Trauma Care / tourniquet

Gunshot wounds kill through blood loss and chest injury. The first-5-minutes response using tourniquets, wound packing, and chest seals.

Counterfeit CAT tourniquets flood the market and fail under real pressure. How to spot a fake and where to buy a genuine, CoTCCC-recommended TQ.

The 10 core items every IFAK needs, why each belongs there, and how to build a kit that treats the injuries that actually kill.

CAT Gen 7 vs. SOF-T Wide compared: windlass, width, one-handed use, training, price, and CoTCCC status—so you carry the right tourniquet.

What an IFAK is, its TCCC military origins, the MARCH-based contents inside one, and why every adult should carry an Individual First Aid Kit.

The three tools for life-threatening bleeding — direct pressure, wound packing, and tourniquets — and exactly when to use each to keep someone alive until EMS arrives.

A step-by-step guide to applying a windlass tourniquet fast and correctly, how tight is tight enough, and the mistakes that make one fail.

Trauma first aid, step by step: tourniquets, wound packing, chest seals, airway basics, shock, and how to choose a bleeding control kit that works.