New! CoTCCC Approved Tourniquets

The Committee for Tactical Combat Casualty Care recently released a list of approved commercial tourniquets. This video will give an overview of all the tourniquets currently approved by the CoTCCC as well as discuss several of the tourniquets that did not make the cut.

You can buy all of these tourniquets from my Skinny Medic affiliate link or or any of the manufacturer links listed below

[JamesGillis-mi]

My son is a army medic. He inspires me. I am nearing retirement and looking to become a first aid/first responder trainer. This is good stuff, Sam -- a level headed, even-handed approach. Thanks.

[sillyhead]

Retired Combat Medic, currently a TCCC instructor....this video is time well spent.

[JonandEva]

Thanks for putting all the time and money into making this video possible!

[Whiskey_Actual]

Nicely done. It's refreshing to watch someone who actually uses this gear doing the reviews.

[The_Bearded_Lady]

Besides benefits for treating canine and pediatric pts with the SWAT-T, it also works with larger folks. It is hard to get some of the others to work on the upper thigh because they max out. But the TX3 has a 60" version besides the regular 40" version so it works out well in so many ways. When I carry the others, I usually go with SOFT-TW cause I think it is the biggest of the others and still folds down small. I am also now carrying the new rattlesnake tq that is super small and easy to EDC and forget about. But I still always carry one or more of the others. Thanks so much for breaking all this down. I just wanted to mention larger pts cause I am big and a large portion of the country is obese and it can definitely come into play and make most of the tourniquets harder or impossible to operate. So practice on a fat friend/self too. Seek out all sizes of folks and get familiar with lots of them. Thanks so much for your channel. It is one of my go tos for medic info. ✌️

[greymedic]

The RAT always seemed sketchy. Thought is was just me. The STAT seemed like a good idea, but turned out too good to be true.

[reignsupreme]

I'll always only use the CAT. Stick to what you know I guess. Glad to see a popular YouTuber from my small town. Keep it up!

[Griff]

I was just about to order the STAT tourniquet. I’m really glad I watched this video. Thanks for taking to time to share this information. CAT tourniquet it is!!!

[realandrewhatfield]

Amazing to see the improvement in the quality of your videography over the last few years! But the quality of the content is evident even a few years ago! Your consistency and continuous improvement is hard to balance, congrats!

[jonclem]

You’ve inspired me a lot! I’m a Infantry guardsman and I start EMT school this summer semester! I hope to be a fireman/medic that cross trains into TEMS, keep up the great work brother.

[madogalpha]

If you have an FSA account through work, you can purchase a SAM medical bleed kit with a SAM tourniquet for around $55.00 making it a good purchase due to having other med items for major bleeds in it. You can also get level two and three quick clot kits that have CAT tourniquets (level 3 kit) in them so FSA accounts are a good way to stock up on these items.

[jefffletcher]

Thank you for talking about the RATS, everyone online has a "professional" opinion on that thing and yours is the first one ive seen that is honest and backed up by facts. I find you to be an invaluable resource of information, thank you for doing what you do.

[darkowloffroad]

Thanks. You've shown me a lot over time. Be safe and take care

[bloodgain]

Great video. I have a CAT in my current home trauma kit (right inside the garage/workshop door), but I'll definitely be getting some SAM XT TQs for the rest of the kits I want to make. Anything that makes self-application easier and is generally more foolproof for non-pros is a plus in my book! Now I'm going to keep binging your videos.

[medicmartinez]

CAT Gen 6 is what I started with in the field. Gen 7 was an upgrade for me. Was introduced to the Soft T Wide, great TQ. I never had an issue with either of them. Thanks for the review👍

[RyanLackey]

I was always pretty wary of carrying a RAT (it was easier to carry the way I was carrying it, and I knew it would be inferior in application). I didn't realize it was that bad, though, so I think I'll switch to carrying a different option.

[cooperclarke]

The ratcheting TQs are interesting to me. They would keep tension on the limb even if you have to let go, or if your hand slipped. Survival dispatch has a video where Alan Kay talks about it. Interesting for tactical applications! Great video

[dylanlucas]

I've been watching a ton of your videos while I try to put together a go-bag / b.o.b. medical kit, that I can share with friends and family who aren't into preparedness the way I am, because I know that they aren't going to spend hours researching and building their own kit. Initially I was going to include the C.A.T. in the kit, but after watching this I think I'm gonna use the SAM XT instead because most of the people using this kit (including myself) have little to no medical experience and having that click feature to tell us when it's tight enough could be the difference between life and death, or at the very least give us some peace of mind that it was applied correctly. Thanks for all your hard work to get this information out there, it's helped me tremendously.

[phl_knives]

I carry a SOFT-TW Gen 3 with Modified TRAC clip in a Phlster Flatpack TQ carrier EDC on body along with a PEW for bare minimum medical on body.
. I was carrying CATs and SOFFTs in my EDC bag and Car kit.
I think you will really like the TMT, it's a little wider that the OG tourniquets, but it's very similar to the CAT and SOFFT, it has an unclippable buckle, and a small sand bag on the end to aid in pull. It actually clicks into the windlass lock. Very easy to use.
Thank you for bringing up that shady stuff RATs has done and how they actually work. Practicing with one just out of curiosity a buddy had and it took me 3x longer to apply than a CAT.
STAT if you ask a question they don't like on their Facebook they will make a comment to the effect of read our study, and when you ask a question related to their "study" they delete your comments and block you. IMO it a glorified Ziptie. Sadly now Trenton NJ Police are now carrying the STAT on duty. .

Great video, thanks for taking the time

[cade]

PrepMedic: “...never carry these”
Stat: “you weren’t supposed to say that”