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
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
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
August 22, 2012
by Chris
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How do you decide between an auto-lock or a screw gate carabiner? Generally speaking, I choose auto-locking carabiners for use on helicopters. They don’t vibrate open, and noise signature isn’t as big a deal. Auto-locks have a tendency to make … Continue reading
April 17, 2012
by Chris
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Not many people know the history of CTOMS and why we got started. 10 years ago today, very early in the Afghanistan campaign, I had the unfortunate experience of being 150m away from a 500lbs bomb that was accidentally dropped … Continue reading
April 11, 2012
by craig.keller
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Quote attributed to “Sir Francis Bacon” Take a moment to empower yourself by looking at the following website that is committed to providing evidence-based research in the discipline of tactical medicine. Throughout its pages, you will increase your awareness and … Continue reading
March 10, 2012
by Chris
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2012 is going to be a busy year for us as we`re in the process of changing the way we run our Training. The change is so significant, it is going to take all year. But that is not the … Continue reading