We’d like to get your feedback on what you think of our ITS Tactical ETA Kits. We’ve sold quite a few and would truly value feedback from those of you who have bought them, or even those that haven’t. Positive or negative, we’d love to hear from you.
Category: MEDCOM
Best practices involving up to date medical information and life saving equipment.
Stop the Bleeding!
ITS has done a nice job of talking about blowout kit development and even producing their own ETA Kit, so today I want to talk about the finer points of stopping bleeding. When I teach trauma medicine to young Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marines I typically see a great deal of fear and apprehension in… Continue reading Stop the Bleeding!
ITS Tactical ETA Kit
We’ve been like little kids trying to hide a secret about what we feel is the best and most versatile blow out kit on the market today! Developed by our 18D Corpsman, and following the TCCC Guidelines, the ITS ETA Kit combines the very best items to treat the three leading preventable causes of death… Continue reading ITS Tactical ETA Kit
Developing a Blow Out Kit
The term “blow out kit” comes from the Military, and refers to a medical kit to treat life threatening wounds in the field. Our take on the terminology is that just like a tire has a blowout, so can you if you’re severely injured. A blow out kit is the human equivalent to a tire’s… Continue reading Developing a Blow Out Kit
Military Working Dog Adoptions
We’d like to pass along a great resource for anyone considering dog adoption. Military Working Dog Adoptions helps Veteran MWD’s find homes after they’ve served in America’s Armed Forces. Here’s what you can do to help out the MWD Adoption program further: We’d like to pass along a great resource for anyone considering dog adoption.… Continue reading Military Working Dog Adoptions
HALO Chest Seal
At a recent Live Tissue class we attended we were introduced to a new chest seal called the HALO. The HALO is like nothing we’ve ever used before… It actually sticks! All the other chest seals we’ve used on the market today like the Asherman, Bolin and Hyfin don’t hold a seal when it comes… Continue reading HALO Chest Seal
2009 TCCC Guidelines
A few days ago we mentioned the TCCC (Tactical Combat Casualty Care) Guidelines and wanted to share the latest February 2009 updates. The only change in these updated TCCC guidelines from the July 2008 version is that WoundStat has been removed as a secondary hemostatic agent, which leaves QuikClot Combat Gauze and the primary and… Continue reading 2009 TCCC Guidelines
QuikClot Combat Gauze Video
QuikClot Combat Gauze is the new kid on the block of Hemostatic Agents and is the TCCC‘s agent of choice for first line treatment for life-threatening hemorrhage. Tactical Combat Casualty Care (Pronounced “T-Triple C”) are guidelines developed by USSOCOM (United States Special Operations Command) to properly train non-medics to deal with the preventable causes of… Continue reading QuikClot Combat Gauze Video