Review: Grey Ghost Gear - Slim Medic Pouch Apocalypse JoshThis is the second of the Grey Ghost Gear pouches that I took rock-scrambling and bush-bashing so I could give them a good review. I'm a firm believer in always taking at least a small first aid kit along when...
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Ryker AFAK Kit: We’re Putting a Foot Down About Not Carrying a Med Kit
Medical EDC considerations often take a back seat to guns and support gear. That’s WRONG. Check out the AFAK kit from Ryker Nylon. (Yes, we know the K is redundant.)
The Missing Link: Blood Belongs in the Body
Here's what we need you to do. Use the hashtag #missinglink if you see folks posting pics without medical kits. Use it so they know a critical piece of training and equipment is absent. Don't be a dick about it -- we want 'em prepared, not pissed off. This article was...
Review: ITS ETA Med Kit (Basic)
We've come to expect Good Things from Imminent Threat Solutions (ITS) Tactical. Who better to review one of the med kits they make, then our tamed Aussie who has a penchant for inadvertently cutting himself with swords? Mad Duo (Grunts: Penchant) Review: ITS ETA Med...
Buttstock Tourniquet Holder from RE Factor
Carrying a tourniquet is wrong. It’s almost pointless. What kind of person carries a tourniquet? Seriously though, who? Someone who doesn’t understand bad shit can happen to good guys, no matter how much you train or prepare.
Back the Bang:
MARCH – Massive Bleeding
We here at Breach-Bang-Clear are big fans of celebrating homeostasis, particularly if it involves unnecessary exsanguination. If you train with a gun or a knife you should be training to be dealing with the wounds they can cause - in fact, you should be prepared to...
OSI’s “Police” IFAK
If you’re on patrol and you’re rolling with no first aid gear, you’re wrong. Get something to carry now, and maybe get the OSI IFAK later.
Tourniquets: what’s in your medkit?
Well - what's in your medkit? Do you have a TQ at home, in your vehicle, at the office? Military guys outside the wire don't count. LEOs On The Job - if it's in a first aid kit in your trunk, it doesn't count. Armed and Ready Citizens - if it's buried in the medicine...
EDC: Don’t Be Stoopid. Don’t Bleed Out
EDC Medical/Trauma Kits: It's amazing how many people will carry a gun every day, on duty or off, and not have anything with them to treat a gunshot wound...or, if they do have something with which to plug those embarrassing unexpected extra holes, they leave it in...