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Medic Wiki

This wiki is a collaboratively edited information resource focused on medical issues, treatment protocols, ethical standards, and historical information of use to street medics.

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The medic mini wiki currently contains articles in the following categories:

1. Health and safety
2. Treatment protocols
3. Medical issues
4. Injury aftercare
5. Roles and ethics
6. Historical events
7. Articles requested for translation

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Current events

• Summer 2008: Stop I-69 in Indiana needs medics. They reportedly only have one medic now. Email i69medics@yahoo.com and see http://stopi69.wordpress.com/how-to-help/
• Summer 2008: Mountain Justice Summer, in Kentucky, Tennessee, West Virginia, and Virginia. A medic has invited other medics to participate. "The mountaintop removal opposition is coming into greater power and should be near final push in parts of the region. This will be a critical support time as death threats, coal thuggery, etc. continue." See http://www.mountainjusticesummer.org/events.php?id=93

• June 18 - August 12: Community Medic and Activist Training in Santa Ana, CA. Call (714) 210 6848 or see http://www.ochealth4all.org/services for information.

• July 6-14: Direct Action Camp in Northern Wisconsin
• July 15- 24: Wilderness First Responder Training in Northern Wisconsin
• July 25-27: Street Medic Training in Northern Wisconsin

The three trainings in Wisconsin sponsored by Seeds of Peace Collective. For more information, see the Medic forum for the trainings.

• August 5-11: Southeast Convergence for Climate Action in Louisa County, VA (Near Richmond). A medic working the action has invited other medics to participate. See http://www.risingtidenorthamerica.org/wordpress/category/front-page/
• August 25-28: 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado at the Pepsi Center. (Wikipedia entry)
• September 1 - 4: 2008 Republican National Convention in Saint Paul, Minnesota at the Xcel Energy Center. (Wikipedia entry) See the RNC Welcoming Committee. To participate as a street medic, see the North Star Health Collective. For more information about medic coverage, see the 2008 RNC medical coverage Medic forum.

• September 26-28: Critical Resistance 10 in Oakland CA. Thousands expected for this 10th year anniversary conference & strategy session for the movement to abolish the prison industrial complex. A medic has invited attendence or donations of supplies from other medics. See the CR10 Medic forum or http://www.criticalresistance.org

more current events

Featured article

The featured articles this summer are three historical looks at street medic coverage during past Republican National Convention protests:

• 2004-08 Republican National Convention (RNC) protest activity - NY
• 2000-08 Republican National Convention (R2K) protest activity - PA
• 1972-08 Republican National Convention (RNC) protest activity - FL

What is a street medic?

Street medic "Alpha Team." Protests against the Trans-Atlantic Business Dialogue. Cincinnati 2000.

Street medics, or action medics, are volunteers with varying degrees of medical training who attend protests and demonstrations to provide medical care such as first aid. Unlike emergency medical technicians, who work for state-sponsored institutions, street medics operate as civilians, and are not protected from arrest.

Street medic organizations also run low-income herbal health clinics, wellness clinics for migrant workers, and temporary family practice clinics to support people who are organizing for self-defense or advocating for their rights. A group of street medics founded the first health clinic to open in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina.

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More about street medics

• Street medics in the news recently
• List of street medic organizations

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