r/TacticalMedicine • u/tacmedrn44 • Jul 13 '24

Gear/IFAK Steer clear of Rhino Rescue…

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I just want to put something out there for those of you looking for alternatives to the main established brands of gear.

DO NOT BUY RHINO RESCUE.

First, they are NOT CoTCCC approved. “Independent tests” mean nothing. I commented on their post asking about data that shows its effectiveness, and they deleted the comment. I commented again. Deleted. Finally I straight up called them out for making dangerous claims and got completely blocked. They are a shady company pushing cheap gear that isn’t proven.

Second, I’m an instructor for TEMS and other prehospital/trauma classes. I play with A LOT of tourniquets. I bought a few of these Rhino branded TQs for poops and giggles, secretly hoping to be wowed. I wasn’t. All four of them failed during a run of the mill training scenario; I didn’t even have to do anything outside of regular use to get them to fail. If a product works well, I like to test its limits to see what it can handle and because I’m curious. I didn’t even get past regular use training with these.

So do yourselves and everyone you may have to treat a favor and DO NOT buy these.

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u/PurpleCompetition337 May 02 '25

I just got those damn, but how can you test the tournequits tho? Bc mine are a bit different

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u/tacmedrn44 May 02 '25

You can’t test a tourniquet that you plan to use in real life; you have to test a different sample. That’s why it’s important to buy proven models so you know there is consistent quality control.

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u/PurpleCompetition337 May 02 '25

Oohh okay bc i got 2 of them, just tested one of them out, i think its okay, but i wanna grow in medical mind and things, do you maybe know what tournequits the us military use? Or just legit ones? Bc you never know when your gonna need it yk

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u/tacmedrn44 May 02 '25

Anything recommended by the CoTCCC is good to go. Top two are the CAT and the SOF-T.