This book has been updated and is now part of the AC3 Survival Medicine Series.
The latest versions are available:
- Emergency First Aid & Trauma Response: What To Do When Someone Is Choking, Bleeding, or In Cardiac Arrest
- Improvised Medicine & First Aid Hacks: How To Treat Injuries With Common Items
- The Survival Supplement Guide: What To Use When Medicine Isn't an Option
- The Survival Pharmacopeia: Stockpile Smart, Dose Early, Treat Early-Even When Help Isn't Coming
Search the titles above-or search the author name Mark Winstead-to find the most current editions.
For the most up-to-date content and expanded guidance, refer to the titles listed above.
When trauma strikes, seconds matter. Will you be ready?
Armed Citizen Casualty Care: A Practical Guide to Trauma Response When Seconds Count gives you the tools and mindset to take action when lives are on the line-whether you're at the gun range, on a backroad, or deep in the woods.
This field-tested manual adapts the military's MARCH protocol for civilian use, walking you through how to manage massive bleeding, airway emergencies, broken bones, shock, burns, and more. Written for shooters, adventurers, first responders, and everyday protectors, this guide keeps it simple, direct, and brutally clear.
Learn how to stop bleeding before it becomes fatal
Handle airway and respiratory issues with confidence
Stabilize fractures, burns, allergic reactions, and snakebites
Build your own trauma kit (IFAK) and train like it counts
Understand the why-not just the how-behind emergency care
Written by Mark "Iceman" Winstead, a veteran firefighter, paramedic, flight medic, EMS instructor, and physician assistant with over 50 years of real-world trauma experience.
Because you don't rise to the occasion-you fall to your level of training.
If you carry a gun, spend time outdoors, or just refuse to be a helpless bystander, this guide is for you.