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Stop the bleed correctly

Miguel posted this video earlier.

 

The cop takes a bullet to the finger and then tourniquets his hand halfway up his forearm.

Yes, absolutely tourniquets are life saving tools, and it’s good that some of the medical equipment and knowledge used to save lives on the battlefield in the GWOT has become adopted by the police and civilians alike.

But when all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.

Tourniquets are used to occlude blood flow by squeezing arteries shut.

Under the wrong conditions, they can cause more harm than good.  Tourniquets can cause nerve damage by comprising nerves.  Not something you want in your hand.

Lots of arterial bleeding?  Absolutely apply a tourniquet.  The premium is on saving a life.

A healthy person is not going to bleed to death from splitting a finger wide open, or even taking a finger off.

A pressure bandage is much more applicable here.

On my person, I generally carry an Israeli bandage instead of a tourniquet, because it’s more versatile.  It can be used with a tourniquet like function.

 

Don’t think I’m sitting on tourniquets, they are a vital tool for saving lives. But they have a time and a place when they are appropriate.

Being prepared is absolutely critical.

So is using your brain in an emergency situation.

You don’t want to stop the bleeding of a bad finger boo-boo in such as way as to cause nerve damage to the hand.

 

 

Old News: When they tell you to move somewhere…

…start fighting because it never ends well.

I have seen news items like this too many times and if there are survivors is because pure luck, great theatrics playing dead and bad aiming.
If a bad guy or guys demand you go to the back, your response should be loud and carefully-aimed ballistics.

I keep telling you, it is money they are after.

Bills from Gun Control groups so far has been decimated in the Tennessee legislature and they are just down to scream, interrupt the proceeding for a brief while and get TV time while they are escorted out of chambers.

But give it to the Gun Control Clique to ask monies when the product and delivery fails, why? Because they know their followers will blindly donate.

So, at least they will net $50K on this fundraiser alone. And that won’t stop, I can guarantee it.

And we are the ones accused to take blood money.

Tennessee Special Legislative Season: And you say that like it is a bad thing.

Other bills, many by Democrats, were killed in multiple committees today by House members. On the Senate side, one committee killed 52 of 55 bills that were on the agenda. The three that survived were priority bills for Speaker Cameron Sexton (R—Crossville).

TN Special Session: Bill allowing more guns in Tennessee schools moves forward (wkrn.com)

And also pissing the Gun Control Clique off in this article is the possibility that schools will no longer be 100% Gun Free Zones.

The bill, brought by Rep. Chris Todd (R—Madison County), would allow any law enforcement officer, whether on or off-duty, as well as any member of the armed forces—honorably discharged or not—and anyone with an enhanced handgun carry permit to carry on school grounds or any place used by a school where students would be present.

And of course, they paraded out a mom with a Bloody Shirt while trying to disrupt the session which got everybody kicked out and gave them the obligatory “How could they do that?! They are heartless!” TV moment.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — A mother of a Covenant student and others broke down in tears in the halls of the Tennessee Statehouse after all audience members were kicked out of a Civil Justice subcommittee meeting for clapping and speaking after being told to stop.

“Being here in general is rough. I don’t think these people get what this means. We are here for six people who were killed in our school. We are just trying to do something,” said Sarah Shoop Neumann. “It is hard to be here. It’s overwhelming…to walk past the Proud Boys. I’m sitting with the [Tennessee Firearms Association] in front of me.”

I may be wrong, but I am pretty sure neither of those groups were directly or indirectly involved with the murder of her child. Some sicko chick with gender identity issues did it, but conveniently we still do not know what fully triggered her and how she developed her actions because MNPD and the Democrat Powers That Be in Nashville refuse to release her manifesto.

However, I can tell this to Ms. Neuman: If you are looking for those who politically allowed your daughter to be killed, just look around at the ones that are “supporting” you efforts right now. They are the ones that collect nice monies if kids keep getting killed and will have no problem dumping you after you are no longer of any use to them.

And on the legislative side itself: I have been going over the very long list of bills and two that were Red Flag laws were killed also the “affidavit/mandatory locking” bill  alongside all the “hate Crime” bills were executed. I’ll keep going over the list and see if anything else interesting pops up.

My only wonder is: Will the Governor sign into law the Carry in Schools bill? and if vetoes it, do we have enough votes to override it? Or will he simply let it become law after the required 10 days (Sunday excepted) of wait?

Be prepared

The Algorithm actually hit me with something good.

 

I have nearly this identical kit, in this same bag, as my range ballistic trauma kit.

The only difference is that I added a Hyfin chest seal in case of a lung hit.  Penetrating chest wounds aren’t as likely with a chainsaw.

It lives in my range bag, but if I’m on my feet, I can attach it to my gun belt.

I don’t know enough to start packing wounds like an EMT, but I can stop major bleeding or a sucking chest wound until EMTs get to the range.

 

This what rewriting history looks like.

And if you are any kind of old or involved in Gun Rights, you already know that “man wanted on a federal warrant” was no other than Randy Weaver and then the Ruby Ridge fiasco where a kid and his mom ended up being killed by Feds.