WEBVTT 00:00:15.603 --> 00:00:16.743 And welcome to the Concealed Carry 00:00:16.743 --> 00:00:21.023 Podcast, part of the ConcealedCarry.com network, brought to you by HK. 00:00:21.983 --> 00:00:28.323 Today is Thursday, May 21st, 2026, as of the live recording of this episode. 00:00:28.583 --> 00:00:33.863 And I am your host, Riley Bowman, and I'm joined today by an old friend who 00:00:33.863 --> 00:00:36.523 has come back, Brian McLaughlin. 00:00:37.083 --> 00:00:38.163 Thanks for having me, Riley. 00:00:38.563 --> 00:00:41.443 Glad to have you, my man. It's been too long. 00:00:41.683 --> 00:00:44.863 It has been a little while. Feels good to be back. 00:00:44.863 --> 00:00:50.323 Yeah. As many of you probably have figured out, Brian's gone on to some other 00:00:50.323 --> 00:00:53.423 opportunities these last couple of years. We've missed him dearly. 00:00:53.883 --> 00:00:59.463 It was good times back in the day when we had you on the podcast pretty regularly. 00:00:59.943 --> 00:01:03.683 And of course, you, you know, producing a bunch of content and stuff for Mountain 00:01:03.683 --> 00:01:06.383 Man Medical YouTube channel and different things. 00:01:06.523 --> 00:01:13.083 And so we have a lot to thank Brian for, for all the work he put in here for years. it's 00:01:13.083 --> 00:01:15.823 My pleasure it's fun hanging out with you guys having a blast. 00:01:15.823 --> 00:01:18.883 Yeah uh today uh 00:01:18.883 --> 00:01:21.583 one of the reasons i i called you up or 00:01:21.583 --> 00:01:24.383 i texted you and i was like hey man i'd like you to come on uh it's 00:01:24.383 --> 00:01:27.123 stop the bleed month stop the bleed day in 00:01:27.123 --> 00:01:32.743 fact is today um thursday may 21st stop the bleed day so this this whole week 00:01:32.743 --> 00:01:35.983 we're celebrating a stop the bleed week and the month is like i said stop the 00:01:35.983 --> 00:01:40.543 bleed month uh so we got big promotion going on right now you could save a pretty 00:01:40.543 --> 00:01:45.143 good chunk I think it's 15% off at mountainmanmedical.com. 00:01:45.243 --> 00:01:49.703 Go to mountainmanmedical.com forward slash STB for stop the bleed, 00:01:49.883 --> 00:01:52.903 mountainmanmedical.com forward slash STB. 00:01:53.163 --> 00:01:58.023 And stock up on and save big on trauma kits and gear. 00:01:58.503 --> 00:02:02.363 I think it's all components, all the kits. So even if you just want to get a 00:02:02.363 --> 00:02:07.223 refill kit or just buy a few components that you need to refresh some things 00:02:07.223 --> 00:02:11.903 with or put together your own kit. And we have very competitive pricing on all 00:02:11.903 --> 00:02:12.603 the different components. 00:02:13.479 --> 00:02:16.059 And all the kits, of course, are also very competitively priced. 00:02:16.179 --> 00:02:19.519 Sometimes people ask the question, Brian, you know, why should I buy one of 00:02:19.519 --> 00:02:23.079 you all's kits versus just make my own kit? 00:02:24.219 --> 00:02:25.479 I don't know. Do you have any thoughts on that? 00:02:25.679 --> 00:02:29.959 Well, I mean, we get it wholesale, so we get it cheaper. So you'll spend less 00:02:29.959 --> 00:02:31.559 money if we put it together for you. 00:02:31.759 --> 00:02:36.479 And I'm pretty proud of the kits that I put together. They've got all of the major components. 00:02:36.879 --> 00:02:40.359 You're not going to make a better kit. What I would recommend is if there's 00:02:40.359 --> 00:02:41.939 extra things that you want to add in there, 00:02:41.939 --> 00:02:44.679 there's extra space that we designed into the kit 00:02:44.679 --> 00:02:47.639 so that you can add your own products in to kind 00:02:47.639 --> 00:02:52.239 of make it your own because everybody has their own style their own things that 00:02:52.239 --> 00:02:55.979 they are going to encounter their own uh jobs and that kind of stuff so having 00:02:55.979 --> 00:02:59.819 your own kit set up with the things that you need in it are important but our 00:02:59.819 --> 00:03:02.859 kits are set up with all the essential items so you just buy one of our kits 00:03:02.859 --> 00:03:06.039 and then add in what are little extras you got so yeah yeah. 00:03:06.944 --> 00:03:13.304 Yeah, and actually something that's really exciting is that recently we just 00:03:13.304 --> 00:03:18.784 got our own branded Mountain Man Medical branded compression bandages. 00:03:18.804 --> 00:03:23.364 They're called the Bridger Compression Bandage, and they're an awesome bandage. 00:03:23.564 --> 00:03:29.664 They've got a great, highly absorbent gauze pad on them. 00:03:29.664 --> 00:03:35.784 The elastic that helps wrap and then compress that bandage to help control bleeding 00:03:35.784 --> 00:03:38.644 or keep things in place on a wound or whatever. 00:03:39.264 --> 00:03:44.084 It's a nice upgraded material. We tested our own bandage. 00:03:44.264 --> 00:03:48.264 When I say we tested, we tested a couple of iterations and kept going back to 00:03:48.264 --> 00:03:51.684 the drawing board and getting some revisions from the manufacturer until we 00:03:51.684 --> 00:03:53.784 got it dialed in just the way we wanted it. 00:03:54.144 --> 00:03:56.944 So check out the new Bridger Compression Bandage. It's now 00:03:56.944 --> 00:03:59.764 what's used in place of some of 00:03:59.764 --> 00:04:03.004 the other products we had in the past that filled that that product category 00:04:03.004 --> 00:04:05.724 kind of a small uh you know sort of 00:04:05.724 --> 00:04:09.364 a mini compression bandage i mean like you have things like an israeli bandage 00:04:09.364 --> 00:04:14.584 or an elias bandage those are bigger bandages and they do basically the same 00:04:14.584 --> 00:04:21.364 thing this is really a good product for some of those more compact needs you 00:04:21.364 --> 00:04:24.284 got an ankle kit or some of the smaller IFACs. 00:04:24.444 --> 00:04:27.464 It fits really well in those kits. 00:04:28.064 --> 00:04:32.124 And some of the other products, since they discontinued the H&H mini compression 00:04:32.124 --> 00:04:35.104 bandage, which was the thing that we really liked several years ago, 00:04:35.164 --> 00:04:38.804 but they discontinued it, we have not been happy with a lot of the other products 00:04:38.804 --> 00:04:40.624 since then until we could get our own made. 00:04:40.764 --> 00:04:44.364 So we're very excited about the new Bridger compression bandage from Mountain Medical. 00:04:44.804 --> 00:04:50.784 Anyway, mountainmedical.com to help celebrate this 00:04:51.676 --> 00:04:57.316 month of stop the bleed and pick up some products at a pretty good discount. 00:04:58.216 --> 00:05:02.336 Absolutely. That Bridger, I would want to say I was playing around with that 00:05:02.336 --> 00:05:05.676 Bridger pressure dressing right before we were talking here. 00:05:05.936 --> 00:05:08.636 And I was impressed with the quality of the elastic band. 00:05:09.196 --> 00:05:13.096 And part of the concept here is you've got something that's very compact, 00:05:13.316 --> 00:05:16.056 means it's more likely that you're going to carry it, right? 00:05:16.216 --> 00:05:20.276 The bigger that an item gets when it comes to the personal kit that you're going 00:05:20.276 --> 00:05:23.176 to carry, the less likely you're going to take it with you. 00:05:23.316 --> 00:05:26.456 These are the same basic concepts behind a concealed carry gun. 00:05:26.616 --> 00:05:29.156 You want to have something that's concealable that you're going to wear. 00:05:29.496 --> 00:05:32.676 That's why you don't wear a Desert Eagle because it's going to be uncomfortable. It's sustainable. 00:05:33.416 --> 00:05:37.236 So having something that's kind of small and in your kit all the time means 00:05:37.236 --> 00:05:40.316 that you're going to have that product on hand for when you absolutely need it. 00:05:40.396 --> 00:05:44.356 And that's one of those essential items. You can't get away from having a good 00:05:44.356 --> 00:05:47.496 trauma kit if you don't have pressure dressings in it. 00:05:47.496 --> 00:05:50.316 Along with those pressure dressings you have to have 00:05:50.316 --> 00:05:53.536 wound packing material because that's what's stopping 00:05:53.536 --> 00:05:56.776 all of your bleeding right so you're going to pack wounds 00:05:56.776 --> 00:05:59.616 you're going to pack all of the junctions all the areas that 00:05:59.616 --> 00:06:03.516 you can't get a tourniquet on and you're going to pack that wound packing down 00:06:03.516 --> 00:06:06.876 into it and then you're going to apply that pressure dressing and that's going 00:06:06.876 --> 00:06:11.196 to keep that wound packing down in place and clamping off that artery that's 00:06:11.196 --> 00:06:14.396 why we're going to get our bleeding control so and it's an essential item it's 00:06:14.396 --> 00:06:17.636 a great piece of kit if you don't have any in your own personal trauma kids 00:06:17.636 --> 00:06:19.536 highly highly recommend yeah. 00:06:19.536 --> 00:06:24.556 Awesome thanks for that info brian hey eddie on facebook says hello guys my 00:06:24.556 --> 00:06:26.596 favorite podcast oh eddie 00:06:26.596 --> 00:06:27.876 Thank you yes. 00:06:27.876 --> 00:06:32.576 And we eddie we recognize you of course you've been a long time listener slash 00:06:32.576 --> 00:06:38.956 watcher uh here on facebook thank you for joining us and others uh joining us as well on youtube today 00:06:39.649 --> 00:06:43.529 Today's episode is also sponsored by the 2026 Guardian Conference. 00:06:44.049 --> 00:06:48.129 And last year, you weren't able to join us, Brian, but Brian's going to be back 00:06:48.129 --> 00:06:52.849 this year for the Guardian Conference teaching some awesome trauma courses. 00:06:52.869 --> 00:06:56.709 We'll probably talk about that some more later in the episode. But guys, 00:06:56.949 --> 00:07:00.289 if you want to get some awesome training and not just in shooting, 00:07:00.449 --> 00:07:05.209 but in medical and kind of tactical casualty care type stuff, 00:07:05.409 --> 00:07:10.169 you're going to want to be at the 2026 Guardian Conference in Oklahoma City 00:07:10.169 --> 00:07:11.989 in September of this year. 00:07:11.989 --> 00:07:15.709 You're also going to get opportunities to train with some world-class trainers 00:07:15.709 --> 00:07:24.069 on combatives and legal courses and all kinds of things to help make you a better, 00:07:24.249 --> 00:07:27.149 more well-rounded, more prepared person, 00:07:27.629 --> 00:07:32.469 father, mother, daughter, son, brother, sister, whatever your role is, 00:07:32.729 --> 00:07:39.349 co-worker, or just some dude or dudette driving down the highway needing to respond to an accident. 00:07:40.329 --> 00:07:44.869 Whatever it is, of any kind. It could be not even just a medical accident, 00:07:45.349 --> 00:07:49.489 but any kind of incident, you wanna have the smarts, you wanna have the training, 00:07:49.649 --> 00:07:53.809 you wanna have the gear to take care of yourself and the people you care about 00:07:53.809 --> 00:07:56.009 most in whatever situation you find yourself in. 00:07:56.089 --> 00:07:59.289 And that's what the Guardian Conference is really all about is to give you those tools. 00:07:59.569 --> 00:08:02.409 Low light training, that's another one you'll have an opportunity to do. 00:08:02.589 --> 00:08:06.649 So guys, come join us at the 2026 Guardian Conference in Oklahoma City this 00:08:06.649 --> 00:08:08.549 year, September 18th to the 20th. 00:08:09.177 --> 00:08:14.537 And you can go to guardianconference.com. You'll see the full lineup of instructors 00:08:14.537 --> 00:08:15.617 that will be there this year. 00:08:16.217 --> 00:08:19.477 You'll see information about the conference. We try to make it as easy as possible 00:08:19.477 --> 00:08:23.417 to know what to expect. There's some great videos you can watch on there that 00:08:23.417 --> 00:08:25.537 kind of explain it if you've never been before. 00:08:25.697 --> 00:08:27.717 And you can see behind the scenes a little bit. 00:08:28.617 --> 00:08:33.877 And, you know, tickets, actually the best way to save is to become a Guardian 00:08:33.877 --> 00:08:39.557 Nation member. you'll save well beyond the cost of a monthly membership just 00:08:39.557 --> 00:08:43.017 by the discount you'll get off the tuition at Guardian Conference. 00:08:44.097 --> 00:08:48.577 Now, I highly recommend the Guardian Conference. I have been multiple years. 00:08:48.757 --> 00:08:54.117 I didn't go this last year, but the amount of experience that's going to be there is fantastic. 00:08:54.477 --> 00:08:57.357 Not only that, but it is a chance to 00:08:57.357 --> 00:09:00.157 learn from a big group of highly 00:09:00.157 --> 00:09:03.817 experienced instructors all at once and 00:09:03.817 --> 00:09:06.717 it's like camp i think it's like summer camp for 00:09:06.717 --> 00:09:10.097 adults you get to hang out with all your friends and see all your other people while 00:09:10.097 --> 00:09:12.957 you're out there and then do a lot of stuff a lot of fun 00:09:12.957 --> 00:09:16.117 things and the training is always stuff 00:09:16.117 --> 00:09:20.057 that you're not going to get at your local gun range you know you're going to 00:09:20.057 --> 00:09:25.037 have way different way cooler things like you could treat this as like your 00:09:25.037 --> 00:09:31.317 one yearly training block you know and pair that with your range time for practice 00:09:31.317 --> 00:09:34.457 and you can have a very solid base for hitting. 00:09:35.112 --> 00:09:38.692 All the wickets that come to defensive handgun. 00:09:38.852 --> 00:09:42.532 So I think the, the event is fantastic. Highly recommend it. 00:09:42.652 --> 00:09:46.292 We're going to have, um, my, um, trauma class out there where I'm going to be 00:09:46.292 --> 00:09:50.052 teaching the concealed carry tactics for medical carry. 00:09:50.272 --> 00:09:56.172 Um, and this, the last year that we did it, we had an event where, um, it was live fire. 00:09:56.332 --> 00:09:59.332 So you had to engage targets while you're putting on tourniquets, 00:09:59.472 --> 00:10:01.832 um, while someone's hosing you down with blood. 00:10:02.192 --> 00:10:05.772 Um, and, uh, it was, uh, it was a lot of fun. Everybody really enjoyed it. 00:10:05.952 --> 00:10:09.712 We're going to do a little upgrade this year and make it a little more realistic 00:10:09.712 --> 00:10:12.312 and add a couple of different elements that's going to make it a lot more fun 00:10:12.312 --> 00:10:13.612 and a lot more educational. 00:10:14.152 --> 00:10:17.632 Because the basic concept here is we want to be able to do these types of things under pressure. 00:10:18.112 --> 00:10:22.032 We don't want to be doing it all for the first time when bullets are flying. 00:10:22.212 --> 00:10:26.332 We want to try to get that stress inoculation working a little bit more quickly, 00:10:26.332 --> 00:10:30.272 get you into an environment where it's controlled and safe, where you can start 00:10:30.272 --> 00:10:35.792 practicing these things in a very more intense environment so that when it push comes to shove, 00:10:36.032 --> 00:10:39.772 you can throw these skills out there without having to think about it too much. For sure. 00:10:40.072 --> 00:10:41.972 So come join us at Tactical Bandcamp. 00:10:42.852 --> 00:10:43.732 Tactical Bandcamp. 00:10:44.612 --> 00:10:48.512 The 2026 Guardian Conference. It's a lot of fun. Go to guardianconference.com. 00:10:48.832 --> 00:10:52.432 Brian, let's get into, we've already kind of touched on some things already 00:10:52.432 --> 00:10:55.452 as it is, but let's get into the topic. 00:10:55.712 --> 00:11:00.692 Let's get it. You know, what are some of the more common mistakes that you see? 00:11:00.692 --> 00:11:03.692 Let's start with the gear, actually. 00:11:03.752 --> 00:11:06.712 Let's address the gear question. And we just talked about, you know, 00:11:06.812 --> 00:11:12.992 people getting some quality components and trauma kits and IFACs and gear from Mountain Medical. 00:11:14.032 --> 00:11:19.292 What are some of the more common mistakes you see people make with respect to their trauma gear? 00:11:19.672 --> 00:11:20.192 Tampons. 00:11:20.612 --> 00:11:21.552 Tampons, yes. 00:11:21.552 --> 00:11:25.732 Don't be putting tampons in your trauma kits. Yeah. 00:11:25.952 --> 00:11:31.872 Okay, guys, that's a dumb idea. I know your cousin is special forces in Nam, 00:11:32.092 --> 00:11:34.712 and he says that he does it, but it's not, 00:11:35.212 --> 00:11:36.052 a good idea. 00:11:36.052 --> 00:11:39.172 Do you think that uh i i 00:11:39.172 --> 00:11:42.612 do think that there were some legit instances of 00:11:42.612 --> 00:11:46.552 people in vietnam for instance you said you mentioned it may very well have 00:11:46.552 --> 00:11:52.692 used uh tampons uh in certain situations on the battlefield but do you suppose 00:11:52.692 --> 00:11:59.672 that we've learned a thing or two since 1969 versus you know g watt 2000 2009 things 00:11:59.672 --> 00:12:02.632 Are a little different now yeah science has progressed quite a bit you know 00:12:02.632 --> 00:12:03.972 we understand things a little bit differently, 00:12:04.505 --> 00:12:09.145 The main reason why is because we don't want to improvise when we don't have to, right? 00:12:09.585 --> 00:12:13.505 So tampons are purpose-built items for a particular purpose, 00:12:13.505 --> 00:12:15.885 and trauma is not that purpose. 00:12:16.145 --> 00:12:21.425 They don't absorb enough of the moisture for it to matter. 00:12:21.565 --> 00:12:24.605 They don't absorb enough blood for it to actually count, and you're not likely 00:12:24.605 --> 00:12:29.105 to get the mechanical advantage of compression on that artery. 00:12:29.225 --> 00:12:33.325 That's our main concept here, right? So our goal is to take wound packing material, 00:12:33.605 --> 00:12:37.405 long pieces of gauze, and we pack it down into the wound as tightly as possible. 00:12:37.465 --> 00:12:38.585 And then we take our pressure dressing. 00:12:38.725 --> 00:12:43.625 We wrap that around so that it provides that mechanical compression down on 00:12:43.625 --> 00:12:46.425 that artery, which is what clamps it off. That's what we're after here. 00:12:46.965 --> 00:12:50.145 Clamping and also to help clots start to form. Yes. 00:12:50.365 --> 00:12:54.885 Which is going to, like when you have a fire hose going, which is what an artery 00:12:54.885 --> 00:12:57.865 is doing, it's not going to allow clots to form. 00:12:58.245 --> 00:13:01.625 Exactly. Yeah, that clot is going to act like a seal. It's going to plug up 00:13:01.625 --> 00:13:05.945 the end of that pipe and prevent extra bleeding and that kind of thing. 00:13:06.045 --> 00:13:07.605 So exactly, that's exactly right. 00:13:07.785 --> 00:13:11.125 So we have wound packing material that is designed for that. 00:13:11.405 --> 00:13:14.365 It's cheap. It's plentiful. It's easy to carry. 00:13:14.505 --> 00:13:20.145 So there's no reason to put tampons in your trauma kit when we already have 00:13:20.145 --> 00:13:22.425 awesome things that are work far better. 00:13:22.825 --> 00:13:27.145 Now, if it came down to it and I don't have any wound packing material around 00:13:27.145 --> 00:13:29.985 me, but I got a whole case of tampons. 00:13:30.125 --> 00:13:32.785 Am I going to use them? Yeah, absolutely. 00:13:33.045 --> 00:13:33.845 That's all you got. 00:13:34.085 --> 00:13:39.125 Situation dictates. If I need to, I'll pack 20 of them into that wound and try 00:13:39.125 --> 00:13:40.005 to get compression that way. 00:13:40.005 --> 00:13:44.885 That might be how many you need because I don't remember exactly the ratio, 00:13:45.125 --> 00:13:47.725 but there was somebody, I think it might even have been Caleb Giddings. 00:13:47.885 --> 00:13:52.045 I might be remembering, misquoting, but I know a friend of mine, 00:13:52.285 --> 00:13:58.205 somebody in the industry several years ago did a video where they compared how 00:13:58.205 --> 00:14:02.385 much, like they basically took like cups of water or whatever, or liquid of some kind, 00:14:02.777 --> 00:14:09.837 And they were comparing how much liquid would a tampon absorb compared to just 00:14:09.837 --> 00:14:16.017 a standard pack of, you know, compressed gauze, right? Wound packing material. 00:14:16.417 --> 00:14:22.817 And it would shock you how much of a difference there is as far as like, 00:14:22.917 --> 00:14:27.237 it was like dip your compressed gauze in this cup of water here, pull it out. 00:14:27.457 --> 00:14:30.817 Dip your tampon over here, pull that out. and 00:14:30.817 --> 00:14:33.457 like this made like no difference in the 00:14:33.457 --> 00:14:36.577 level of the water in the cup whereas your compressed gauze 00:14:36.577 --> 00:14:39.377 you know soaked up a noticeable amount of 00:14:39.377 --> 00:14:44.637 that of that fluid um and so the point is like i know people like also think 00:14:44.637 --> 00:14:49.257 like a tampon is well it's it's cylindrical in shape it's about like a bullet 00:14:49.257 --> 00:14:53.937 hole you know we'll just stuff it in there that's just not how these things 00:14:53.937 --> 00:14:59.237 work You don't just have a bullet hole and then just fill the hole with, 00:14:59.457 --> 00:15:03.697 even if it was gauze, you don't just fill the hole. 00:15:03.837 --> 00:15:06.637 Like what you're talking about, Brian, is really key for people to understand 00:15:06.637 --> 00:15:13.537 is ideally we want to get that gauze or whatever the wound packing material is. 00:15:13.657 --> 00:15:17.457 I mean, it could be hemostatic gauze. We want to get that down as close as we 00:15:17.457 --> 00:15:20.697 can to the actual bleed itself, 00:15:21.117 --> 00:15:25.697 Get pressure directly on that if we can, and start packing, packing, 00:15:25.857 --> 00:15:28.937 packing, packing, packing, packing, packing, packing, you know, 00:15:28.997 --> 00:15:35.017 to get that absorbent material, not only, it's not just about absorbing, but it's absorbing. 00:15:36.949 --> 00:15:40.129 Compressing, allowing clots start to form, et cetera. Okay. 00:15:40.249 --> 00:15:42.889 And then of course, you know, if one, we've done as much as we can, 00:15:43.029 --> 00:15:46.309 we're going to use a compression bandage, wrap that all up, seal it up, 00:15:46.629 --> 00:15:47.909 get a little more compression on there. 00:15:47.989 --> 00:15:52.549 Hopefully, you know, I mean that we do what we can, but a tampon just doesn't cut it out. 00:15:52.749 --> 00:15:56.709 Right. Yeah. Our goal is the compression. So that means that if we are, 00:15:56.789 --> 00:16:02.229 um, if we are absorbing any extra blood, that means we're not getting good compression on that artery. 00:16:02.469 --> 00:16:07.289 So our goal is not absorption of blood. We, we don't want to be absorbing any blood. 00:16:07.469 --> 00:16:11.229 We want that blood to stay in the body where it's transporting oxygen where it needs to be. 00:16:11.589 --> 00:16:14.229 So, yeah. So that's one of those key components. 00:16:14.869 --> 00:16:21.689 A good medic knows how to improvise when they need to, but he also knows you 00:16:21.689 --> 00:16:23.749 don't improvise unless you have to. 00:16:24.049 --> 00:16:27.389 So make sure that you've got the products on hand. Don't be improvising. 00:16:27.609 --> 00:16:29.309 If push comes to shove, sure. 00:16:29.609 --> 00:16:32.169 Grab a t-shirt, pack that down into the wound if you need to, 00:16:32.169 --> 00:16:36.009 you know, whatever the case is, but don't improvise unless you have to. 00:16:37.643 --> 00:16:40.383 Yeah, and there's additional risks that come from improvising. 00:16:40.503 --> 00:16:41.403 Like you just mentioned a t-shirt. 00:16:41.563 --> 00:16:46.063 That's not very sterile. But, I mean, if it's the last thing I had, 00:16:46.563 --> 00:16:49.523 like, okay, better alive than dead. Yeah. 00:16:49.983 --> 00:16:51.303 I'd rather them have an. 00:16:51.303 --> 00:16:54.783 Infection of some kind than be dead. We'll throw some antibioxia. 00:16:54.883 --> 00:16:55.803 At least they're alive. 00:16:56.523 --> 00:16:56.923 Right? 00:16:57.083 --> 00:16:59.143 That's beyond my pay grade. That's not my worries. 00:16:59.963 --> 00:17:03.923 So, all right. Tampons. Yeah, we've ruled that out, I hope. 00:17:03.923 --> 00:17:09.823 Uh i i see that proliferated on the interwebs less frequently now than i did 00:17:09.823 --> 00:17:15.043 five years ten years ago for sure um i know it's still out there as being like 00:17:15.043 --> 00:17:19.323 a thing that people some you know people still think is viable but hopefully 00:17:19.323 --> 00:17:23.243 we continue to get that one behind us words 00:17:23.243 --> 00:17:26.123 Getting out people are starting to hear that you know yeah they're starting 00:17:26.123 --> 00:17:30.263 to say a lot of this stuff is uh um you know you're 10 years ago this a lot 00:17:30.263 --> 00:17:33.503 of these concepts were totally foreign to people But I run into people a lot 00:17:33.503 --> 00:17:36.403 more who are better educated, who are, you know, they know their stuff when 00:17:36.403 --> 00:17:37.683 it comes to, you know, bleeding control stuff. 00:17:38.183 --> 00:17:42.123 Yeah. All right. What's another gear mistake? 00:17:43.163 --> 00:17:46.983 Another gear mistake is not having the gear. 00:17:48.743 --> 00:17:53.063 There is not a lot that you can do if you don't have the proper gear. 00:17:53.743 --> 00:17:58.643 Now, the most important thing that you can possibly learn for all of bleeding 00:17:58.643 --> 00:18:03.003 control is direct pressure. If you have no medical kit whatsoever, 00:18:03.003 --> 00:18:05.743 a lot of lives have been saved with just direct pressure. 00:18:05.923 --> 00:18:09.703 Direct pressure means pressure directly on top of the wound. 00:18:09.823 --> 00:18:11.203 I like to use the heel of my hand. 00:18:11.761 --> 00:18:13.101 What about an elbow? 00:18:13.481 --> 00:18:16.841 Yep. And a lot of like you're about to do chest compressions on somebody, 00:18:17.001 --> 00:18:21.261 get your weight on top of them so that you get as much pressure down onto that 00:18:21.261 --> 00:18:22.761 wound. And does that hurt the patient? 00:18:22.921 --> 00:18:25.261 Yes. Will they complain about it? Absolutely. 00:18:25.581 --> 00:18:31.361 But it's going to save their lives too. So having a brief understanding about 00:18:31.361 --> 00:18:33.961 how to do direct pressure is very important. 00:18:34.121 --> 00:18:39.781 And then having a trauma kit nearby that can help you is going to be even more 00:18:39.781 --> 00:18:41.501 important. It's not going to do you any good. 00:18:41.761 --> 00:18:46.041 If you don't have the materials on you, I know one of the things that we get 00:18:46.041 --> 00:18:49.381 told pretty often here at Mount Man Medical is that people are using our trauma 00:18:49.381 --> 00:18:55.681 kits and the citizen will be the one that responds to the vehicle crash. 00:18:55.961 --> 00:18:59.881 And then the EMTs or paramedics who are off duty, maybe a nurse or a doctor 00:18:59.881 --> 00:19:03.841 might be passing. They stop to help. They don't even have their own trauma kit. 00:19:04.101 --> 00:19:06.921 And so the citizen will be, hey, I got equipment for you. 00:19:07.341 --> 00:19:12.441 Here's everything you need to take care of this person. And that's a huge benefit 00:19:12.441 --> 00:19:14.841 all in itself. Just having that in your vehicle. 00:19:15.201 --> 00:19:19.461 I like to treat my vehicle like it's my own little staging COC. 00:19:19.661 --> 00:19:23.261 I've got everything in it. If I get back to my car, my truck, 00:19:23.461 --> 00:19:27.541 I know I've got everything in it to take care of more people and take care of 00:19:27.541 --> 00:19:28.481 whatever kind of situation. 00:19:28.701 --> 00:19:33.101 So having something like that underneath of the passenger seat in your vehicle, 00:19:33.481 --> 00:19:35.081 kind of like one of those vital things. 00:19:35.241 --> 00:19:39.301 So having have some equipment near you, then know how to use it. 00:19:39.481 --> 00:19:44.961 Yeah. You can check out YouTube on all that, the tons of videos on how to apply 00:19:44.961 --> 00:19:47.581 tourniquets and chest seals and all that kind of stuff. 00:19:47.721 --> 00:19:52.661 I've got in my center console a small, just a basic IFAC. 00:19:53.161 --> 00:19:56.241 But it's right there because it's like, oh, I need something right now. 00:19:56.481 --> 00:20:00.741 Open up center console, grab, go. And the back of the vehicle is something more 00:20:00.741 --> 00:20:09.841 comprehensive, a larger kit that's got more, including more serious perhaps items as well. it. 00:20:10.573 --> 00:20:15.613 I'm glad you mentioned the concept of, you know, a citizen responding on the 00:20:15.613 --> 00:20:20.773 scene of an accident, let's say, and paramedics, EMTs, firefighters, 00:20:21.113 --> 00:20:23.193 whomever responding as well or stopping. 00:20:23.573 --> 00:20:27.113 And they're like, hey, I'm here to help. And they certainly have the knowledge 00:20:27.113 --> 00:20:29.113 or the skills to help. They don't have the kit. 00:20:29.633 --> 00:20:33.953 That exact scenario happened to me a couple years ago. 00:20:34.173 --> 00:20:37.113 You know the story. I'm sure I'll refresh your memory. 00:20:37.113 --> 00:20:40.153 But I was in Alabama had just traveled there to 00:20:40.153 --> 00:20:43.273 teach a two-day pistol class was going 00:20:43.273 --> 00:20:46.613 to scope out the range the day before so this is like 4 00:20:46.613 --> 00:20:50.173 30 p.m on a Friday and me 00:20:50.173 --> 00:20:52.933 and my my friend Chris Chris Bean some of you probably 00:20:52.933 --> 00:20:56.753 know Chris were driving together and we 00:20:56.753 --> 00:20:59.513 witnessed an accident happen right you know just 00:20:59.513 --> 00:21:02.593 a few cars in front of us at an intersection older lady 00:21:02.593 --> 00:21:05.833 in a pickup was basically t-boned 00:21:05.833 --> 00:21:09.213 she she was it's her fault she turned across traffic 00:21:09.213 --> 00:21:17.613 just not enough time for the car that hit her to react in time I ran up there 00:21:17.613 --> 00:21:23.993 grabbed a kit was ready and willing and able to I think you know help with that 00:21:23.993 --> 00:21:28.973 just fine but a off-duty I think it was a firefighter EMT 00:21:31.153 --> 00:21:35.293 Also came running over. I had the kit ready to go. 00:21:35.673 --> 00:21:39.533 And he's like, I'm an off-duty firefighter EMT. I'm like, cool. 00:21:39.833 --> 00:21:45.253 I'm like, I'm trained, but you take the lead. This is your thing, man. I've got a kit. 00:21:45.433 --> 00:21:48.193 He's like, awesome. I don't, right? 00:21:48.393 --> 00:21:55.233 So this exact scenario played out right there. And so at that point, I checked on the... 00:21:57.151 --> 00:22:01.011 The other occupant, uh, in the other vehicle. And he was okay. 00:22:01.331 --> 00:22:04.591 Uh, at least, you know, enough that I was like, I'll come back here. 00:22:04.691 --> 00:22:07.411 You know, there's nothing, you know, majorly traumatic, at least obvious. 00:22:07.751 --> 00:22:12.091 I go back over to the pickup and, uh, I just tell the firefighter, 00:22:12.171 --> 00:22:14.291 I'm like, Hey bro, just, you know, here's the kit. 00:22:14.451 --> 00:22:16.991 I'm like, just tell me what you need. He's like, uh, you know, 00:22:17.131 --> 00:22:20.731 you have, you have gloves. I'm like, yes. In fact, I have two pairs. 00:22:21.391 --> 00:22:25.111 Right. Why? Because every one One of our kits we sell has at least two pairs. 00:22:25.751 --> 00:22:30.031 Why? Because of situations like this. And also because it sometimes happens, 00:22:30.071 --> 00:22:32.071 especially in the heat and the stress of a moment. 00:22:32.151 --> 00:22:37.011 You go to put on a pair of nitrile gloves and you tear a hole or something in them, right? 00:22:37.171 --> 00:22:39.851 So we want to make sure you have at least a backup pair, right? 00:22:42.131 --> 00:22:45.771 So yeah, I'm like, yeah, gloves. Here you go, dude. He puts his gloves on, right? 00:22:46.251 --> 00:22:50.751 And actually, all we ended up really using was a compression bandage on this 00:22:50.751 --> 00:22:55.631 lady. She had a pretty good wound on her head where she struck the side of the 00:22:55.631 --> 00:22:58.191 window of the truck she was driving. 00:22:58.731 --> 00:23:01.931 Everything else looked okay. I think she had a broken arm or elbow or something 00:23:01.931 --> 00:23:05.551 here on the arm, but no lacerations. But up here, she was bleeding pretty good. 00:23:05.711 --> 00:23:07.771 We just took a compression bandage, wrapped it around her head, 00:23:08.031 --> 00:23:12.111 got her all dressed up, kept it so it stopped pouring down the side of her face. 00:23:12.871 --> 00:23:16.911 And she was going to definitely be evaluated for a concussion or something to 00:23:16.911 --> 00:23:21.931 that effect. But we did what needed to be done. And fire truck and an ambulance 00:23:21.931 --> 00:23:23.891 responded and the way we went. 00:23:24.091 --> 00:23:30.311 So anyway, along with your answer, Brian, of the second kind of major mistake 00:23:30.311 --> 00:23:33.171 with gear is that people don't have it with them. 00:23:34.751 --> 00:23:39.191 They just don't have the gear, right? I would add to that, and we've just addressed 00:23:39.191 --> 00:23:44.131 it, is that the other mistake there is people thinking, well, 00:23:44.151 --> 00:23:48.851 I'm not particularly well trained. Therefore, I probably shouldn't have a trauma kit. 00:23:49.833 --> 00:23:54.693 Right. And I would say, and I'll let you expound upon this if you'd like to 00:23:54.693 --> 00:23:58.073 as well, that, hey, even if here's what I would say, 00:23:58.313 --> 00:24:02.613 even if you have zero training, which, by the way, it doesn't take a whole lot, 00:24:02.713 --> 00:24:06.773 you can go get a stop to bleed class a few hours, and you'll learn a lot. 00:24:07.233 --> 00:24:09.013 But even if you have zero training. 00:24:10.142 --> 00:24:15.142 If you have a trauma kit with you, like this one right over here hanging behind me here on the screen, 00:24:15.442 --> 00:24:19.782 okay, if you've got that with you and you're like, I know nothing to do with 00:24:19.782 --> 00:24:24.562 this, there's a good chance somebody responding to the scene of that same accident 00:24:24.562 --> 00:24:27.282 will have at least some knowledge of some kind. 00:24:27.282 --> 00:24:30.822 And they'll find that useful. And they probably don't have one themselves. 00:24:31.122 --> 00:24:33.422 Yeah. So have a kit. Yep. 00:24:33.682 --> 00:24:39.282 Yeah. And all of the stuff that's in these kits are very, very basic, very easy to use items. 00:24:40.302 --> 00:24:43.062 They're considered to be something that anybody can use so 00:24:43.062 --> 00:24:46.342 you're not going to get into trouble for using them on somebody you 00:24:46.342 --> 00:24:49.582 know it's not like you're doing a crike on 00:24:49.582 --> 00:24:52.422 somebody right that would be a very invasive procedure that you 00:24:52.422 --> 00:24:55.842 would need a lot of credentialing and training in order to do whereas 00:24:55.842 --> 00:24:58.822 these types of things that doesn't require nearly as 00:24:58.822 --> 00:25:01.782 much training there's a lot of online material at 00:25:01.782 --> 00:25:05.342 mount man medical we've got our online class yep which 00:25:05.342 --> 00:25:08.262 is a it'll walk you through how to use every single 00:25:08.262 --> 00:25:11.782 one of these items we're working on doing another one of those we're 00:25:11.782 --> 00:25:14.762 going to do an upgraded version of that class at some point 00:25:14.762 --> 00:25:17.562 yeah but that's an easy way for you 00:25:17.562 --> 00:25:20.602 to like walk through all of the items that are in and that's 00:25:20.602 --> 00:25:23.882 the type of thing no matter what situation 00:25:23.882 --> 00:25:28.982 that you're in medical is going to be an issue so if you are preparing for any 00:25:28.982 --> 00:25:34.122 kind of a catastrophe you know defensive pistol is a you know catastrophe of 00:25:34.122 --> 00:25:38.882 some kind in my mind at least an emergency you're probably going to need emergency 00:25:38.882 --> 00:25:43.042 medical to deal with it so that's a very important training and gear i. 00:25:43.042 --> 00:25:47.022 Wish i had uh the attitude and the training that i have now 00:25:47.802 --> 00:25:54.942 20 30 years ago uh 20 20 plus let's see 25 years ago i was a young construction 00:25:54.942 --> 00:26:01.102 worker on a construction site and i watched a young laborer um trying to open 00:26:01.102 --> 00:26:06.182 up a package of some kind of construction material and he, with a utility knife, 00:26:07.198 --> 00:26:13.118 Slices right down through the materials trying to cut and open up a laceration on his thigh 00:26:13.978 --> 00:26:17.038 that was you know probably good six seven inches 00:26:17.038 --> 00:26:20.318 long and the depth of that blade 00:26:20.318 --> 00:26:26.058 and you know at that time it was oh crap you know wrap that with something quick 00:26:26.058 --> 00:26:29.378