To all you guys that carry SOFTT-W Tourniquets... Check this out.

[Teacher]

ITS Tactical posted this video & it's a great way to conserve space. Check it out!

 

[Zbizzle911]

I’m carrying a rats tourniquet now but have a few of those. Great idea


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[Teacher]

I’m carrying a rats tourniquet now but have a few of those. Great idea


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Just an FYI: I recently spoke with an ex-SF Medic that works for SORD USA & we were talking about tourniquets. I told him I had a few RATS in my car. He told me to go get them. When I came back inside I handed them to him & he threw them in the garbage can. I was freakin' shocked! I asked him WTF man? He said the RATS cause nerve & vascular damage due to the elastic bands they use. Since then I've started carrying SOFTT-W's exclusively.

 

[Chuckman]

CAT/SOFTT > RATS > nothing.

A RATS is better than nothing; if the concern is vascular and/or nerve damage, it's a bit of a non-issue with TQ use. The issue is the end-point: does it work, or does it not? Research has shown RATS to be inferior to CAT and SOFTT.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27045491