G.E. Lee
Member
I took the free 2 hour course called Stop The Bleed. This is a nationwide deal originated by the American College of Surgeons in conjunction with the Committee on Trauma and the Hartford Consensus. The course is offered about once a month in many cities. It is largely hands on training with various tourniquets, wound packing, direct pressure techniques, etc. You practice on a buddy or on a simulated upper leg made out of something like ballistic gelatin. You learn a lot, but it does not cover chest seals or relieving pneumothorax problems.
https://stopthebleedingcoalition.org/
Good places to buy pre-made kits are Skinny Medic, North American Rescue, and Rescue Essentials. In fact, they are not just good, they are all great. You can find many of their videos on YouTube.
I wear cargo shorts in summer, and for EDC it is easy to fit into one cargo pocket a Cat-7, a large Celox hemostatic 9g gauze strip, and a smaller 3g Celox hemostatic 1 inch by 5 ft. ribbon (for narrower wounds of, say, pencil size diameter). I throw in a pair of gloves for my left rear pocket. When hunting I add a vented chest seal. Nobody ever notices that I have these things and they are no trouble at all. It is easy to forget you even have the stuff on you. It is even easier to carry such stuff in the winter when wearing coats...
https://stopthebleedingcoalition.org/
Good places to buy pre-made kits are Skinny Medic, North American Rescue, and Rescue Essentials. In fact, they are not just good, they are all great. You can find many of their videos on YouTube.
I wear cargo shorts in summer, and for EDC it is easy to fit into one cargo pocket a Cat-7, a large Celox hemostatic 9g gauze strip, and a smaller 3g Celox hemostatic 1 inch by 5 ft. ribbon (for narrower wounds of, say, pencil size diameter). I throw in a pair of gloves for my left rear pocket. When hunting I add a vented chest seal. Nobody ever notices that I have these things and they are no trouble at all. It is easy to forget you even have the stuff on you. It is even easier to carry such stuff in the winter when wearing coats...