TacMed USA's expert commentary, media appearances, and press coverage — spanning active shooter response, tactical medicine, mass casualty command, and workplace violence prevention.
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Print / OnlineFeaturedNovember 1, 2024
LAPD Reserve Forces Foundation — The Rotator
LAPD Reserve Officers Help Forge Global Partnerships at Paris 2024 Olympics: A Prelude to Los Angeles 2028
TacMed USA's Paul Strauss MD joined 30 LAPD Reserve Officers deployed to the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics — the largest international contingent of officers — working alongside French authorities to secure the Games. The mission included tactical medicine knowledge exchange with French law enforcement, tourniquet training, and high-level meetings with GIGN and BRI medical directors on hemorrhage control research. Reserve Officer Strauss noted: "The trip highlighted LAPD's professionalism in the world of international policing."
MD Who Volunteers as Reserve Officer Saves a Life on Duty
Paul Strauss MD — board-certified anesthesiologist at Cedars-Sinai and LAPD Reserve Officer — responded to a call about a military veteran in crisis and performed a jaw thrust maneuver for 20 minutes until paramedics arrived, saving her life. The story highlights his mission to bring clinical skills to the streets of Los Angeles and his goal to teach real-world first-aid to every street cop in the city.
Print / OnlineMarch 2025
Police1
Why Most Active Shooter Response Plans Fail Before the First Shot
TacMed USA founder discusses the critical gap between law enforcement arrival times and the average duration of an active shooter event — and why civilian preparedness is the only bridge.
Print / OnlineJanuary 2025
Officer.com
Tactical Medicine in the Warm Zone: Bridging the Gap Between Contact and Care
A deep dive into TacMed USA's approach to warm-zone medical intervention, tourniquet application under stress, and the doctrine behind treating casualties before the scene is fully secure.
BroadcastNovember 2024
KTLA 5 Los Angeles
California's New Workplace Violence Law: What Employers Need to Know
TacMed USA provides expert commentary on SB 553 compliance requirements, explaining what California employers must do before the July 2024 deadline and what happens if they don't.
IndustrySeptember 2024
Force Science Institute
The Diamond Formation: Rethinking Entry Team Geometry in Active Shooter Events
TacMed USA's analysis of contact team formations — comparing the diamond, T, and staggered column — and the tactical tradeoffs that determine which geometry saves more lives.
Print / OnlineJuly 2024
Calibre Press
Stop the Bleed in an MCI: Why Tourniquet Doctrine Matters More Than Technique
An examination of hemorrhage control priorities in a mass casualty incident, and why the sequence of intervention — not just the skill — determines survivability.
PodcastMay 2024
The LE Podcast
MCI Command and Control: What Goes Wrong and How to Fix It
A candid conversation on the command failures that compound casualties in active shooter events — from communication breakdowns to the "doers vs. thinkers" problem in first responder culture.
BroadcastFebruary 2024
KCAL News
Active Shooter Training for Civilians: Is RUN-HIDE-FIGHT Enough?
TacMed USA weighs in on the limitations of the standard DHS framework and what additional training civilians and workplace teams need to meaningfully reduce casualties.
Print / OnlineDecember 2023
American Police Beat
ATP Throughput: The Metric That Predicts Whether Your MCI Response Will Save Lives
How the concept of Ambulatory Treatment Point throughput — the rate at which casualties move from point of wounding to definitive care — should drive every MCI planning decision.
IndustryOctober 2023
Tactical Defense Media
Chest Seals in a Mass Casualty: When Protocol Meets Reality
TacMed USA breaks down the clinical and tactical considerations for chest seal application in a multi-casualty environment, where resources are scarce and time is measured in seconds.
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TacMed USA's instructors bring decades of law enforcement and tactical medicine experience to every media engagement. We provide clear, authoritative commentary on complex topics — translating doctrine into language that informs the public without compromising operational security.
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Active shooter response, MCI command, tactical medicine
"The gap between when a shooting starts and when law enforcement arrives is where most preventable deaths occur. That gap is where we work."
TacMed USA was founded to address the tactical and medical training gap that exists between law enforcement contact teams and the civilian and medical personnel who follow them into harm's way. Our curriculum is built on real incident data, not theory.
For media inquiries, interview requests, or expert commentary on active shooter response, mass casualty incidents, workplace violence, or tactical medicine — contact us directly.
