Treehopr beat me to it...
I carry multiple TQ's on me. I run warrants and track down violent criminals all day long. I keep a TQ in each cargo pocket, along with 3 sets of gloves, and an Oales bandage. The Oales is by far the best thing I've come across in a long time, and they're cheap. The Oales also has the occlusive sheet which could be used for a tension pneumothorax. On top of that I have a kit on my plate carrier and an additional TQ in a LBT horizontal pouch that sits under the cummerbund. I also carry a full med kit loaded down with chem lights and 3 spare rifle mags just in case something goes very bad.
As for only one item, I'd take a TQ over anything else. I'm sure you know, but a TQ is designed to cut off the most severe types of bleeding. A pressure dressing is a step down from that and I would not put that much faith in a pressure dressing to act the same as a TQ. Pressure dressings have elastic in the bands, which isn't conducive to locking down an artery. It also seems much easier to make a pressure dressing than it would a TQ.
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- Robert "Paddy" Mayne
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