The DARK is well thought out and GTG. To aid you in its use, they have familiarization videos online that cover kit components. Hit google for other videos covering kit components from their actual manufacturers.

Also available: The NAEMT website publishes the current instructional materials and guidelines for tactical combat casualty care (TCCC) for viewing or downlaod. Those TCCC materials collectively cover most of the popular tourniquets, hemostatic gauze options, chest seals, and trauma dressings you'll find in active use.

Never before have we had so many options for GTG IFAKs assembled by credible folks. You can spend as much or as little as you want. Even at the lower price points, if you understand a thing or two about trauma, you can be quite useful.

At the other end of the price spectrum, Tactical Medical Solutions offers the Downed Officer Kit (DOK), and a battery of videos instructing component use. Additional options for carry pouches, gauze products, chest seals, NPAs, etc are available to add in as well. http://www.tacmedsolutions.com/produ...-operator-kit/

Quote Originally Posted by HighSpeedDreams View Post
As high and tight as possible.
Current TCCC guidelines and many EMS curriculums place the tourniquet 2-3" above the wound. This is a change from the previous high-extremity, "go high or die" method previously advocated. This avoids affecting tissues and structure that still can utilize oxygenated blood flow. If there isn't sufficient tissue to compress the artery under the tourniquet, then continue to go up the extremity until there is.