Free Tac-Med Quick Reference Card — Civilian Trauma in One Pocket

Most people who carry a trauma kit have never opened it under stress. This card closes the gap between owning a kit and using it when seconds count.

It's one page. Wallet-size. Four algorithms a civilian most needs in a trauma scene:

1. MARCH-PAWS — the order you work a casualty

Massive bleeding · Airway · Respiration · Circulation · Hypothermia / Head · Pain · Antibiotics · Wounds · Splinting. The same sequence Special Forces medics use, boiled to a recall pattern you can hold under stress.

2. Tourniquet — limb hemorrhage that won't stop with pressure

Two to three inches above the wound. Never on a joint. Tighten until bleeding STOPS, not until it slows. Mark the time. Do not release.

3. Hemostatic gauze — when a TQ can't work

Pack into the wound until the cavity is full and pressure is direct on the bleed. Hold 3-5 minutes. Then apply a pressure dressing over the packing. Do not remove the gauze.

4. Chest seal — penetrating thoracic wound

Vented seal preferred. Clean, dry area. Check for an exit wound on the opposite side and seal both. Monitor for tension pneumothorax — if symptoms worsen, burp the seal.

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Get the PDF: Tac-Med Quick Reference Card

Built by a Green Beret 18D combat medic with 21 years in Special Forces. The full 30-page Tac-Med Ready Guide and the 5-book Pocket Coach Series are at tmsofast.com.

Three Phases. Four Pillars. One Mission: leave no man behind.

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Patch's gear (Amazon)

A few items I actually use. Affiliate links — commissions fund the work, no cost to you.

• CAT Gen 7 Tourniquet (genuine NAR)

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Pocket Coach Series paperback on Amazon — Tac-Med (Book 1) · 5-book bundle on Gumroad — $34.99 digital

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Audiobook — narrated by Patch

The Tac-Med Ready Guide is now an audiobook — 28 minutes in my voice, the same field reference you can hear while you drive, train, or move. $14.99 on Gumroad.

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SOFAST Groundwork — Free App

Tactical athlete's workout companion built by Team SOFAST. Free in the App Store. Download Groundwork →

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