April 6, 2015
by Chris
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Yes it’s true, CTOMS™ is 10 years old this week. That would make it our Aluminum Jubilee. Oh how time flies when you’re having fun. What started out as an idea to bring tactical medical training to law enforcement from … Continue reading
January 28, 2015
by Chris
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Every now and again, this bad recommendation surfaces. I actually saw this printed in an emergency veterinary book recently which prompted me to finally write this article. It’s time to bust this myth. I think it was the 2008 SOMA … Continue reading
April 2, 2014
by Chris
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Disclosure: My company is a customer of AustriAlpin products. These comments are mine, not CTOMS’, nor AustriAlpin’s. The interest in assessing these two buckles is in determining the best product to purchase as a component of harnesses that I design. … Continue reading
December 4, 2013
by Chris
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Allow us to introduce you to the newest, and most destructive member of the CTOMS team: we’re calling him Buster Brown. No, it’s not a log splitter. This is an amazing, custom built, mobile, slow pull test machine built for … Continue reading
June 5, 2013
by Chris
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Sometimes there can be a fine line between ‘objective’ and ‘subjective’, and it takes a critical perspective to discern the difference. This is my subjective, i.e. opinion, about what formal Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC), meaning the Guidelines recommended by … Continue reading
May 21, 2013
by Chris
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We’ve been doing a lot of pull tests and drop tests lately, validating the operating parameters of our TRACE™ Comprehensive Capability Micro Rope Systems. During a day of testing, I thought I would pull some Raptor™ Buckles to destruction and … Continue reading
April 17, 2013
by Chris
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I often get asked if different rope can be substituted in our TRACE™ Systems kits and devices, so I thought I’d share some images to get the point across. The first point I’d like to make is that the cycle … Continue reading
January 23, 2013
by Chris
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I’ll preface this by saying I’m not a camouflage expert, and I’m sure the PhD’s are going to rip this apart. The point of this post is to demonstrate how color is a contributing factor in detection, within the context of … Continue reading
January 4, 2013
by Chris
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I usually try to refrain from writing about tourniquets. The topic is overdone, and rightly so. The data certainly support’s its hyper use in tactical medicine. I’m not anti-tourniquet, rather the contrary. It’s just that the information and misinformation available on them can … Continue reading
October 25, 2012
by Chris
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By now I hope everyone is well aware that counterfeit tourniquets, both C-A-T®s and SOF®-TTs are out there. This is infuriating when you consider the possible consequences. The U.S. DoD has issued warnings including memo’s and picture presentations with the … Continue reading