Both John and I are wont to carry a purpose-made tourniquet on our bodies as often as possible. We both recognize the likelihood of needing medical gear is probably higher than needing our concealed pistol, and we also are aware of the efficacy of two tourniquets in particular: the North American Rescue Combat Application Tourniquet […]
As I have done each year since the blog’s inception, I thought it worthwhile to revisit my goals for 2017 to see what I did, what goals were met, and how I (hopefully) improved. Formal Training I ended up taking 7 courses in 2017, six of which were one-day affairs (one was a two-day class). […]
Most of our readers have probably heard of the Rule of Four S’s. I think John and I have both referenced it before in articles in the past. I believe this rule is generally accredited to the great John Farnam (though I think his version had three S’s rather than four, but whatever). The rule […]
After the fantastic experience I had in Greg Ellifritz’s “Extreme Close Quarters Gunfighting” class in October of 2016—my final class last year—it seemed fitting to begin my 2017 coursework with two more classes from Greg. The two courses were “Tactical First Aid and System Collapse Medicine” and “Groundfighting”. John and I chose to take these two […]
In my article on my EDC gear, I included a flat-folded SOFTT-W tourniquet that I had been carrying for quite a while. Part of that time I had rubber-banded some flat folded duct tape and a package of Quik Clot Combat Gauze to it for a nice, compact blow-out kit I could carry virtually anywhere in […]
Last year, I took the time to get some training/practice goals posted so then I could at least roughly evaluate my progress by year’s end. Frankly, as a teacher, I should do a better job of setting goals that are measurable and achievable within a year. For this post, however, I am going be more general […]
With all the training I have done over the last few years, I thought it might be useful to make a list of useful training items to have. As such, this article can serve as a handy complement to my article on preparing for your first firearms class. The items discussed in this list, however, are specific […]
Overview I was recently asked to write about what is commonly referred to as a blow out kit. The term refers to an individual medical kit carried to treat immediately life threatening extremity hemorrhage, tension pneumothorax (collapsed lung), and airway obstruction. These three things are responsible for most traumatic battlefield deaths. While all have long […]
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