Posts Tagged ‘Gear’
2 Recent Dog Attack Stories
Dogs are awesome. Everyone agrees, dogs are a man’s best friend, beating out even the cat as the most useful and loved animal on the planet. But, just like people,…
Read MoreHow to Get Trained by 14 Different Instructors At the Same Time
The 2nd annual Guardian Conference was once again a resounding success. An elite line up of some of the best instructors in America insured a rare opportunity to…
Read MoreDeputy Wounded by Gunfire In Pitbull Attack
On July 5th, 2022 at around 11 pm, Knox County Tennessee deputies where responding to a call in the 800 block of Brickyard and Powell Road. Arriving on scene was…
Read More4 Ways to Reduce Hesitation In Emergencies
Hesitation during an emergency is a common and dangerous response. Our sympathetic nervous system is responsible for our fight, flight, or freeze response to a highly stressful event and…
Read MoreA Review of the Lowest Cost, Highest Value Trauma Kit on the Market: The Sweetwater
I recently published a video to the Mountain Man Medical YouTube Channel about a dog attack that left a man severely mauled by his own pets. In this situation, a…
Read MoreMountain Man Medical at the Carry Trainer S12 Conference
Mountain Man Medical will be at the Carry Trainer S12 Conference this year to assist with the trauma medicine classes! This course kicks off between 4:30 and 7:30 PM on…
Read More2 MUST HAVE Items for Bleeding Control
Spring is here and May is Stop the Bleed month! This is the month nationally designated for spreading awareness of bleeding control. Few people realize how simple it can…
Read MoreWhy Does the Width of a Tourniquet Matter?
Stopping a life-threatening bleed is your first goal in any trauma emergency. Fortunately, if that bleeding is from an arm or a leg, it can be controlled quickly and…
Read More3 Most Common Hunting Injuries
Hunting in the back country of the Colorado Rockies is tough, even for the most experienced hunters and people come from all over the world just to test themselves here.…
Read MoreTeaching Emergency Trauma at the Active Self Protection Conference!
Ok, I get it. Firearm training is a lot sexier than medical training. But to be a good defender, prepared for emergencies both natural and man-made, means having an acceptable…
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