Leomedicus News
Attack Victim: Pit Bulls Were Trained to Kill
Joseph Finley, 62, lost foot after vicious attack along Lake Michigan in early January... "It was a rough go for several days. He was on a breathing machine. He was very sick. He got a lot of blood. I mean, his injury was nearly equivalent to stepping on a landmine," said Dr. Andrew Dennis.
Choosing the Right Operational Police Physician
Dr. Andrew Dennis on Closing the Complex Open Abdomen, Rethinking the Management of Acute and Chronic Giant Ventral Hernias, and The Cook County Experience. Click to view PDF.
Surgical Brainstorm - Hernia Repair
Dr. Andrew Dennis on Closing the Complex Open Abdomen, Rethinking the Management of Acute and Chronic Giant Ventral Hernias, and The Cook County Experience. Click to view PDF.
You Drink & Drive, YOU LOSE
Andrew Dennis spoke at a Chicago press event related to Drunk Driving. Full press release coming soon.
NTOA Tested and Recommended the TRIK
We are proud to report that our Trauma Rapid Intervention Kit (T.R.I.K.) for Law Enforcement has been tested and recommended by the members of the National Tactical Officers Association. Click the image for more detailed information about this life-saving product.
TEMS - A Trial by Fire - Article by Keith Murray, MD
Dr. Dennis (left) with Dr. Keith Murray
I never imagined that in my third year of emergency medicine residency at the University of Chicago Medical Center that I would be running in 30 pounds of body armor, carrying a collapsible ladder, and heading toward a house with a known criminal inside... (excerpt)
...The future of tactical medicine in the Chicago area is only limited by our imagination. I believe that the enthusiasm, EMS support, law enforcement support and university residency support is there and only needs to be harnessed. Full article here...
11 people saved his life
Keith Myles was shot multiple times and lost a kidney, but after only two weeks at Cook County Hospital in Chicago he was getting ready to go home. (Nancy Stone, Chicago Tribune / August 11, 2010)
The Physical Toll: Keith Myles
Keith Myles felt like a football player had plowed into his body when a gunman unloaded a barrage of shots at him. Standing outside his apartment building in the Back of the Yards neighborhood just after midnight on a Sunday in July, the 41-year-old father staggered in the aftermath of the gunfire before collapsing.
"He was actually bleeding to death," said Dennis.
Surgeon/cop straddles two worlds of violence
Andrew Dennis' two jobs -- in a busy Chicago hospital trauma unit and on SWAT teams -- aren't so different. 'Anything can go wrong,' he says. Read the full article, here.
Cops play prominent role in surgeon's world
The Chicago Tribune gives us a peek into a typical day for Dr. Andrew Dennis, Law Enforcement Officer and Trauma Surgeon. For about eight years, Dennis has straddled two worlds brimming with violence, working as a surgeon in one of the busiest trauma units in the U.S. and as a sworn police officer and unpaid member of two area SWAT teams: Cook County's and its north suburban counterpart. Read the full article, here.
Dr. Dennis Discussing QuikClot
Dr. Andrew Dennis discusses the QuikClot Advanced Clotting Sponge, used to control traumatic bleeding.
Taser's Delirium Defense
How lawyers used junk science to explain away stun-gun deaths.
"The bottom line is this," says Andrew Dennis, a Chicago surgeon, part-time police officer, and medical researcher who coauthored three studies of Taser's effects on swine. "You have a lot of people who are acting psychotic, and often law enforcement is asked to deal with them. Some subgroup of this population is going to die, and we don't know why. This potential at-risk group is the quote-unquote excited delirium group. But there are no common threads to identify this at-risk group. As far as I'm concerned, everything discussed about excited delirium is conjecture." Click to read full article.
