SAM XT Extremity Tourniquet 

It’s a great product - really foolproof in use. The “click” engages on 22 lbs of pressure, then utilise the windlass. To those saying they won’t hear the noise of the click on a screaming patient or loud environment - you feel the click as well, it’s very noticeable. Like all things, Train with it and its second nature.

High and tight when in the fight. 2-3 when you can breath

My service switched to these a few years ago. I’ve used it half a dozen times since then, including last shift. Always worked like a charm.

I have replaced the CATS in some of my kits by the SAM XT because it is really easy to use and quicker. Unfortunately, it doesn't pack as flat (same length or even a little shorter, though), so I could not fit them in a couple of my really tight kits. The click technology (which must be reset each time after use by pulling the enclosure up) is very intuitive. All you need to do is pull steadily on the strap one-handed, or even two-handed on the leg if you want, until you hear the click. The click comes on faster than I thought, and I'm able to shave 2-3 seconds off in that initial phase compared to the CAT with no worry about slack. Also, you technically don't need to attach it with the velcro to itself to secure it, the prongs that come out do a really good job. No need to readjust like a CAT if you have doubts and think you could get it tighter or didn't get it tight enough. When it clicks, it's tight enough, always and on the first try if applied correctly. Really fun to use and really fast. Windlass is solid and metal. + UPDATE: after training with the SAM XT and about 15 applications on the arms (biceps, high) alone, I noticed that when put on bare skin, some skin seems to get trapped in the buckle and you get bitten by the prongs which, although not very painful, pinch the skin and leave red marks, even puncturing the skin on a few occasions. It would not matter in a real situation, but in training, it can get quite annoying. This is a huge disappointment. I tried different position on the biceps, and except for placing the tourniquet so that it faces inward, pulling the strap outside the biceps instead of inside (not the way it is supposed to be used), it does this. You don't feel it on clothes, and it is not a problem on bare skin on legs. I wonder if others have had the same experience.

Personally, I like this one. My only trouble with the all velcro ones is that blood, clots, dirt and debris can adversely affect its performance. You can feel the click when it snaps in. We are in the process of training 330 medics on it and so far the response has been very positive. Good video.

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Thanks for letting us know of the break. Excellent video Skinny Medic! 😁👍👍🇺🇸

Interesting piece of kit. I'd like to see how it works in the real world. Great video, man! Keep up the good work!

Awesome! Think I'll wait till its been proven the field First. Glad to see there is finally a new TQ on the market.

Wow, thanks!

beefy! but instead of coming up with more expensive tourniquets, i wish the industry would work on less expensive but quality versions. i would like to carry 4 but havent saved up enough allowance for that yet.

Thanks for that, Skinny. I carry a CAT but something as simple as noting the time is a big deal for me. You're studly as always. Carry on.

I'm a fan of the CAT tourniquet, but I really like these, as well. In addition, my FSA store stocks these (but not CATs). So I now have a real non-rubber tourniquet as part of my response kit.

Seems like a great design if they can get the materials sorted out.

Mecro post. We train to put them as high as possible on the leg. This partially due to the fact we cargo pockets on our uniforms. Potential obstruction to proper supplication. Going high on the leg makes sure the tourniquet can do it’s job.

Here from your new video checkin gout your review!

These are the TQs the company I just started with stocks on the trucks. Everyone seems to like them just fine. I don't trust everyone's opinions, but there are some people here (including a few vets) who, when they say something is fine, I tend to shut up and trust them.

I think the ones you sell are better I have no problem with what I brought from you this year. Thank you for the video. :)

Great piece of kit but where can you buy these manager kings from?

Hello S.M., out of all the tourniquets you’ve shown in your different posts, if I can only afford a single device which one would you recommend and why? Thanks

I have been made aware that I need a tourniquet for my FAK. Would you recommend this one for someone with basic first aid training. I will be finding classes locally to further my first aid knowledge. If not this one which would you recommend?

hey skinnymedic i'm a paramedic student from Australia. When you put the tourniquet on do you generally go 4 inch's above the wound and put another on at the top of the extremity if it doesn't stop bleeding or do you go straight to the top of the extremity just in case of arterial spasm. in your experience what have you found is the best ? i have heard both the different theory's and not quite sure what one is best.

Looks like SAM is using similar tech to their pelvic splint system for this. I'm not convinced that "standardizing" the required TQ tightness to a plastic buckle and to one windlass spin is helping the products versatility. I'm imagining that buckle engaging before I m able to pull the strap as tight as I want it.

seems like a pretty good tourniquet, but I think i would still prefer the CAT or SOF-T

Will this tourniquet fit in a injection molded cat holder?

Can’t hear the click and does click out to hold Velcro, is it defective?

do a review of the STAT tourniquet! please.

They got recalled , bad stitching pattern on the ratchet end. Cat 7 for me !

I tried both links--page not found.

Do you no longer have the Amazon store?

Hey Skinny I heard today that there is a class action lawsuit against RU-vid by creators that are getting demonitized because of certain content or subjects. I remember you mentioned you had a problem with them because of your comment, that's so much blood, or words to that effect. I thought you might like to know

I just want to know what blood vessel is being occluded by that ‘knee to the groin?’

Sorry, this is off topic. I have a friend that just graduated as an EMT. Do yo have a suggestion for a multi tool or rescue knife? Not sure I want to get him raptor scissors. He started work with an oil company. Thank.

They need to start making the windless on the CAT metal. Id pay an extra $3-5 for that. Arguably already the easiest one handed tq on the market, just make that metal and it would be the closest to perfect a tq could get IMO.

how is the time writing area cleaned?

I'm skeptical of the materials in construction. If one of these broke during training (apparently indoors), I wonder how it would hold up in colder (perhaps sub-zero) outdoor conditions.

Do they have a LoVis model?

Okay just kind of nitpicking because obviously its not even close to being a priority but this thing on bare skin pinches like a mofo between the plastic parts. Again it might save the life but it seems like it could definitely be designed without this problem. I applied it to myself and now i have pinch marks thatll be there for days

Not in the same leauge as the CAT. The amount of tension you can apply with the winlass, seems very limited. Someone might apply it a bit too loose under stress and need to start over. I don't see this happening with the CAT.

Ok I just got mine, the strap between the hinge and windlass hooks, you can only turn 1/2 turn, it won’t let me give another 1/2 turn.

40 bucks!! There are many others out there that are just as good as this for half the price!

They should make the piece with the tabs out of metal. Problem solved. Maybe.

Its not a good sign when SkinnyMedic had trouble getting it off his arm.

I have no medical training at all, so I may be wrong about this. But it seems to me the broken locking tooth and the outtake at the end of the video where you could not disengage the lock tells me everything I needed to know about that tourniquet. Thanks for the video.

Are tourniquets used for snake bites?

Yeah as a former EMT I'm not crazy about this item, too many mechanical parts that can cause further pain to the patient. The pressure of the turnequet is bad enough but having that ratchet type of hardware just seems excessive to me.

That locking seems frustrating to me. You had a hard time looking it to place.

i dont like this one....dont want to be waiting for an audible click in a noisy industrial factory with a screaming patient...perhaps it has not been explained properly ...looks like a CAT with a funny buckle...if it has the velcro then it should work even if the teeth are not locked in place shouldn't it ?... anyway i just bought a CAT gen 7 and i am going with that...

Those teeth seem overcomplicated. The velcro on the CAT works and the technology has been around for years. I'd rather have something simple than an over complicated design that you can't get off

28th comment kek

CAT, Sof-T or RATS for me.

Overcomplicated design to make it look like a SAM product. Make sure you haven't got one of the recalled ones !

Thanks, but I'll stick with combat proven tourniquets like the CAT and RATS.

Nice but no thanks.

Seems too complicated and takes too much time. I'll stick to carrying my CAT.

This looks like a cumbersum, complicated, overpriced piece of crap. But thanks for the review.

Piece of junk. Plastic is a no no on a TQ. Soft is the best TQ