Who here carries a Tourniquet?
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BuzzinSATX
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These are my favorite bags. I buy them empty and add the stuff I want. All my vehicles have a small bag except my truck has the large bag.
I also have a small bag in my range bag and my kitchen.
All kits/bags have a tourniquet, quick clot, shears, chest seal, & quality trauma bandages at a minimum.
https://lapolicegear.com/tabaoutbag.html
https://smile.amazon.com/Tactical-MOLLE-Medical-First-Utility/dp/B074QHXZV8/ref=sr_1_6?crid=D12A3GN408FU&keywords=first+aid+pouch+empty&qid=1564832862&s=gateway&sprefix=first+aid+po,aps,158&sr=8-6
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BuzzinSATX
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Like Zack said, Quick Clot or Celox sponges are available now and proven effective.
Yeah I knew about the sponges and my kit contains quickclot but this was something different. They were running a video in their booth about the application. I would like to know of it made it to market.
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The #1 used item in my aid bag and in the door pockets of my pickup are the 100 pack of band aids.
I am regularly surprised - you'd think I'd get over it, but I don't - at how often someone cuts or rips a finger, hand, or foot, and NO ONE in the vicinity has more than some Chick Filet or other fast food napkins, or a towel/rag/tshirt to use.
When I first got into the oilfield, seems like 50 years ago, lol, but was really only about 20, a guy on our rig smashed his right hand on a set of power tongs (about 600-700 lbs, suspended on a cable).
Pulled his glove off, and he had a rip running from the middle of his pinky finger, almost to the wrist- in the 10 seconds it took to look at it, probably 3-6 oz of blood had pooled into and soaked his glove.
Everyone was bug eyed or pissed off. We sat him down, and I wrapped/blotted his hand in a tshirt, handed his hand to the driller, said keep it closed and keep pressure on it, and ran to the rig floor first aid box, about the size of a 200 amp service box, opened it up, thinking there would be compression bandages, tape, etc... it had a bottle of Night Train liquor, and a baggie of either cocaine or meth...no bandages. Nothing else, actually.
I ran to the tool pushers shack, and his first aid kit had disinfectant, eye wash, and some tape, scissors, and 1 compression bandage. Got the blood flow basically stopped and wrapped up, then drove him to the ER.
Since then I've always kept at least a basic 1st aid/trauma kit in my vehicle, and I've taken every field/work first aid/response course I can. Like my concealed carry piece, I pray I never have to use it, but it's there in case I do.
I am regularly surprised - you'd think I'd get over it, but I don't - at how often someone cuts or rips a finger, hand, or foot, and NO ONE in the vicinity has more than some Chick Filet or other fast food napkins, or a towel/rag/tshirt to use.
When I first got into the oilfield, seems like 50 years ago, lol, but was really only about 20, a guy on our rig smashed his right hand on a set of power tongs (about 600-700 lbs, suspended on a cable).
Pulled his glove off, and he had a rip running from the middle of his pinky finger, almost to the wrist- in the 10 seconds it took to look at it, probably 3-6 oz of blood had pooled into and soaked his glove.
Everyone was bug eyed or pissed off. We sat him down, and I wrapped/blotted his hand in a tshirt, handed his hand to the driller, said keep it closed and keep pressure on it, and ran to the rig floor first aid box, about the size of a 200 amp service box, opened it up, thinking there would be compression bandages, tape, etc... it had a bottle of Night Train liquor, and a baggie of either cocaine or meth...no bandages. Nothing else, actually.
I ran to the tool pushers shack, and his first aid kit had disinfectant, eye wash, and some tape, scissors, and 1 compression bandage. Got the blood flow basically stopped and wrapped up, then drove him to the ER.
Since then I've always kept at least a basic 1st aid/trauma kit in my vehicle, and I've taken every field/work first aid/response course I can. Like my concealed carry piece, I pray I never have to use it, but it's there in case I do.
Tacticool? It's tacticool to be prepared? Guys come the hell on. I have had medkits and first aid kits in every vehicle I've owned since I was 25. I have a fire extinguisher too. It's called being prepared to go into action no matter what the situation dictates. You're far more likely to need a first aid kit than a gun.
I don't carry a portable defibrillator, insulin or plasma in a small fridge with me either.
Or five gallons of water to hand out or enough food to feed a small village with me either.
Or, a folding gurney - yep, it'd work in the back of my truck too, but I'll resist the temptation. And absolutely no siren!
Or, spare guns and ammo for those in need.
See where I'm going with this?
Some of you want to guilt trip those who choose not to be amateur EMT's or Paramedics (or new style Mother Teresa's) driving personal ambulances, yeah, I exaggerate, but not by much......
Or five gallons of water to hand out or enough food to feed a small village with me either.
Or, a folding gurney - yep, it'd work in the back of my truck too, but I'll resist the temptation. And absolutely no siren!
Or, spare guns and ammo for those in need.
See where I'm going with this?
Some of you want to guilt trip those who choose not to be amateur EMT's or Paramedics (or new style Mother Teresa's) driving personal ambulances, yeah, I exaggerate, but not by much......
I think some may be in it for the fame or recognition. Hero types. But you know what, good for them. If they can and choose to help, that's only a positive thing. Until they try to look down their nose at those who don't adopt their lifestyle.
No, you're exagerating a lot.
A paramedic is a lot different than a guy with a TQ, just as a guy with an LTC is a lot different than a cop.
Obviously if you carry a gun you feel the need to be prepared for one thing, so its not a great big leap to put a $30 strap in your pocket to be prepared for something else
No one is telling you have to, no one is saying it should be a legal requirement, but its a damn good idea, and it can save your life in more than a gunfight.
And if you ND into your leg, its much cooler to whip out a TQ than to Tex Grebner it and call your mom
Hey, Tex Grebner's training kicked in after he shot himself and that's when he called his mom.
At least that's what he said......
...and to that I'll add a bit of Brain's post "Until they try to look down their nose at those who don't adopt their lifestyle." yep, and preach or virtue signal.....
Or, I forgot, I don't carry a cheap wheelchair either.
At least that's what he said......
...and to that I'll add a bit of Brain's post "Until they try to look down their nose at those who don't adopt their lifestyle." yep, and preach or virtue signal.....
Or, I forgot, I don't carry a cheap wheelchair either.
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I carry two tourniquets on me all of the time. A RATS and a SAM XT. I know people don’t like the RATS because it’s not TCCC but people don’t normally carry tourniquets because they are big and bulky and the RATS are not.
Took a couple of classes years ago that started me carrying them. Plus, with these mass shootings taking place, how many people could have been saved by being able to stop bleeding?
Took a couple of classes years ago that started me carrying them. Plus, with these mass shootings taking place, how many people could have been saved by being able to stop bleeding?
In the words of Josey Wales, dying ain't much of a livin, so if taking a 2 hour class and buying a few things off amazon is a lifestyle, so be it.
"We" only look down on people who say things like "its what the tacticool kids do" or "they just want to be heros" thats just silly
TundraWookiee
Scruffy Nerf Herder
Wow, the stupidity of some of the comments made. So macho to flex about taking zero responsibility for your own life or that of your family and then hurl insults at those who do. Reminds me why I left this forum years ago.
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Funny thing is, I carry a small emergency kit on my bike, but not in the car. I should probably remedy that.
I've only used the kit once and that was about 5 years ago. Came upon another biker on a BMW that took the curves too fast in the Davis Mountains. His buddy took his girlfriend to the hospital on his bike and left his wife to look after the guy who crashed. The guy was bleeding a bit and we got that stopped, I bandaged him up and gave him some aspirin for his headache, left them some water. The wife of the other guy said they had friends on the way, so checked him out pretty good and bid them farewell. They were very grateful I stopped.
I've only used the kit once and that was about 5 years ago. Came upon another biker on a BMW that took the curves too fast in the Davis Mountains. His buddy took his girlfriend to the hospital on his bike and left his wife to look after the guy who crashed. The guy was bleeding a bit and we got that stopped, I bandaged him up and gave him some aspirin for his headache, left them some water. The wife of the other guy said they had friends on the way, so checked him out pretty good and bid them farewell. They were very grateful I stopped.
That may be true, BUT, how often does a situation actually call for a tourniquet? During my 14 years of active Emergency Medicine service, including military, I didn't see a single one !
leVieux
leVieux
Most anything that can be wrapped around the limb can be used as a tourniquet. If your kit doesn't have one, improvise.
