Just a FYI for those who do not understand the lingo: A Blow-Out Kit is not for the tires on your Truck nor is it a “boo-boo” kit with band-aids and neosporin. BOK’s are Trauma Kits for serious life saving applications such as gunshot and knife wounds and staunching major arterial bleeding. I typically keep…
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Practical/Tactical Medicine: Understanding Blood Types
Quick question: Do you know your blood type? How about your spouse and your kids blood type? Do you know if you could donate blood to them if it was an emergency? Knowing how to stop traumatic bleeding along with understanding blood types and donor compatibility is one of the most important medical skill sets…
The CO “Blowout” Kit
For the CO to be prepared to survive in the battlefield we call everyday life, he must be ready to administer life saving first aid quickly and at any time, either to himself or others. To meet that need, the CO needs to have one or more “Blowout” Kits prepared. Simply put, a “Blowout” kit…