Battleview Infrared Vascular Trans-Illuminator
Tactical Night Vision Company (TNVC) has brought to market a stunning new technology called the Battleview Infrared Vascular…
Science of Hydration
Unfortunately, the science behind hydration is complicated and difficult to explain in a short article. Here is my…
HYPER-REALISTIC SCENARIO TRAINING: XSA International Emergency Life Saver Course
An adult human body contains roughly five liters of blood—five liters that can escape through an artery in…
Offbeat: Blue Force Gear Micro Trauma Kit NOW!
Blue Force Gear has recently expanded the Micro TKN! product line with a new basic medical supply version. It’s designed for EDC by law enforcement professionals, prepared citizens and hunters. It has everything that you need to treat the number one preventative cause of death: extremity hemorrhage.
Offbeat: SFD Responder
If you carry a gun, you should carry a blowout kit. I know, in Hollyweird the good guy…
Against All Odds: EDC Trauma Kit Basics
Everyone should carry a med kit. If you have made the choice to responsibly carry a firearm for…
Train Like You Bleed: Dark Angel Medical Direct Action Response Training
Emergency medical training should be part of the basic skill sets of every firearms owner. In fact, it should be part of the basic skill sets of everyone. The time to learn how to use a trauma kit is not when someone is bleeding out.
Offbeat: Hot Lead and Human Health
Elemental lead is an integral part of modern life. There are untold tons of lead in our car batteries. Lead was in the paint used in most American houses up until 1978, and it remains in contaminated soil pretty much forever. The CDC estimates that about half a million American kids between the ages of one and five already have dangerously high blood lead levels.
Tourniquets & Trauma Kits – Tactical Casualty Care
In an active-shooter incident, it will take longer for emergency response personnel to reach victims than it takes one to bleed out. A “blow out” kit (trauma kit) containing at least a tourniquet and hemostatic agent should be part of your everyday carry. Training is also essential.
Saving Lives Under Fire: Tactical Combat Casualty Care
Learning is the only pleasure of which there is no surfeit. -Col. John Dean “Jeff” Cooper If you’re…