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SouthernDZ
07-02-2010, 03:35
Counterfeit models of the U.S. Army's Combat Application Tourniquet are available on the Internet and on the open market. Using the counterfeits can be lethal and the Army considered this enough of a problem to send out a priority message April 14 sounding the alert on these bogus devices.

https://mrmc-www.army.mil/index.cfm?pageid=media_resources.articles.bogus_to urniquet

JJ_BPK
07-02-2010, 04:14
http://professionalsoldiers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=28721&highlight=Counterfeit+cat

I think we had this talk, but TMI is not an option when it comes to 18D's....

SouthernDZ
07-02-2010, 05:19
Thanks, been away.

OTSG briefed Thursday that they were looking into the viability of civil litigation over a catastrophic failure that resulted in massive hemmorhage/ARDS seven month ago. They said they didn't hold out much hope they would be successful.