Contrary to the many misconceptions about tourniquets that took hold throughout the 90’s and early 2000’s, having a good quality tourniquet in your kit is an absolute must. When it comes to life saving gear, it’s tough to beat the bang for your weight-carrying-buck offered by tourniquets like RATS. In this edition of Rad on Gear, […]
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JTactical Tuckable Tourniquet Pouch for law enforcement and military
The real test of a newly designed piece of gear, in my mind, is a two-part question of its function. Is there currently a problem? Does this piece of gear solve that problem? JTACtical identified a problem through his experience as a Law Enforcement Officer and his experiences in the military. The problem was that […]
AlphaPointe Tactical Mechanical Tourniquet (TMT)
When it comes to personal preparedness in today’s world, one of the most highly recommended items that a person should carry is a tourniquet (TQ). Originally designed for use and application in the combat environment, the TQ has evolved to become easily accessible and usable by the average layperson in any situation. One company that […]
Dark Angel Medical | Why Training Tourniquets Are Important
Real-world tourniquets are designed for real-world situations. Use a ‘training’ tourniquet for training. Shop Now for Tourniquets
You Have the Rest of Your Life to Get a Tourniquet WARNING: Graphic Video
You may never need a tourniquet, but if you have an arterial bleed, you have the rest of your life to find one. Most people have never seen a man die from an arterial bleed. It is informative far beyond its shock value. How long do you have before you lose consciousness? The following (Graphic) […]
Rapid Application Tourniquet System: Fast and Simple When Speed is Life
The RATS Tourniquet (Rapid Application Tourniquet) is the fastest tourniquet on the market. The RATS is built with a solid vulcanized rubber core covered by a nylon sheath, combined with a unique locking mechanism that creates an incredibly fast tourniquet to apply to self or others. No other tourniquet compares to the RATS when being […]
Everyday Carry Tourniquet | SWAT-T
Average EMS response time is 8 minutes across the board. Give or take a minute depending on you distance from the 911 center. So how long does it take on average to bleed out from a femoral artery? About 4 minutes. Do the math and you’ll more than likely be dead by the time EMS […]
Bleeding control | A paradigm shift with the SWAT-T tourniquet
A tourniquet is not a device, it is a philosophy! A philosophy that when used in the pre-hospital setting has saved thousands of lives in the past decade. Commercial tourniquets have proven to be superior to improvised, but whatever your planned intervention we know that we all have to “See Something, Do Something” and “Stop The […]
Watch Improvised tourniquet for EDC
Everybody should have basic medical training a simple first aid equipment. Small and inexpensive, a turniquet can save a life if there is a massive bleed. Bleeding my not be common around your house, but if it happens, you have seconds to act. A little fore thought goes a long way. In this video below, […]
Save Your Life, Carry a Tourniquet
Recently we talked about how to survive a violent attack. Often in these scenarios there will be people who have sustained significant injuries, left untreated these injuries could lead to death. As a member of the 2nd Ranger Battalion, our leaders made us practice treating casualties. Although I was an infantryman, I was expected to […]