Being Prepared

Trauma Medicine: YOUR TOURNIQUET IS NOT A SYSTEM. Are You Pretending To Be Prepared?

Posted on 30 August 202530 August 2025 by The Tactical Hermit

YOUR TOURNIQUET IS NOT A SYSTEM. Are You Pretending To Be Prepared? It’s easy to feel like you’ve “checked the box” by carrying a tourniquet. I see it all the time. Someone straps one on their kit or throws it into their glove box, and suddenly the feel squared away for trauma response. Here’s…

Practical Skill-Sets: Trapped in a Crowd – Why Crowds Get Dangerous & How To Survive A Crush

Posted on 6 July 2016 by The Tactical Hermit

I used to lovegoing to sporting events. I regularly spent Saturday afternoons in a football stadium with 65,000 other fans, or in a basketball arena with 23,000 other basketball crazies, or a Friday night at Disney World with 80,000 of my newfound friends. I had no problem with large crowds. I loved the lack of…

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