Originally Posted By: WB2QGZ
I still carry a blowout kit in my bag and have one in reach in each vehicle, that way I can have at least a chance with the rare but quickly fatal big bleeds and punctures even on myself. I don't know about getting a TQ around my own leg while sitting in a car, for example, but at least the materials are there and I won't be trying to improvise and waste time looking for something to use.


I keep a large-ish trauma kit in my range bag, a small one in each car, and a Patrol Officer's Pocket Trauma Kit upgraded with some Combat Gauze in my laptop bag. The POPTK is so small and cheap there's no excuse to not carry one.