Army recruiters honored after California mall shooting for life-saving actions

1SG (Join to see) - You didn't get a CAT tourniquet and combat gauze for that price. Each of those by themselves is $35-40. And there really is no good substitute. (TCCC-qualified EMT here)

MAJ (Join to see) - No combat gauze in this one, but it is similar to the one I bought.
https://www.amazon.com/Kitgo-Emergency-Survival-Medical-First/dp/B07QQCDCR6/ref=sr_1_12?crid=3QHUL4WJVLD52&dchild=1&keywords=ifak+medical+kit+with+tourniquet&qid= [login to see] &sprefix=ifak%2Caps%2C166&sr=8-12

1SG (Join to see) - Nice little kit, but I STRONGLY recommend you check out that tourniquet. 99% sure it's a cheap knockoff, not something you want to be staking your or someone else's life on. I've never seen a genuine CAT tourniquet for anything less than $30, usually more. And you want a CAT Gen7, nothing earlier. I also find it curious (suspicious) that the listing advertises that it comes with QuickClot, but there's none shown in the photos.

This is where I buy my supplies:

https://www.rescue-essentials.com/

I could make a tourniquet out of a stick and a cravat, like we were trained to do for decades before all of this whiz-bang stuff came out. The point is to be ready if stuff goes sideways. You can easily spend much more on a kit. Something really comprehensive can cost you a grand or more.
But I don't think I need to be prepared for the zombie apocalypse or American Civil War II. I need to be ready if I am nearby when something happens to others, or myself.

The guys in the story used a T-shirt and whatever they could find as a windlass. Most likely a pen or some such. That works just fine until real medical support shows up.