesaver. I saved lives but it was different, maybe just luck, or it involved using my police skills. We may all be called upon to use our skills at any given moment. You possess them or you don't. I know I did my best and if circumstances were different she may have lived because of the triage and actions that I took. She didn't though, because of unintended consequences. RIP Ma'am.

Contact:
Robb Hamic
SUMMIT self-defense
PO Box 8287
Albuquerque, NM 87198
512-284-0087
robb@summitselfdefense.com
http://www.summitselfdefense.com

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