North American Rescue (NAR) Essentials: CAT Gen 7 Tourniquets & Bleeding Control at ONE SHEAR®
North American Rescue × ONE SHEAR®
When it comes to bleeding control, North American Rescue is the standard — the CAT® tourniquet is the most fielded tourniquet in the U.S. military. ONE SHEAR® was founded by a BSN RN, and NAR is the brand we trust in our own kits. Every item below is genuine NAR, stocked and shipped by us.
I will say this as plainly as I can: bleeding control is the one gear category where brand choice is not about preference — it is about provenance. When I stage a kit at home, in my car, or in the bag I carry to work, every tourniquet in it is genuine NAR bought through an authorized channel, because I have read the same counterfeit reports every other nurse has. That is the entire reason this page exists: gear I would put on a family member, sold by people who take the supply chain seriously.
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Build a Real Bleeding-Control Kit
The minimum effective kit: a CAT Gen 7 tourniquet (orange for visibility in a marked kit, black for duty/tactical carry), S-rolled gauze for wound packing, an ETD flat-pack bandage for pressure, and Bear Claw gloves because scene safety comes first. Add a ONE SHEAR® trauma shear to expose the injury fast — that's the tool this entire brand was built around. Train before you carry: a tourniquet you've never practiced with is a paperweight.
Field Notes
Mount your CAT with our low-profile elastic MOLLE holder so it stages the same way every time — muscle memory matters at 2 a.m. And a hard rule from our RN founder: buy tourniquets only from authorized sources. Counterfeit CATs are a real, documented problem on marketplace sites, and they fail when it counts.
Who Should Be Carrying This
- EMS, fire, and law enforcement: duty kits and IFAKs staged the same way every shift — the elastic MOLLE holder earns its keep here.
- Nurses and off-duty medical folks: a car kit and a home kit, because the emergencies we walk into off the clock never happen near a supply room.
- Range days and hunting camps: anywhere projectiles or broadheads are part of the plan, a tourniquet and packing gauze should be too.
- Homes, vehicles, and workplaces: a marked, visible kit — orange CAT, gloves, gauze, bandage, shears — that anyone with training can find fast and use per that training.
Keep the Kit Ready
Gear you never look at is gear that fails quietly. A few habits from my own routine: open your kit on a schedule and confirm sterile packaging is intact and in date, restage everything the same way after any use or training day, and keep your shears clean and cutting — our maintenance guide covers that in five minutes. And lean on your training, not a video you half remember: bleeding-control steps belong to the course you took, and a refresher is worth every penny.
FAQ
Are these genuine NAR CAT tourniquets?
Yes. ONE SHEAR® stocks genuine North American Rescue product — no marketplace gray-market stock. Counterfeit tourniquets are a documented safety hazard, which is exactly why we carry NAR direct.
Orange or black CAT — which should I buy?
Orange for home, vehicle, and range kits where visibility helps anyone find it fast. Black for duty, tactical, or low-visibility carry. The tourniquet itself is identical.
What else do I need besides a tourniquet?
Wound-packing gauze, a pressure bandage, gloves, and trauma shears to expose the injury. That's the core of any bleeding-control kit — all of it is on this page.
Does ONE SHEAR® ship NAR products?
Yes — everything here ships from ONE SHEAR® in the USA. Orders $200+ get free Skip the Line priority shipping.
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