A conversation I had recently went something like this:Them: “A med kit? Why do I need a med kit?”Me: “Because you’ll hurt yourself or see someone else get hurt and then you won’t have any way to help them or yourself.”Them: “Well, I carry my CCW gun and all of my EDC stuff and don’t have room for i …

“Tourniquets are the last resort,” they said. Well, “they” are wrong and way behind the times.Thankfully, things have changed and as we learn more about the human body, our skills and tools have improved. Tourniquets, once maligned, are now credited for saving many, many lives after being the first …

Say the word “Tourniquet” around some people and you’ll see their heads spin around. This is unfortunate because even with a proven track record, there is still a lot of negativity and stigma surrounding the use of a tourniquet. Tourniquets, when I came in the military back in 1991, were the last re …