Don’t buy fake tourniquets: Use proven tourniquets, not toys. 🕖 Reading Time, 6 minutes Researched and written by Mike Shertz, MD/18D, not AI A student of our online Tactical Casualty Care course contacted us to tell us their county health …
We want people and organizations to understand what medical equipment they need, what they should purchase, and equally importantly, what to avoid.
- We don’t sell gear and don’t get kickbacks when students buy gear we believe is supported by the medical literature.
- We train people who want to help in emergencies, especially those in high-risk environments.
We want everyone to get the training and supplies they need to be Force Multipliers for Good and make our communities more resilient.
If you are going to carry a tourniquet, we feel two is the minimum load-out carried on the body. Researched and written by Mike Shertz, MD/18D, not AI 🕖 Reading Time, 3 minutes The best data available indicates a 70% …
CAT Environmental Breakage 🕖 Reading Time, 3 minutes Researched and written by Mike Shertz, MD/18D, not AI We receive frequent questions about shelf-life and environmental degradation of tourniquets. There has been some discussion in the US Department of Defense about …
Recon Medical tourniquets look like a CAT and cost less. There is no human efficacy data behind them, and a jury found the patents infringed.
🕖 Reading Time, 5 minutes Researched and written by Mike Shertz, MD/18D, not AI Jacob Hall, 6 years old, died of a femoral artery laceration after being shot by a 14-year-old while he was at recess at his school. Another …
Managing casualties in darkness is always challenging. 🕖 Reading Time, 4 minutes Typical prehospital casualty evaluation is mainly done visually with some palpation. Blood is difficult to see in lowlight settings. This has led tactical medical providers to try various …