Gear Review: Be prepared to save lives with a medical “holster”

By Eve Flanigan

The SFD Responder is comfortable over a sock, a boot, or on bare skin. (Photo: Eve Flanigan)
One very important—and priceless—lesson Americans have learned as a result of sending troops into combat during the last two decades is how to prevent loss of life secondary to bleeding. Tactical Combat Casualty Care, or TCCC, has saved thousands of lives overseas.
TCCC methods, chief among them being tourniquet use, are widely taught to US law enforcement personnel. Many former military personnel now serve in a new uniform stateside, making TCCC skills even more commonplace among police. The results are evident, with life-saving stories becoming commonplace on both sides of the badge, whether it’s an officer saving his or her own life using a tourniquet, or enabling a subject to appear on a court docket rather than an obituary after a necessary shoot.
Now, TCCC skills are percolating into the civilian sector. While it’s easy for most law enforcement or military personal to strap a “blowout kit” onto a MOLLE-equipped vest, the rest of us have to find a way to be prepared.
The concealed carrying public is already adept at concealing firearms. Additional life-saving items make sense to carry as well. Whether a gun-carrying civilian or

Source: Guns.com