Category Archive: First Aid

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

Fake Hemostatic Products

Courtesy of our good friends in Chinese industry, one of the staples of modern emergency treatment of major hemorrhage is now being copied. Though these products are not direct copies of an major… Read More

Venomous Snakebite Management

As medical science advances, and treatment practices catch up, it is necessary sometimes to revisit old material. In 2009, BFE Labs ran an article on management of poisonous snake bite. Now, in 2011,… Read More

Bad Experience with Boundtree Medical

Normally, a bad experience with a retailer would not get mentioned here. Our focus is not to sling mud, and many of the “these guys suck!” rants that crop up are just that.… 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

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