Tourniquet Holder
I went through a bunch of iterations on this seemingly simple, yet surprisingly involved item.
A tourniquet is something that needs to be accessed quickly, and when it is accessed, the user will quite possibly be injured and will likely have diminished fine motor skills. (Oh and it also needs to be securely attached. It doesn’t do a lot of good if the easy way to access it causes it to get lost.) The first design I found awkward to get the tourniquet out of - it required two hands to work free as the windlass and clip got hung up in the elastic. The second design utilized a cord lock, which under normal circumstances might be okay to manipulate, but not when you’re under duress.
This design I think achieves a good balance of security and at the same time accessibility.
A tourniquet is something that needs to be accessed quickly, and when it is accessed, the user will quite possibly be injured and will likely have diminished fine motor skills. (Oh and it also needs to be securely attached. It doesn’t do a lot of good if the easy way to access it causes it to get lost.) The first design I found awkward to get the tourniquet out of - it required two hands to work free as the windlass and clip got hung up in the elastic. The second design utilized a cord lock, which under normal circumstances might be okay to manipulate, but not when you’re under duress.
This design I think achieves a good balance of security and at the same time accessibility.
Mounted on the bottom of a modified Emdom B.O.M.B.
Holding a very excellent C.A.T. Tourniquet.
Besides a tourniquet it can also be used to hold a trauma dressing.
