Top 5 First Aid Apps for Your Smart Phone
When I was a kid, I tragically suffered through long, boring car rides. Nothing to do but watch the landscape crawl by and fight with siblings. During those times my…
Read MoreI Was Wrong… This Belt Will Work as a Tourniquet
There’s a commonly thrown around myth that belts can make for a good, improvised tourniquet in the middle of an emergency if it’s all you have. I understand that this…
Read MoreWhat’s Better? CAT Vs. SOF-T Wide
Trying to decide what the best tourniquet is for you? The Combat Application Tourniquet (CAT) is often viewed as the best device for controlling life-threatening bleeds and is trusted by…
Read MoreApproved for Combat: The TX2 Tourniquet by Rev Med X
The CAT Tourniquet by North American Rescue has long been the king of trauma medicine. A large reason for this has been the Committee on Tactical Combat Casualty Care (CoTCCC)…
Read MoreBiased, but Accurate: Why Medical Kits Are Better Than Guns for Self-protection
Let me start off this article by acknowledging my biased opinion. I run a blog and YouTube channel dedicated to emergency trauma management for a website that sells trauma kits,…
Read MoreASP 2020 Bullets & Bibles National Conference
Mountain Man Medical recently sponsored the annual Active Self Protection National Conference in Kansas. The event runs 3 days during which attendees have the opportunity to attend various classroom and…
Read MoreHow to Make a Improvised Tourniquet That Will Actually Work
In Part 1 of this little series about Improvised TQs, I talked about why they often don’t work well to control bleeding. If you haven’t read that article, I suggest…
Read MorePrimary & Secondary Training Summit 2020
At some point you outgrow those basic weapons classes at your local gun range and require more advanced instruction from world class shooters and Warfighters. One of things I am…
Read MoreWhy Improvised Tourniquets Don’t Work (But Why You Should Still Learn How)
A good medic takes pride in being able to make do with less. Emergency medicine almost never happens in a place when you have every resource at your disposal. Unless…
Read MoreIt’s Bodacious! The NEW Wind River Trauma and First-Aid Kit
We’ve been listening to requests to come out with a bigger, more robust kit capable of handling everyday medical annoyances like headaches and minor lacerations. Trauma gear is vitally important…
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