SOF Tactical Tourniquet⎮Tricks for Use and How to Flat Fold⎮

[@mmrtactical7764]

Thanks PM for posting, I've been looking forward to this one!!! This TQ is now our standard with my agencies. Keep up the great work brother!

[@connorgrossman8073]

I would recommend putting duct tape pull tabs on the rubber bands so you can rip them off quickly with your teeth if you need to apply it to yourself.

[@Castleknight]

Saw that on Mountain Man Medical's video.

[@stevenwojo]

I like this idea, however I worry about the tape breaking down on the one I keep in my vehicle year round. What do you think about a short paracord loop or tail?

[@ictviamfortruthgoogleisspa5886]

@@stevenwojo i think what ever we prepare for ---not gonna work , those muthefuckers gonna get us one way or the other , best idea is to move to fucking island,,, no people---no government

[@luisespinal7123]

Or girthitch another rubber band on the rubber bands holding the TQ together

[@danielmarshall4587]

Thank you for your time and effort putting this video together.

[@hoggif]

Good tips on how to apply it one handed. I've always found CAT easier to apply one-handed. For that reason I prefer CAT where I may need to apply it to myself. For EDC I too prefer this one because it is so flat. This video was a good reminder of to practice applying those. I've not done practising for a while and really needed a retry just to keep familiar with those. I also keep other practice items like israeli bandage that has been opened just to practice with it every now and then. If you need one, the time really counts.

[@GRice999]

I haven't used either. But from the looks of it, both are great for applying on another person. However, for applying on oneself, it depends on where you're applying it. For application on your arm, which will be done one-handed, the CAT seems the superior choice because it won't spin as easy and appears easier to initially tighten. For application on your thigh, the SOFT-T seems superior because it's easier to "unbuckle" and apply around your leg in situations where you might not be able to bend over to slide it over your foot, and have the use of both hands. For those of you inclined to carry two tourniquets, having one of each might be a good idea. Given the amount of money some of you spend on your tactical gear, the expense is not an issue. I would keep the CAT where I can get to it with both hands (like near the front of your belt or on your chest), and the SOFT-T where I can get to it with either hand (back of belt, side pocket, etc.). Also, you don't want rubber bands on your CAT because they may be difficult to remove one-handed when under stress. Moreover, if you just go with the SOFT-T, better to put it in a pouch and forego the rubber bands, again, as you will have difficulty removing them one-handed.

[@Burnscapt202]

I just picked up the Gen 4 of this tourniquet and I had to watch the video of how to flat fold it and I will be carry this tourniquet on me everyday and I’ll keep my CATS in my aid bag. Thanks Sam for the great videos and tips.

[@aaronakiyama]

Thanks for going over how you fold it up. Much thinner than the way I had it staged 👍

[@mettahuttravels3183]

Got one never thought of that fold. Thanks Sam, Now about that burns training.

[@kenm8955]

Won't be as flat if you have the locking clip which you don't have on your tourniquet. Definitely a useful addition. Gen 4 comes with one and you can get a clip as an add on for the I guess Pre-Gen 4 model you have in this video, but I'm sure you knew that. That being said, putting the bar to the side idea works well. Thanks

[@santoscortes9656]

I learned that you place it as highest on the extremity. Someone could bleed out in minutes. And blood vessels are somewhat elastic. So when it’s severed it’s possible for it to retract past the wound. Also something about the locking bracket, it’s very useful when there’s blood everywhere. It’ll be way easier to push it into the bracket than trying to worry about trying to hold the triangle and the rod at the same time.

[@georg.pl_]

I carry a flat-fold SOFTT-W as my EDC, either in my back pocket or my jacket and couldn‘t love it more. I have CAT TQs on my aid bag because space is no issue there. About the RATS: It is about the same size as a flatfold SOFTT-W, so there is no reason to stick with it besides you don‘t get the idea of evidence based medicine...

[@JaminKyle]

Im new to your channel and am starting to consider a career in tactical medicine. Thank you for posting these videos!!!

[@thatssokwekwe]

As a skinny-jean-wearing millennial or Zoomer or whatever, I’m glad there’s something smaller than the CAT that I’ve been carrying for civilian use. Of course, I’d rather a CAT over nothing but now I’ll be switching over to the SOFT-T. (My CAT is a cheap knockoff too, so even more reason to switch!)

[@ORGANIZEDCoNfUsioN]

So much better then the old triangular and a pen trick.

[@James-ke5sx]

Great video. I'm a cyclist and I now going to keep a Soft on the outside of my backpack and a CAT inside my bag with my IFAK. I'm in Canada and I worried about the windlass on the CAT at -30C snapping from freezing,

[@Metalblowing]

How do you take the rubber band off when you are in combat conditions and hit into one of your hands and/or wearing gloves?

[@LogicBob]

I think if you DON'T have the floor near you, you actually have bigger problems than the major bleed! 🤣 Great video!

[@cbrucesbiz]

Good for you. You made me laugh.

[@GRice999]

Not to worry. If you don't have the floor near you, you will soon. :o

[@vivienneclarke2421]

😂

[@ghostoftheemishi8445]

Nice bro thanks !!! I just got one with an officer down kit . And I like it maybe like CAT more but just did the new folding job excellent knowledge perfecto. Thanks for sharing your insight my friend .

[@MikeWood]

There is a Gen5 out now. Will there be a review of that when you have time?

[@twintyara6330]

On your site looks like it's a plastic windless, where can I find the one with metal

[@stevencarsley1983]

Great bit of kit. Never had to use one yet. In the UK i was taught to use a bandage and use a stick or something to make it tight. A belt works well.

[@GeorgeRojas11]

Good stuff! Thanks Sam!

[@ruthfarcas9556]

Thank you! Just learning about TQs and this is the one I got - or at least very similar, as it has hooks to hold the windlass while you stabilize with the triangle. I read that it should be applied above the elbow/knee, where there is a single bone. Please correct me if I'm wrong (for much lower injuries, of course).

[@Sourpusscandy]

The link goes to a website but they don’t have thE WIDE version….. are they just not calling it that anymore? I’m trying to find the Gen 5 wide/

[@kentonsoufal6340]

Whats the differnce between the sof-t and the sof-t wide? Iam looking on tac med and cant find a sof-t wide.....

[@hermittao]

My wife often works alone in her woodshop, and I want to get her the best "one-handed" Tourniquet. Would you make a recommendation? Thank You

[@longgone9869]

Self application is the one reason I prefer the CAT tourniquet

[@brent4612]

Thanks for the video Sam. You've actually changed my mind, I was just about to get a cat, but after seeing how compact this one is it's clearly going to be better for me. Any recommendations for a supplier in the UK?

[@JohnW-yv6yp]

Awesome video man. Do you know if the clip on the gen 4 soft makes it harder to flat fold?

[@NPS69]

It has a little bump in it but it doesn't really make much difference, still folds quite flat

[@fifthplanecomin]

Thanks. I had a supplier drop the SOF Ts at work instead of replenishing our CATs.

[@B_r_u_c_e]

Thank you.

[@kelvinwilliams6999]

Where can I put in an order for that ankle pouch?

[@TeamDevastationZone]

What watch band is that ?

[@christophergarcia225]

Thank you so much for this content

[@aarphi1984]

Great content as always! Feel better soon! Chew Fisherman's Friends lozenges like candy lol.

[@jacobmiller6664]

When you mentioned that tourniquets can be applied for hours with full recovery of the affected limb, does that apply to all types of tourniquets? Or only the SOF? Forgive my ignorance, I believe it applies to all tourniquets, but I want to be sure.

[@JoeDurobot]

*Yep, all tourniquets.Commercial ones anyway, if they are large enough* *Applying an improvised tourniquet, especially one made of cord or wire, might be a different story.*

[@ZombieTipz]

Question- if you had one arm pinned, would you be able to unbuckle the SOFTT-W one handedly to get it around?

[@bgb6260]

If you open the loop up a bit before you fold the TQ up beforehand, you can actually put the loop around any extremities really easily. ITS Tactical has videos about that folding technique.

[@ZombieTipz]

@@bgb6260 Oh I know that part. I meant say you get your arm stuck under collapsed debris or something (Ala Aron Ralston/127 hours) and you physically can't use it as a loop. In this instance, you may need to unbuckle the SOFTT-Wide, manually put it around your arm, and re-buckle it. In the Stop The Bleed class I took a couple weeks ago, we had trouble buckling/unbuckling the SOFTT-Wide with BOTH hands free. I'm just having a hard time imagining doing with one-handedly. Your thoughts?

[@bgb6260]

​@@ZombieTipz Teeth, maybe? Arguably, the situation you're implying is a very unusual one, where you would have to improvise (as you have to in any emergency). The SOFTT-Wide is indeed a quite fumbly tourniquet, but gently and carefully bending the clasp may help. But I can see your struggle there. In defense of the SOFTT-Wide, I could not imagine the pain the velcro strap and buckle of the CAT Tourniquet would produce in a one-handed situation...

[@williamdavis2565]

Sam, you mentioned in your video that one could buy the retention clip for the SOFT to make it a Gen-4. Can you provide a link to the product? I have searched tacmedsolutions as well as your web site and can not find .

[@alphastateofmind7795]

medicalgearoutfitters.com/collections/tourniquets-holders/products/trac-tourniquet-retention-assistance-clip

[@Ghost8181818]

Can you please elaborate on rats tourniquet, and why the TCCC is not approving them.

[@nathangilmore6345]

Harder to apply and less effective compared to windness tourniquets and that's with out getting in to shady bussiness practices Edit: here is a good article about the RATS a bit older when there was only two recommended TQs but still relevant. www.google.com/amp/s/www.itstactical.com/medcom/medical/is-the-r-a-t-s-tourniquet-misleading-consumers-with-tccc-approval/amp/

[@LoveLikeaHurricane]

trying to understand how to pull out a Soft -T with all that rubber band on it, when you have one arm injured.

[@nolanledwith2039]

Hi Sam! My name is Nolan and I am a 13 year old boy. I dream of being an Air Force PJ and I love your videos so much! Do you have any advice on taking any classes before you graduate high school? Thanks so much keep up the awesome work.

[@jtruong0454]

I mean you could take a First Aid class if there are any in your area, whether it’s by your school or through the fire department/hospital, etc. All I would recommend is getting your mindset in check and getting in peak physical condition, determine how bad you really wanna be a PJ, and stick to it. You will probably take a decent amount of classes that the Air Force will send you to, like Combat Lifesaving, etc, I wouldn’t worry about it now but if you can learn the basics if you choose to, but I would just say enjoy the rest of your time in high school.

[@ivantoxie]

Hard to fold like this because they added the windlass clip along with keeping the triangle even though yours only has the triangle.

[@1randumbguy]

consistently awesome content, but i don't understand why people think they need some drawn out intro/outro music. it's annoying.

[@rgamore]

Take some tim and watch this :(SOF Tactical Tourniquet) here on youtube, it's an introductory Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC) course from the S12 Premier Training Event in Nashville, TN. This is an outstanding first aid class with life saving training equally relevant to car wrecks, boating accidents and gunshot wounds. Instruction is lead by former Green Berets Don Deyo and Joel Gupton of D-Dey Response Group. D-Dey Response Group instructors are the most experienced in the public safety industry with both Special Forces instructors and highly trained Paramedics. Their technics and equipment are medic time and battle ground proven for both military and civilian .

[@nicmackowey510]

When u put one in and the patient is taken to hospital how do u get it back

[@alexbaranowski8884]

Most supplies in prehospital care is one time use. If there is enough bleeding to apply a tourniquet then you probably wouldn’t want it afterwards anyways.

[@Mysonsareghey47]

Nic Mackowey you follow the pt in the o.r. and demand the give your blood soaked tq back.

[@JoshuaPanola]

They're really supposed to be one time use, although word is these reuse well in an emergency. Hell I'd want it as a souvenir anyways..

[@BeeeHonest]

What's wrong with the RATS?

[@VickiBee]

It's my brother's favorite too. He's a combat Veteran: Iraq, 2003-04 & 2009-10. And who knows what he HASN'T told me about? He was in the Army for 10 years and now he's in the National Guard, much to my chagrin & I never thought I'd feel that way abt the military. Unfortunately, I do now. #CBP #TrumpisCrazy

[@Vinnytwotime]

What? lol

[@jacobmiller6664]

It doesnt seem very fair to throw the whole military under the bus just because trump is president!

[@noodleaddict5215]

Nice belt

[@robertreyes6318]

hello friend, please speak and show the ultrasound equipment used in ambulance. Thank you

[@Mysonsareghey47]

He speaks in every video though. ..

[@chanchong4924]

Next video on throat slit and how to treat it.

[@basedchris8784]

But how will you get the rubber bands off if you need the tourniquet... unless it’s not you that needs it you’re gonna have a bad time in my opinion.

[@CVPI03]

i found it could be wrapped tighter around smaller extremities like a child.

[@ford4202]

I found the sof Tourniquet hard to use

[@andreashofer4979]

The new generation ones come with a bracket similar to the cat... If you get that one the folding method of ITS Tactical would be better

[@renegade7493]

Skinny Medic is has the new one for sale.

[@AsifKhanhr93]

Nice video

[@szaszszabolcs4494]

Hi! Will you do a video about high level cpr (how you the paramedics do it)?

[@corndog4520]

@Snip doodle and some differences with the AED

[@Hedgeflexlfz]

Intraosseous line in the tibia, endotracheal intubation/LMA, BVM 15 L per minute 100% oxygen, lucus device for compression, epi 1:1000 0.1 mg every 3-5 minutes and possibly some more medications. I'm not a paramedic but I know this is most of it.

[@corndog4520]

@@Hedgeflexlfz I wish we had a lucus device around where I live

[@kellerhopkins3184]

Do you think electric tape or duct tape is a good back up option for tourniquet?

[@usofa-zm5vx]

How do you join the swat team

[@Mysonsareghey47]

There's more than one so its probably different process for the different teams.

[@marceloperez9742]

Gracias!!

[@AP3FX]

Good shit. I got one because gbrs. Lmao

[@bmcneil112]

🔥

[@JoeDurobot]

*You can find fake SOFT Ts as easily as you can find fake CATs (each like $6 shipped from China).* *Don't think you can get a fake just because the windlass is not made of plastic.*

[@nazargrynyk2227]

IMHO: no way you will be able to apply the SOF-T with those rubber bands on while one handed. Thus it can only be worn as a back-up tourniquet to apply on other people. Or on a leg, BUT you can be also one handed with a leg wound, so, I really don't recommend it. Here in Ukraine we use CATs, they are awesome.

[@YoloMaBrolo]

Im still waiting for you to make a video on ccw as an emt/paramed on duty like you told me you would make

[@crey5561]

Yolo Ma Brolo relax dude. I’m sure he’ll get around to it. He basically has two full time jobs plus KZbin..

[@AsifKhanhr93]

Hi

[@wagnerdevelopments2411]

@5:00 I designed a solution for this. DM me, I would like to have you demo.

[@wagnerdevelopments2411]

Check me out, I have a solution for the astriction aspect of tightening the soft wide.

[@Rustyshackleford.]

CAT tourniquet is better!!

[@PrepMedic]

At some things but decidedly worse in others. CAT TQ fails pretty quickly in muddy conditions where the SOF doesn’t. This can also be folded much smaller and compact

[@longgone9869]

How tough is it to get both of those rubber bands off one-handed? I guess you use your teeth to pour?