by Ryan Cooper | Tactical Medicine for Training and Hunting
Spinal injuries strike a special cord with me — no pun at all. Throughout my career, I have seen so many horrible spinal injuries resulting in paralysis and death. They ranged from falls to vehicle accidents to many gunshot wounds. How can we apply or translate...
by Ryan Cooper | Tactical Medicine for Training and Hunting
SHWAT™ is about more than just cool guns. We bring you the knowledge you need to be successful in your hunt. In this case we are bringing you information that could potentially save your life or a friend’s. According to data from the National Shooting Sports...
by Ryan Cooper | Tactical Medicine for Training and Hunting
Types of Tourniquets Tourniquets are one of the most valuable lifesaving tools you can have in your kit. Every Individual First Aid Kit (IFAK) on the market these days comes with some version of a tourniquet. If you currently have some sort of first aid kit, be sure...
by Ryan Cooper | Tactical Medicine for Training and Hunting
Just as we train our bodies and minds to fire weapons while hunting or in self-defense, so should we train and prepare them for injury. When we learn the basic drawstroke of our pistol, it’s done over and over again until we are proficient and muscle memory can take...
