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LSM Gift Guides

Happy Holidays, y’all!

I put together a few gift ideas for you last minute shoppers. Be sure to share this with friends, family, and colleagues at work; that way they’ll know exactly what to get YOU this year.

 

Stocking Stuffers:

1.     Triangle Bandage  $1.91
Tactical Medical Solutions
101 uses and a medic’s best friend.

2.     Trauma Shears  $4.19
Tactical Medical Solutions
A simple way to get people naked, quickly.  I mean, “expose the injury.”

3.     Chem Light Patch  $15.00
Defense Mechanisms
Cool little trinket for dark and spooky places.

4.     Battery Card  $20.00
Defense Mechanisms
Digging around for spare batteries in the dark sucks, this makes it suck less.

5.     Compressed Gauze  $4.50
SafeGuard Medical / Eleven10 Gear
Great versatile packet of gauze, never have enough of them. 
Get it… stocking “stuffer!”  Mwhahahahaa! 

6.     2 Pack Small Overflow Pouch  $25.99
Vertx
The perfect accessory for that OCD person in your life.

7.     Flatpack Tourniquet Carrier  $24.00
PHLster
The “Easy Button” for EDC’ing a CoTCCC recommended tourniquet.

8.     Wilderness Shotgun Thing  $18.95
Wilderness Tactical
You can never have enough 12ga slugs!

9.     LSM’s One-on-One with Doc  $35
Lone Star Medics
Nothing says you love someone like the gift of a private lesson/consult with Caleb.

10.  Retention Ring  $9.00
Retention Ring
Just might be the perfect accessory for your EDC flashlight, POM pepper spray, or ____!

11.  H-Vent Chest Seal Kit  $42.35
Mountain Man Medical
If you have an entrance wound… you probably have an exit wound.  Just sayin’. 

12.  Book- “Choose Your Own Adventure”  $24.95
Amazon or  Active Response Training / Greg Ellifritz
This book can save your life; either smash it into someone’s throat or read it.
 

13.  Immediate Action Carrier 12GA
Dark Star Gear
Quite possibly the best stocking stuffer on this list!

14.  Crisp Action Glove  $64.99
Vertx
Perfect for mounted patrols on the back of Tauntauns in the Hoth system.

15.  Indy Satchel Bag  $130.00
Zulu Nylon Gear
The coolest gift your Indiana Jones fan will love forever… and probably last that long!

 

12 Gift Ideas Under $50:

1.     SOFT tourniquet
Tactical Medical Solutions  $34.00 each
Eleven10 Gear (use your LSM Pro Code)  $31.19 each
My favorite TQ above all others.

2.     LSM Virtual Class  $25 each
Lone Star Medics   
Simple and convenient monthly med training class.

3.     Rigid TQ Case for SOFT  $46.99
Eleven10 Gear    
Great TQ pouch if you’re hard on gear.

4.     Compact Medical Trauma Bandage 4”  $9.49
Eleven10 Gear   
One of my favorite “EDC-sized” pressure bandages.

5.     WoundStop Home Care Dressing  $4.50
Safeguard Medical / Eleven10 Gear
Another favorite “EDC-sized” pressure bandage.

6.     Unity Clutch Belt  $49.99
Vertx  (remember to use your LSM Pro Code;)
For when you need to EDC all of it… all day… comfortably.

7.     Olaes Modular Bandage  $6.98 - $8.93
Tactical Medical Solutions
Eleven10 Gear
The “Swiss Army Knife” of pressure bandages and the one I judge all others by!

8.     QuickClot Combat Gauze  $42.89
Eleven10 Gear
Level-up your wound packing game with this stuff.

9.     HALO Vented-Chest Seals  $27.70 (2 pack)
Tactical Medical Solutions
Great for your L1-L3 med kits.

10.  Compact Trauma Bandage  $4.44
Tactical Medical Solutions
Another great “EDC-sized” pressure bandage!

11.  XShears  $42.00
XShear
EMS Shears for tough situations.

12.  SAM Splint  $21.93
Tactical Medical Solutions
Not only the finest splinting device in the world, it makes a decent beer koozie too… ask me how I know.

 

12 Gift Ideas Over $50:

1.     Direct Injury Care Pouch  $70.00
Defense Mechanisms
Super versatile fanny pack that makes a great IFAK container for multiple activities.

2.     Navigator  $99.99
Vertx
Just might be my favorite Level II Med Kit container in the world.

3.      Inconspicuous Personal Ankle Kit  $60.00
Defense Mechanisms
One of my favorite medical ankle rigs.

4.     Gamut Backpack  $272.99
Vertx
This is what “Q” issues “007” for an aid bag.  My favorite low-profile Level III Med Kit container of all time.   

5.     Soft-Sided TQ Pouch V2 with a SOF Tourniquet  $58.18
Eleven10 Gear
Sweet combo that says “I care about the way I look, but I’m still approachable.”

6.     LSA TX4 Duty   
Lone Star Armory
There be dragons… plan accordingly. 

7.     Large Organizational Pouch  $54.99
Vertx
Great for either a weapon cleaning kit or a wound management kit.

8.     BlueAlpha Fanny Pack  $59.97
Blue Alpha Belts
The perfect fanny pack for your Level I/II Med Kit while in town or out of town.

9.     Foxtrot DA Litter  $242.45
Tactical Medical Solutions
My second favorite litter in the world.

10.  Phantom Litter w/ Pouch  $137.50
Tactical Medical Solutions
My first favorite litter in the world.

11.  Annual Membership to LSM’s Patreon Page  $You Choose the Tier
Patreon.com/lonestarmedics
Give the gift of learning life-saving medical skills.  Also grants access to hundreds of previous articles & videos.

12. Ankle IFAK/Cargo Cuff  $50.00
Wilderness Tactical
The ankle rig you’ll catch me wearing often.

Caleb Causey