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Actually yes......
first off i have had one in the heat of Phoenix in my vehicle for two years...they hold up fine. Second, we abuse the hell out of them in our class and again they hold up to everyone using/abusing them to the best of their ability.
I just made a video of its use on a traumatic amputation at work....(I have a head mounted video camera) and it worked great. It remains a simple device, no velcro, no mechanical failure points, nothing to ratchet/lock/screw or otherwise take time and allow more unnecessary bleeding.
I am a huge fan of this tourniquet. I have used the MAT, CAT, newest version of the SOF-T...all are good items, non as simple and fast and multipurpose as the SWAT-T
ss
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'Revel in action, translate perceptions into instant judgements, and these into actions that are irrevocable, monumentous and dreadful - all this with lightning speed, in conditions of great stress and in an environment of high tension:what is expected of "us" is the impossible, yet we deliver just that.
(adapted from: Sherwin B. Nuland, MD, surgeon and author: The Wisdom of the Body, 1997 )
Education is the anti-ignorance we all need to better treat our patients. ss, 2008.
The blade is so sharp that the incision is perfect. They don't realize they've been cut until they're out of the fight: A Surgeon Warrior. I use a knife to defend life and to save it. ss (aka traumadoc)
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