Medical

Articles on medical preparedness, trauma care, first aid, tactical medicine, emergency response, and practical health-related knowledge.

Trust But Verify …and Follow the Money

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This week the firearms and tactical medical community is ablaze with news that Jeff Kirkham, the creator of the RATS Tourniquet has initiated a fake news campaign against the North American Rescue Combat Application Tourniquet. He’s also been cybersquatting on a couple of CAT-related domains. This has been covered in detail by many outlets, and isn’t the primary focus off this article. While Jeff Kirkham’s behavior is pretty awful, it illustrates an even more important point for anyone researching a topic online today.

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Buyer Beware: Selecting Your Everyday Carry Tourniquet

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Editor’s note: This article reflects information available when it was originally published. Laws, policies, products, personnel, technical standards, and recommended practices may have changed. Verify time-sensitive details through current authoritative sources before relying on them. Authors: Andrew D. Fisher and Will G. With the increase in Active Violent Incidents (AVIs) over the last few years … Read more

PHLster Flatpack Rundown

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In 2015, PHLster was approached by some individual Philadelphia PD plain-clothes officers (independent of the department, seeking custom work) to develop a solution for the pocket carry of their department-issued SOFTT-Wide tourniquets. The criteria for the device was that it should add no substantial additional bulk to the profile of a flat-folded tourniquet, keep the … Read more

Medical kits review: From the uniform LE perspective

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Editor’s note: This article reflects information available when it was originally published. Laws, policies, products, personnel, technical standards, and recommended practices may have changed. Verify time-sensitive details through current authoritative sources before relying on them. The following review comes from the perspective of daily uniform wear for law enforcement. This is not intended to be … Read more