Most important pieces of life saving device to carry
Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2020 12:03 pm
I think most people are forgetting about a pieces of equipment we should always have with us when out in the woods. When we are hunting or working outdoors there is always the real threat of accidentally getting shot (AD/ND), getting cut or stabbed with a knife or saw, etc...things that can cause large blood loss.
When out and about, on my belt is my sidearm, spare ammo, knife and a tourniquet...sometimes a cellular phone too or it's in my pocket.
Most of the time I'm in the woods alone or with my son while hunting or working so I always carry a tourniquet on my belt on the left side carried in a magazine pouch with Velcro closure. I make sure my son has one on his belt on the left side too and then one or two in the truck. Each of my backpack and camelback has one in top stuffed into a magazine pouch too. I know a lot of people say they can just use a belt or piece of rope but by the time you get your head together and take off the belt and find a piece of wood to tighten it you could become unconscious from blood loss. You can bleed out in minutes and die few minutes after that.
I don't see the need to carry a small first aid kit on me as long as I can access one reasonably quickly at the truck but I'm never without a tourniquet or two.
Get couple of real tourniquets and learn how to use them correctly and keep them with you at all time out in the woods. It really is a life saving device.
When out and about, on my belt is my sidearm, spare ammo, knife and a tourniquet...sometimes a cellular phone too or it's in my pocket.
Most of the time I'm in the woods alone or with my son while hunting or working so I always carry a tourniquet on my belt on the left side carried in a magazine pouch with Velcro closure. I make sure my son has one on his belt on the left side too and then one or two in the truck. Each of my backpack and camelback has one in top stuffed into a magazine pouch too. I know a lot of people say they can just use a belt or piece of rope but by the time you get your head together and take off the belt and find a piece of wood to tighten it you could become unconscious from blood loss. You can bleed out in minutes and die few minutes after that.
I don't see the need to carry a small first aid kit on me as long as I can access one reasonably quickly at the truck but I'm never without a tourniquet or two.
Get couple of real tourniquets and learn how to use them correctly and keep them with you at all time out in the woods. It really is a life saving device.