Elite First Aid Combat Application Tourniquet

GT Distributors now offers Elite First Aid’s Combat Application Tourniquet. Police personnel as first responders use the C-A-T tourniquet to save lives at accident scenes across the U.S. Small and lightweight; this tourniquet is one-handed and completely occludes arterial blood flow in an extremity. The C-A-T uses a Self-Adhering Band and a Friction Adaptor Buckle to fit a wide range of extremities combined with a one-handed windlass system.

The windlass uses a free moving internal band to provide true circumferential pressure to an extremity. The windlass is then locked in place; this requires only one hand, with the Windlass Clip. The C-A-T also has a Hook-and-Loop Windlass Strap™ for further securing of the windlass during patient transport.

Police men and women across theU.S.not only fight crime, but also respond to serious automobile and household accidents.  As a first responder, they know they may have to administer initial first aide to injured victims.  The bright orange C-A-T tourniquet is in their medical kit, and ready for application.  It can happen in seconds, a life threatening blood loss injury must be stopped or death may be imminent.  The police responder helps to save yet another life with the aide of the military approved C-A-T tourniquet.  Training is simple, the product is light weight (59 grams) and easy to spot in the supply bag.