During the second full week of April, public safety agencies celebrate a group of individuals without whom public safety agencies would fail to properly function—dispatchers and call takers.
Chinook's MiniFAK is a small, compact everyday carry trauma kit designed to address severe bleeding and penetrating chest injuries.
Not that long ago any police commander who was buying tourniquets for officers and urging their use when appropriate would have been thought reckless. But now more officers are carrying these life-saving devices on duty.
Dayton police say doctors believe quick thinking by an officer and a tourniquet kit likely saved the life of another officer struck by a motorist on Interstate 75 last week.
Two suspects are in custody after a Philadelphia police officer was shot and wounded, while responding to a robbery call.
New, handcrafted Gunshot Trauma Aid Kits (GTAKs) from GideonTactical contain gunshot-trauma essentials for preventing exsanguination.
This is the second time in the last two months that Officer Risher has had to use his medical kit on the scene. The first emergency was a domestic incident in July. Officer Risher said a woman had been stabbed.
This is the second time in the last two months that Officer Risher has had to use his medical kit on the scene. The first emergency was a domestic incident in July. Officer Risher said a woman had been stabbed. More Here.
Chinook Medical Gear, a distributor and manufacturer of tactical medical kits, unveils the TMK-IFAK, a new Individual First Aid Kit (IFAK) for use in any tactical situation.
Officer Joshua Burns might have bled out and died if it wasn't for a new emergency medical program that the Dallas PD had implemented just weeks before he was shot. As part of that program, 3,200 Dallas officers had been trained in basic hemorrhage control techniques and issued Tactical Medical Solutions' Downed Officer Kit (DOK).