News & Articles

Dec 6th 2021

Cold Weather Injuries – Treatment and Prevention

BFG Med Blog It’s that time of the year. Whether you are in the mountains of some far-off land hunting the enemy or the woods close to home hunting Bambi’s dad, the environmental dan …

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Nov 1st 2021

Shotgun Sling Mounting Options

A Look at the Remington 870 and different sling attachment methods It’s a shame shotguns have sort of fell out of favor with shooters stateside these past few decades. Even though they are …

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Oct 26th 2021

The Basics of Burns (A hot topic)

Field Care for burns Always Better. | October 27th, 2021 When I started the BFG MED Blog, my promise to the reader was that we would provide basic to-the-point medical information without termin …

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Oct 21st 2021

Blue Force Gear® Tactical Strike

New Product Overview Always Better. | October 21st, 2021 Savannah, GA - Blue Force Gear is proud to announce a strategic partnership with Snee Chemical of Kenner, LA for exclusive distribut …

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Sep 9th 2021

Find the Right Benelli Shotgun Sling

Slinging Your M1 & M4 Shotgun Benelli Shotgun Sling - Blue Force Gear is known for slings. We make the finest slings in the world and we make or have adapted slings to every conceivable weapo …

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Sep 6th 2021

BLOOD LOSS

What Happens When Blood Loss Occurs Always Better. | September 7th 2021 Blood loss. Spoiler Alert! It’s bad for you. Several of the previous posts have talked about stopping blood loss, I …

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Sep 1st 2021

Tourniquet Placement

Combat, Tactical, and Pre-Hospital Emergency Scenario Always Better. | September 2nd 2021 First things first, for the purposes of today’s blog post we are going to be discussing tourn …

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Aug 9th 2021

CPR in Trauma Patients

CPR is a great skill for treating certain medical conditions and limited types of trauma conditions Always Better. | Aug 10th 2021 Let’s Discuss Performing CPR on Trauma Patients This week …

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Jul 29th 2021

Hypothermia in Trauma Patients

Trauma Patients who Bleed Become Hypovolemic Always Better. | July 30th 2021 We previously discussed tourniquets and bleeding control but today I wanted to discuss a related topic. One of the fi …

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Jul 22nd 2021

Tourniquet Myths and Misconceptions

The Truth about Tourniquets Always Better. | July 22nd, 2021 1. Tourniquets are a Last Resort False It is true that this was once taught, I was told this in my first Medic class, but we have lear …

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Jul 18th 2021

What’s your safety plan?

MUST HAVES in a real Trauma Kit Always Better. | July 19th 2021 As a young law enforcement officer, my agency used to schedule our bi-annual Qualification Days such that it was a “day off& …

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Jul 15th 2021

Medicine for Patrol Officers

A proposal for training and equipping American law enforcement to provide immediate life-saving care Always Better. | July 16th 2021 Introduction “Medicine? For Special Agents? Really?&rdq …

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