Time is everything and the closer your trauma kit is, the more likely you will make the difference. It's hard to have a kit on you, and it's definitely not for everyone. But this is the best method I've found for keeping a TQ and other essential life saving gear on you, but concealed so you don't look like a weirdo…
This is one of the latest tourniquets that has been approved by the Committee for TCCC and functions like the CAT.
But the Tactical Mechanical Tourniquet has some differences that could make this the right one for you.
This is the best example of a sucking chest wound that I've see in Hollywood.
Three Kings is a 1999 satirical black comedy war film written and directed by David O. Russell from a story by John Ridley. It stars George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, Ice Cube, and Spike Jonze as four American soldiers on a gold heist that takes place during the 1991 uprisings in Iraq against Saddam Hussein following the end of the Gulf War. – Wikipedia
The video reviewed can be located here:
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?ref=search&v=1841168295935238&external_log_id=ca2d8f20-560f-4e72-b0a9-7307c67bfad9&q=police%20officer%20applies%20Tourniquet
Trauma management is a good skill to maintain, but not all medical emergencies involve open wounds. Diabetic emergencies and altered mental status casualties need to treated with a special care.
Doug Smith, of Blue Line Safety Solutions is raising money to help get trauma kits to police officers of departments without the budget to provide them.
According to Smith, Facebook's ban actually helped them raise more money for the cause.
