{"id":7630,"date":"2014-05-15T07:00:20","date_gmt":"2014-05-15T11:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/?p=7630"},"modified":"2015-02-22T10:41:17","modified_gmt":"2015-02-22T15:41:17","slug":"r-a-t-s-tourniquet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/?p=7630","title":{"rendered":"R.A.T.S. Tourniquet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/upEgTfrtYGg?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The <a title=\"RATS tourniquet\" href=\"http:\/\/ratstourniquet.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Rapid Application Tourniquet System (R.A.T.S.)<\/a> is another style of extremity hemorrhage control marketed to soldiers and police officers.\u00a0 It consists of a 1\/2&#8243; flat bungee cord and aluminum cleat.\u00a0 The instructions below are pretty self explanatory.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/tourniquetinstructions.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7636\" src=\"http:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/tourniquetinstructions.jpg\" alt=\"tourniquetinstructions\" width=\"802\" height=\"602\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/tourniquetinstructions.jpg 802w, https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/tourniquetinstructions-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 802px) 100vw, 802px\" \/><\/a><!--more-->I normally carry <a title=\"T.U.C. Rig\" href=\"http:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/?p=4871\" target=\"_blank\">a CAT tourniquet in a T.U.C. Rig<\/a> on my support side (left) ankle.\u00a0 I also have a <a title=\"SWAT-Tourniquet\" href=\"http:\/\/www.swattourniquet.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">SWAT-T tourniquet<\/a> that I have carried behind the trauma plate of my soft body armor.\u00a0 Another option is a SOF-Tactical or SOF-T tourniquet that I purchased before my agency issued the CAT&#8217;s.<\/p>\n<p>Regardless of the type, it is necessary for each officer to practice, practice, practice with your tourniquet.\u00a0 <em>Under stress<\/em> is not the time to figure out how the damn thing works!\u00a0 I hope all of you find one you trust and carry it daily on duty.<\/p>\n<p>Randall<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Rapid Application Tourniquet System (R.A.T.S.) is another style of extremity hemorrhage control marketed to soldiers and police officers.\u00a0 It consists of a 1\/2&#8243; flat bungee cord and aluminum cleat.\u00a0 The instructions below are pretty self explanatory.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[795,4,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7630","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-medical","category-officer-safety","category-street"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p28xkp-1Z4","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7630","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7630"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7630\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9263,"href":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7630\/revisions\/9263"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}