Mountain Biking Injuries
There’s a lot to do in the outdoors to get your body moving and your blood pumping with adrenaline. Mountain biking is one of those popular sports where the risk […]
Tag: Trauma Kit
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 […]
Battle Dressing Showdown: Israeli Style Vs. OLAES
Seems like I’ve been on a bit of a pressure bandage kick. Which is fine with me cause I can only write about tourniquets for so long before my eyes […]
Every 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 […]
Car Wreck First on Scene: What to Do Pt 2
*This is Part 2 of a 3-part series. Click Here for Part 1. Come back next week or click here for Pt 3. Cars Don’t Explode If you’ve seen an […]
Biased, 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, […]
It’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 […]
Keeping Your Cool When Calling 911
If you’ve ready any of the articles in this blog, you may have heard me harping on the fact that, in an emergency, the first step should be to call […]
3 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 […]
Why’d You Put That in Your Med Kits? Part: 2
In the last post I talked about why I chose to include the default SWAT-T Tourniquets in our kits, instead of the North American Rescue Combat Application Tourniquet (CAT). Hopefully […]