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Given that they tap in to existing harnesses, I’m not clear on how you think you can test them before install? As for shipping damage, given how they are fully packed in spray foam, it would be more likely to me that whatever the issue is developed during shipping but due to an already...

Nope

I'm a big Diamondback fan. I just ordered the Switchback for my 24 Silverado 2500HD which will make the 7th or 8th Diamondback in my company fleet. I personally have run the 270 and the SE on my truck and now the Switchback soon. Some of my other trucks have the 270 and the SE on them. Aside...

On X has a bunch. Look for the Chisholm Trail Byway also Navasota River Trail.

Your post reminds me once again that "wheeling" is a broad term that encompasses so much. I've got a long way to go to get to where you are perspective wise but I'm heading in that direction for sure.

Good word. Ironically, I started this post several days ago and today, I had to use my ankle kit when a co worker had a seizure and fell and hit their head. Fortunately it was just the gloves that I used due to bleeding but at least I had them. On the space blanket note, I keep several in each...

I carry both trauma and regular first aid. I’d rather have TQ and not need it than the reverse. Common sense applies as it always does. In most instances here in the US, a person is not very long from getting professional care. TQ can be removed before damage is done. I encourage people to get...

To your point, I train bi annually and regularly review my training and gear. I think before you can ever execute rendering aid, you have to mentally know what the steps are and have practiced them. Especially when it comes to CPR or an extremity bleed, saving a life is fairly simple. Putting a...

Long post but this is actually the part I hate about all this the most. I have the equipment, I’ve been trained but what’s going to happen should I ever need it? That is the part I can’t answer and the part I think about the most. I would like to think that I could respond quickly and as I was...

Agree. The class I take is 8hrs and covers a plethora of scenarios including evaluating the seen, controlling the scene, assessing the injured, providing treatment etc.

I am not LEO or military. I am a licensed security officer and personal protection officer in my state. My duty and my license is for armed/uniformed and armed/plain clothes (to simplify). I work both uniformed and plain clothes for my church (unpaid volunteer). That is what got me into training...

Yes brother! I knew their had to be some like me in here. My 14yo is trained to put on TQ or pack wounds to stop bleeding.

Stop the Bleed gear such as tourniquets, packing gauze and compression bandages are important IMO. These often aren’t included in a basic first aid kit. There are a lot of otherwise very survivable injuries were it not for bleeding for which you have 30 seconds or so to react to. On a trail or a...

I use a local person here in Fort Worth. He is very good. His focus is heavily on Active Bystander Tactical Emergency (gun shots and stabs). We run a lot of simulated events with blue guns etc. I’d recommend looking on the Stop the Bleed website for someone near you and then look into what types...

I should add for those looking at buying gear, be careful what you buy especially as it pertains to tourniquets. There are cheap and knockoff TQ’s on Amazon that very likely would not save a life. I recommend buying from reputable vendors such as Rescue Essentials and My Medic.

Very true. Like many things, it’s not enough to have the gear if you’re not trained to use it. I train every 2 years on Tactical Emergency Casualty Care for this reason.

Consider a tourniquet as well.

Needle decomp is illegal in Texas. Felony I think.

As I understand it, in Texas where I live, it’s illegal to do anything that creates a hole such as decompression needle, IV etc.

I was carrying first aid and trauma gear before we got into wheeling. After getting around adventure parks and rural Texas trails, I couldn’t imagine not being capable of being our own first responders. in addition to first aid gear, I carry trauma gear such as tourniquets, hemostatic gauze...