First Aid & Trauma

This is the category I take the most seriously on the whole site, because the stakes are the highest: a wound or medical emergency doesn’t wait for the power to come back on. I cover trauma kits, tourniquets, and the skills to go with them, and I’m deliberately narrow about what I’ll actually recommend here — a mediocre pick in this category isn’t a minor inconvenience.

First Aid & Trauma

First Aid Kit for Car: What Should Be in It and the Kits I’d Buy

A medic’s two-layer checklist for a car first aid kit (everyday care plus bleeding control) and the kits I’d buy for most cars, long drives and tight budgets.
First Aid & Trauma

Best Tourniquet for Emergency Preparedness: Why I Only Recommend One

I only recommend one tourniquet on this site: the North American Rescue C-A-T through Mountain Man Medical. Here’s the head-to-head comparison, the counterfeit-CAT problem, and why I only…
First Aid & Trauma

Mountain Man Medical Trauma Kits: Sweetwater vs. Yellowstone, and Which One I’d Buy

Mountain Man Medical’s Sweetwater and Yellowstone trauma kits, compared by a medic: what’s inside each, what they cost and which one I’d buy.

First Aid & Trauma

First Aid Kit for Car: What Should Be in It and the Kits I’d Buy

Best Tourniquet for Emergency Preparedness: Why I Only Recommend One

Mountain Man Medical Trauma Kits: Sweetwater vs. Yellowstone, and Which One I’d Buy