Category Archive: BFE Labs

An Evidence Based Word on Recommended Hemostatics

Click Image to Open NAMRU Hemostatics Study .PDF (Right Click to Save As) After posting the warning about foreign hemostatic agents of unknown quality (probably fraudulent) we received a comment (from someone associated… Read More

BFE Labs Urban Schlub

For several years now we’ve been intensely focused on the “Grey Man” concept. Through our study and development, we’ve come to possess a robust and proven ability to disappear into the urban landscape.… Read More

Woods Competency

Recently, a client made the comment that he was a “student of wilderness survival, not a bushcraft type”. This struck me as sort of odd, so I asked him a bit about how… Read More

A New Direction

We’ve been making some grave errors in how we conduct ourselves,and the ethos with which we operate. Recent work and writing, with the increased focus on observation and learning from being close to… Read More

Trauma Comi/x Teaser

Trauma Comi/x are a training aid we’ve developed to expand our range of written and visual training materials for first aid in the “tactical” environment. The comics are intended to provide an easily… Read More

Non-Commercial Use of BFE Labs Material

At this point BFE Labs has only provided a single document, both on this site and external to it, intended for widespread dissemination: The “Proposed Guideline for Tactical Medical Self Care in the… Read More

BFE Labs Station Ident

BFE Labs is a solutions oriented collaborative for Wilderness, Urban and Tactical Survival, Skillsets and Tool Use.. Currently located in New Mexico, we specialize in independent evaluation, development and provision of skills, tools… Read More

Library

Now that recent academic efforts have concluded and there is time available again I’m busily typing away behind the scenes on many things, for here and elsewhere, and preparing for some new rounds… Read More

Apologies

We’ve fallen seriously behind in the last couple of months; And by “we” I really mean “I”. Myself and BFE Lab’s James Mac have returned to school to pick up our EMT-Basic credentials… Read More

UltraLight Kit Knives

Various tin-based personal survival kits, be they home built using Altoids tins, or from companies such as BCB, often include minimalist cutting tools: Razor blades, scalpel blades, sharpened hacksaw blades or inferior quality… Read More

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