ITS Tactical
Tourniquet Best Practices: How to Prep, Store and Apply a TQ
Today we’re joined by our good friend Caleb Causey of Lone Star Medics, who stopped by ITS HQ recently to film the video below on some best practices for preparing, storing and applying Tourniquets. The video demonstrates application of a Tourniquet to an arm and a leg and goes into some different methods for preparing a tourniquet, such as our DIY flat-fold method we’ve demonstrated previously on ITS.
Take Nature’s Eye Test and See if You Have The Eyesight of a Warrior
If you’re not keeping up with the new TV show, Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey, you’re truly missing out. It’s a fantastic series hosted by Neil deGrasse Tyson, that not only talks about the history of our solar system, but relates it to interesting and useful information for us to use down here on Earth.
...Knot of the Week: Japanese Rope Restraint with Hojo Cord or Hayanawa
Hojōjutsu is the ancient Japanese martial art of restraint using cordage. This cordage is commonly referred to as Hojo Cord, but properly it’s called Hayanawa and also Torinawa. Respectively these mean fast rope and capture rope.
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