Blackhawk 2010 - Borchers

THE BENEFITS OF I.T.S.• 4 TOURNIQUETS BUILT-IN TO EACH GARMENT• TOURNIQUETS ALWAYS PRESENT• SINGLE HANDED OPERATION• FLIP, PULL, TWIST ACTIVATION• SAFE AND SECURE LOCK DOWN• ACTIVATION COMPLETE IN SECONDS•COMPLETEOCCLUSIONOFBLOOD• ABILITY TO TRAIN AND BUILD MUSCLE MEMORY• COMBINED WEIGHT IS LESS THAN ONE TRADITIONAL TOURNIQUET• USEFUL IN TRAINING SCENARIOS AND CAN BE ACTIVATED MULTIPLE TIMESI.T.S. offers tourniquets on the proximal (femoral artery) anddistal (tibial artery) with protection on both right and left legs60% OF PREVENTABLE COMBAT DEATHS AREFROM EXTREMITY BLEEDINGAND 50-70% OF ALL COMBAT INJURIES“ARE EXTREMITY WOUNDS”WHAT IS I.T.S.? The rules have changed. With the advent of body armor, the most commoncause of preventable deaths in the tactical environment can be attributed to rapid lossof blood due to extremity wounds. A major artery wound can cause the victim to becomeunconscious within two minutes and bleed out and expire minutes later. If life saving deviceslike pressure cuffs or tourniquets are available the question becomes how do you locate andapply them quickly to yourself, or your team members, in these critical few seconds.The BLACKHAWK! ® Integrated Tourniquet System (I.T.S.) integrates four tourniquets in the pants and fourtourniquets in the shirt. They are correctly positioned and oriented to the upper and lower extremities forimmediate access under existing gear and can be operated by the wearer, a buddy, or a medic.3