BLACKHAWK! Integrated Tourniquet System-ITS

BLACKHAWK! introduces the new integrated tourniquet system. (I.T.S.) These pants and shirts have tourniquets integrated into them. This will help wounded soldiers find their tourniquets and apply them immediately. This will save precious time when it is a life or death situation.

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• blackhawk
• Glenn
• Beck
• integrated
• tourniquet
• pants
• military
• tactical
• ITS
• its
• i.t.s.

[Zimmerhelt]

As a medic myself, i'd appreciate this greatly. We carry one tourniquet, and every soldier carries one for himself. Instead of dicking around looking for HIS tourniquet or having to spend the one meant for myself, this would quickly let me stop the bleeding. Mind, one tourniquet aint enough to save a man who's blown both arms or both legs off.

Its about time someone made this. This will do nothing but save lives.

[Quadropheniac15]

At the end of the video he talks about how the operator can continue fighting after activating the ITS system.

Damn. What kind of a billy badass would just...keep on rockin' after that? Holy crap.

[MonkeyRiot7777]

@bxxj That is why we put a T on their forehead. :D

[bxxj]

in all fareness if a medic is faced with 8 casualties at once a tourni is a good option. my only problem is that the tourni is concealed under a flap both before and after deployment. in the rear a triage person would not notice the device and assume the bleeding is not serious and move to someone else. this looses valuable time in saving the limb. great idea horrible implementation. it needs to be uncovered and needs a deployment tag or something to flag it for the guys in the hospital.

[Quadropheniac15]

@BFGbmw Indeed.

[battlemedic345]

@iguisard Nothing but respect, but that's actually completely wrong.

(Youtube will not let me post the link I was going to post- search "tourniquet use in the pre-hospital setting)

That's the first link I found. The Journal of Special Operations Medicine, Fall 2005 had a great article on it too.

Confirmed cases of tourniquets being placed for 6 full hours with the affected limb(s) saved.

Frankly, I'll place a tourniquet first & figure out if I really need it later.

[ridah925]

@iwllkilluall their far from the best none of their gear is issued its mostly used by airsofters fyi

[vangion]

I think the most common users of these pants will be found on gunshow operators and gun store counter wizards

[vangion]

@Zimmerhelt As a medic you should know that every soldier in the field carries several tourniquets with him

Or have they stopped teaching troops to use slings, pack straps and boot laces for tourniquets

And the other guy is correct

Tourniquets are never ever for any reason hidden under a flap where it could easily be missed

[GoodEvenings]

A leg holster is definitely going to impede access to the upper thigh tourniquets won't it not?

[BFGbmw]

@Quadropheniac15 The one who really wants to save his life, kid.

[gosciu555]

This is genius, so OBVIOUS, makes you wished you'd thought of it.