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4 Ways to Carry and Stage Your Tourniquet
The quick and timely application of a tourniquet has saved many lives and all good medics ensure their gear is ready to go. Cutting down on steps and thinking ahead helps a bad situation go a little more smoothly. And every little bit counts. Maybe you learned this lesson the hard way, or maybe you…
Read MoreEvery Day Carry (EDC) Trauma Kit: What’s the Best Way to Carry?
I suffer from a compulsion to be prepared for every possible situation. I LOVE being that idiot who is just waiting for someone to ask if I have a knife they can borrow to open a box. (I do) It’s weird I know. I don’t understand it either but I know I’m not the only…
Read MoreWhat If You Don’t Have a Tourniquet or Trauma Kit? Part 1: Bleeding
It’s impossible to be prepared at all times. We’re likely to be caught off guard and without important gear when an emergency happens. This is why training skills is so important. Skills are weightless and with us all the time if an edge is honed every now and then. Skills sharpen or dull depending on…
Read MoreFacebook Bans Fundraiser for Rural Police Medical Supplies
Police officer Doug Smith decided to stop waiting on government grants for his department to purchase vital emergency trauma gear. According to Smith, grants can take up to 5 years to become finalized at rural departments were budgets are tight. And although his department, Marshall Police Department (MPD), received the grant, there wasn’t enough to…
Read MoreTop 5 Must Have Items in EVERY Trauma Kit
There are a lot of medical kits on the market and some are better than others. Here are some things that are very important to include in your medical kit when you purchase. If these items are not in your IFAK (Individual First Aid Kit) already, it’s a simple thing to add them so you…
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) approving it as an acceptable way to control massive bleeding in trauma patients on the battlefield. CoTCCC is a government funded think tank made up…
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 most proud of America for, is the warrior subculture. This unique little niche is full of military veterans and active duty, but also civilians from…
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 you’re shot in a hospital, odds are good you’ll be severely limited in the type of gear you need to save a life. Bleeding control…
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 of course, but fortunately not used on a day-to-day basis. More often, minor problems can take the wind out of your sails and make even…
Read More3 Degrees: How to Treat Burns
If you’re just jumping into this article, go check out the last article I wrote explaining the degrees of burns and some of the risk factors associated with them. This way, you’ll better understand what I’m talking about in this next in the series about how to treat this type of emergency. I’ll start this…
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