Life-saving items such as tourniquets often come with a shelf life even when they haven’t been used. We know that, as with anything, even without u...
Shock Index is a tool that’s used by paramedics and EMTs to predict outcomes after physical trauma. The Shock Index measurement has been shown to b...
The patented Combat Application Tourniquet® (C-A-T®) has been the Official Tourniquet of the U.S. Army since 2005—and for good reason. Not only doe...
Most commercial tourniquets are designed to accommodate one-handed operation. In a traumatic bleeding emergency, you won’t always have someone else...
A gunshot wound to the arm may be less life-threatening than a gunshot wound to the chest or head, but it’s still life-threatening nonetheless—espe...