Recently I’ve been reevaluating my medical needs and carry methods. I’ve been traveling more frequently for business both by plane and rail so weight and bulk are a concern. My usual travel companion is my GORUCK GR1 pack with the stuff I need to work with while being mobile. As an EMT for over twenty […]
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Loadout Room Holiday Gear Giveaway!
As a thank you to all our readers for all the support over this last year and helping us achieve over 1 million monthly pageviews, we at the Loadout Room have decided to give away a prize pack. We partnered with several companies whose gear we have reviewed over the past year. One lucky person […]
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 […]
Adventure Medical Kits | Trauma Pak Pro
With the current global war on terror, and most recently, the tragic mass shooting in Orlando, more civilians are carrying a firearm for protection than ever before. As a concealed carry citizen, you’re goal is to protect your family, yourself, or others in harms way, right? A lot of folks think that their pistol, a […]
First-aid for the entire family: Make sure your tourniquet can fit children
Here is a case to illustrate why parents or caregivers (like teachers, grandparents, babysitters, etc) should always carry a tourniquet for children in their first-aid bag. Below are some recommended tourniquet options. Six year old killed by active shooter in South Carolina Sadly, the six-year-old boy who was shot in the Townville Elementry School shooting has died from […]