Since 2020, Texas law has mandated that schools offer students as young as seventh graders lessons in "battlefield trauma care," where children learn how to apply tourniquets and chest seals in class.

Under House Bill 496, a Texas law that went into effect on Jan. 1, 2020, stop-the-bleed kits are required in public schools and teachers must have training. But there are useful tools inside each kit ...

There is an age-old debate in Tactical Medicine on what method is better for tourniquet placement: “High and Tight” or 2 to 3 inches above the wound. As a SWAT Medic and a NAEMT TCCC, TECC, PHTLS ...

As the frequency of mass shootings across the country continues to rise, some doctors are recommending that civilians be trained in how to apply tourniquets to victims in disaster situations. The ...

Texas schools may start teaching 8-year-olds how to apply tourniquets. The third graders will learn to wrap the strap around a bloody arm or leg. They’ll twist the rod until the bleeding stops and ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Following the mass shooting that killed 11 ...

In the first 13 years of this century 1,043 people were injured or killed in 160 active shooter events across the United States, generally involving a lone shooter and mass casualties. And the vast ...

“Through simply touching, more directly than in any other way, we can transmit to each other something of the power of the life we have inside us.” — Frederick Buechner During a recent presentation of ...

Standard Combat Application Tourniquet (CAT) Currently, tourniquets on the market have failure rates as high as 84%. This became very real to me back in 2018, when I became aware of mass casualty ...