First Aid

QuikClot Combat Gauze LE

This bleeding control solution creates a robust clot to control bleeding fast until medical support arrives.

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NYPD Officer Saves Stabbing Victim Using Potato Chip Bag and Tape

Body camera video released by the New York Police Department showed Officer Ronald Kennedy placing the bag over the man's wound described by emergency personnel as a "sucking chest wound."

Pennsylvania Officers Lauded for Life-Saving Use of Tourniquet on Hemorrhaging Woman

Two officers with the UPMC Police Department in Pittsburgh are being lauded as heroes for saving the life of a woman who was bleeding by applying a tourniquet and keeping her calm until other first responders were able to get to the scene.

Critically Wounded LA County Deputy Put Tourniquet on Her Partner, Radioed for Help

Immediately after the shooting, the female deputy can be seen on surveillance video struggling to place a tourniquet on her partner even as she herself is bleeding from gunshot wounds.

Missouri Officer Uses Tourniquet to Save Child Wounded in Drive-By

Police responded to the scene and found the child shot twice, once in the arm and once in the stomach.

Florida Officer Rescues Woman Pinned Between Crashed Car and Building

An officer with the Coral Gables (FL) Police Department sprang into action when a pedestrian was pinned between a crashed vehicle and a building on Wednesday afternoon.

California Officer Helps Save Man's Life at NFL Game

An officer with the Oakland Police Department performed CPR on a man suffering a medical emergency in the parking lot of the Oakland Coliseum prior to the football game between the Raiders and the Denver Broncos Monday night.

2 Missouri Officers Lauded for Saving Man Stabbed in New Orleans

Two officers with the Kansas City Police Department attending the National Fraternal Order of Police Convention in New Orleans rushed to the aid of a man who had been stabbed in the chest by a panhandler late last week.

Border Patrol Agent was Guardian Angel for El Paso Mass Shooting Victim

CBP officer Donna Sifford helped tend to Grant’s wounds and got him to safety and medical care. “She was there for me. She never left my side,” he said.

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(Video) Train and Equip Officers for Self-Care/Buddy Care

Don Alwes emphasizes the critical life-saving nature of first-aid equipment and training so wounded LEOs can treat themselves and fellow officers.