Jan 27, 2015 · The CAT TQ causes an extreme amount of pain but it is effective, it left a welt on my thigh for 3 days after the application. I've seen the RATS TQ and was skeptical due to the limited surface area vs the CAT. The RATS boasts an easy application but IMHO the CAT is idiot proof and I prefer the CAT.

Nov 3, 2017 · I will continue to carry the CAT on my person. If some one has yo do Buddy aid on me I want them to be familiar with the device.

Jan 29, 2015 · Where just the windlass on a CAT is longer than the chest dart package I don't think he liked the bulk for EDC. For those that conceal carry a gun every day it's a good idea to carry a medical kit as well. I might experiment with the ankle carry and see how it works for me with a CAT. Right now it's just the TK4 and soon the RATS if I like it.

Sep 15, 2016 · Unless it has been on there for an extended period of time, I'd just remove it. I've brought in a patient with a tourniquet that I had placed an hour earlier and the doctor just popped it off to get a look at the bleeding without a second thought (she immediately regretted it due to all the arterial bleeding, not the acidosis).

Jul 11, 2015 · As long as you're authorized to have an ALS take-home kit, you ride in if you can't downgrade the patient to BLS, you sign their report as the tech, and you notify EMSA that you witnessed something off-duty, you're authorized to have a take-home kit (EMSA already knows who is), and that you rode in with the patient while off-duty.

Dec 27, 2020 · I keep a basic IFAK (tq, chest seal, etc) but anything that looks like a useful bag will just get you a smashed window around here, unfortunately. My jump bag that I've had for years was recently stolen. That's a huge reason. Plus, I cannot really keep supplies that I'd use at the Paramedic level stored safely or temperature controlled.

Jul 27, 2017 · Give us 4 TQ's or pick a number, an bag of OPA/NPA to put in a pocket somewhere, if something goes down let us do 5-10 seconds of medical care and move on to find whoever did it. Remember its better to get definitive care faster (short of clear life or death situations) and to do that you need to clear the area.

Aug 10, 2016 · Thank you, Tigger for clarifying Well when writing a PCR, we can transfer the history to the report. Just for quick note taking, I was thinking if this was a good thing.

Oct 2, 2017 · If bleeding was controlled, there doesn't seem to be a need to TQ it. Especially with an open fracture, I would think you would see if there was any bleeding or not externally. I guess theoretically, internal bleeding could be a concern, but the leg would swell up and turn itself into a compartment syndrome, auto-tourniquet, and coagulate ...

Oct 21, 2010 · Fast forward to the summer of that year though and i was doing surgery myself on live rats in a lab. I know humans arnt exactly rats but i still have optimism to get over stupid stuff like this. And yeah, im taking A and P 1 right now actually and i like it and am doing well in it.