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Not sure how any of that has to do with what I said. Is that like the go to comeback for every criticism??? BUT BUT HES A VET, HES A POLICEMAN blah blah. None of that has anything to do with what I said.
Guy just dispensed lifesaving info, clear and concise. You picked these few words to criticize?! Have you watched all his videos? This guy delivers more info per video than most others out there. He also is speaking so EVERYONE can understand...some are in fact idiots that still deserve knowledge. Your criticism is inaccurate and invalid. Few are better than this guy.
Unfortunately I think what he is trying to do is break the cognitive dissonance like what I had for way to long where we can make the assumption that if we get defend ourselves that we won't somehow get injured or someone we care about gets hurt.
So for some reason YT deleted my description lol. Dark Angel is in my affiliate links. narescue.com for cats ND almost everything ifak related. Email me and I will send more over YT gets weird about specific links
$30-40 for a good TQ and $200-300 for a good ifak are way cheaper than a funeral last time I checked, even cheaper than just the flowers for what they can run. Getting purpose built life saving gear is worth the cost, especially if you have tobuse it on someone you loved. You don't want to tell your family member "but the good news is I saved $20 on the TQ" if you're counting on it to save their life. Get the propper gear, get the training, have stuff staged and ready to use and pray that you never have to use it but that if you ever do the training kicks in.
Great episode! Good information for all! And thanks for teaching the BS stuff that people think. I was happy toner the apply 2 comment. I have put a bunch of second CATS on when LE or EMS did 1 but the bleeding was not stopped!
Yeah I've seen that a bunch also have seen folks not realizing how tight tq actually have to be. If the person is conscious you're putting in on and they don't react it's nowhere neat tight enough.
Please don't make my mistake I have purchased both quality CAT TQ and amazon, they look different and the quality is way less. The best thing I can do with those pieces of garbage is write training on them and use them as such. forgot to mention the 5th TQ location, between the chin and shoulders lol
I have the cats (also orange), a rhino rescue I got in a kit, a swat-t for the dog, and I made a ton of back up swat T style backup tourniquets/pressure bandages out of red theraband for when I run out of everything else. I probably have half a field hospital in my truck (91W)
So on the rhino, I think those are the Recon medical renamed. Recon got sued into oblivion by NAR several years back. Recon was running the same occlusion bands as the NAR, Kevlar stitching, aluminum windlass. I still have about 6 of them that have been through about 30 training evolutions I wouldn't feel undone with a Recon I actually hope the rhinos are the same though indont own any
CAT7s are amazing for self application. SOF-Ts rock for putting on someone else though. And always remember, even if your down a hand, you've still got teeth that'll hold something just fine 😁
Does the RAT not make the TCCC list because it is too narrow? I keep one as secondary in my boo-boo kits since they are also recommended for children and dogs. I think the main concern is over-tightening a CAT on skinny kid arms. What do you think? Strictly not something I keep handy to apply to my own limbs :) For exactly the reasons you show!
too narrow really really bad for one hand application. Cats work fine on tiny humans I can damn near occluded blood flow in a child with a pressure bandages. Done it before at a car accident worked like a champion, the low veinous pressures combined with very little muscular density make it a much easier task compared to an adult
I have a snakestaff TQ because I can carry it conveniently with my sidecar holster (not in the mag carrier, but tucked between it and the gun side). I also have a SOF-T in my range bag. Not ideal, but I'd rather have something I can carry and have on me every day, than not have one at all because the SOF-T is too big for me to carry easily.
Thanks for showing the SOFT! Not familiar with them, look great even just a couple as secondaries where I do not have much room (used RATs so far). I already have a good few CATs so not going to waste money replacing with SOFT, even if I really like the idea of unhooking to get around obstacles.
I love them for edc and for putting on other folks they are awesome. I'm a little biased as I have a ton of time with them over the last 17 years or so
Ima argue this one and say quick-clot gauze, if I can only pick one item, is what I’d carry. TQ is most effective for limbs, but quick clot can still control bleeding on them and gauze will add the capability of stopping junctional bleeds which TQs can’t. The packaging is occlusive and can be used as a chest seal. The Z fold packs are small and flat enough to stick in a back pocket, so they’re more comfortable than any kind of TQ.
If you haven't had previous training on these subjects and you don't have your kit in front of you while watching, you're doing it wrong. As a young Marine, I watched another Marine bleed to death in the sand because our Corpsman ran out of TQs. Back then, CCC wasn't as evolved, and the individual Marine didn't carry an IFAC, much less trained on how to use one. It only takes being helpless once to change our mind.... I recommend not being helpless. I'm becoming a fan of this channel, albiet I dont always agree with the point of view. Even an old ass marine can learn new things.
