Registered: 08/26/06
Posts: 7705
Loc: southern Cal
Good tool, most likely for a full time first responder, but a tad expensive for the rest of us. I carry the usual cheap medical shears and a Leatherman Z-Rex, which will do many of the same tasks, but for a much cheaper price.
It's a cool idea, but on further consideration, I'd rather just buy a new cheapo set of trauma shears than have to clean a strangers blood out of my expensive Leatherman ones. Just my .02
"The square cutout fits a standard oxygen tank valve, which controls the amount of airflow a patient receives." No, it opens and closes the valve. A regulator controls the amount of oxygen the patient receives.
I think it would fit will for personal FAK, saves a little space folding up. It seems though that most Leatherman tools get discontinued by the time I get around to buying one. I was gong to buy their garden shears a couple summers ago.
Prestige, Claus and PhysiciansCare offer some pretty nice Trauma Shears. All are available on Amazon for $9-$12. The regular and even less expensive $3 Made-in-Pakistan shears are very serviceable. The LM Raptors would go into my collectible, never use drawer if I was collecting trauma shears -- not going to happen.
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