A wrap that lives in a known place gets used. One loose in the bottom of a bag gets found afterward.
At a glance
8 things to know about the Slishman Pressure Wrap Pouch
What it holds, how it mounts, and where it fits beside the rest of your bleeding-control gear.
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Made for one wrap — with room to spare
Rescue Essentials designed the pouch to carry the Slishman Pressure Wrap while leaving space for adhesive bandages, gauze, medications and gloves.3
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Neoprene, 6 × 2.5 in.
The pouch is black neoprene, about 6 × 2.5 in.; with a wrap inside it weighs 2.7 oz.3,4,5
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A MOLLE strap on one side
A strap on the back attaches it to a belt, a pack or any PALS webbing, so the wrap rides where your hands can reach it.3
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An adhesive mount for public places
An included adhesive hook strip lets you fix the pouch to an AED box, a refrigerator, a cabinet or another flat surface, so the wrap is grab-and-go for whoever needs it.3
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Double-pull zipper
A double-pull zipper opens it quickly, and the wrap comes out in one pull.3
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What one user fits inside
One user quoted by the designer carries a wrap, a hemostatic gauze packet, a compressed gauze pad, 4 in. shears, a mini marker, a pair of nitrile gloves, a small light, two antibiotic ointments and a sanitizer wipe — all in this pouch, clipped to an everyday bag.5
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Speed is the point
In a combat hospital series, casualties whose tourniquets went on before shock survived 90% of the time, against 10% after, and mortality was 11% with prehospital application against 24% when it waited for the emergency department.6 That study tested tourniquets, not wraps — but the lesson for any bleeding-control item is the same: carry it where it can be reached.
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The pouch carries an adjunct, not a tourniquet
The Slishman wrap inside is a multi-use pressure wrap. Life-threatening bleeding from an adult limb still gets a evidence-based standard limb tourniquet first, and deep wounds get packed.1,2 Carry the pouch beside those, not instead of them.
How to set it up
Five minutes now saves the search later.
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1Stage the wrap. Fold or roll the Slishman wrap so the red sleeve and loop come out first, then slide it into the pouch.
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2Add the small items. Gloves on top, then gauze — the order you will reach for them.3
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3Choose the mount. On gear: thread the MOLLE strap through webbing on a belt, pack or carrier.3 In a building or vehicle: press the included adhesive hook strip to a clean, dry, flat surface.3
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4Test the reach. Open the zipper and pull the wrap out with either hand, then put it back.
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5Keep it with the rest. Mount it next to your tourniquet and packing gauze so the whole set is in one known place.
Where it fits
- Carrying the Slishman Pressure Wrap on a belt, pack or plate carrier3
- Mounting a wrap beside an AED, in a cabinet or on a flat vehicle surface3
- A pocket-size bleeding kit: wrap, gauze and gloves together3,5
- A full trauma kit — it has no room for a tourniquet
- Rough, curved or dirty surfaces — the adhesive strip is made for flat ones3
- Replacing the tourniquet and packing gauze that come first for life-threatening bleeding1
The evidence
The pouch is a carrier with no clinical function of its own. These two studies show why where you carry bleeding control matters.
| Study | Evidence type | What was studied | What it found |
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| Kragh et al., Ann Surg 20096 | Human · combat clinical | 232 casualties with 428 tourniquets, combat support hospital, Baghdad, 2006 | Survival 90% with tourniquets applied before shock vs 10% after; mortality 11% with prehospital vs 24% with emergency-department application |
| Charlton et al., Prehosp Emerg Care 20217 | Systematic review | 107 studies of bleeding-control methods available to first aid providers | Direct manual compression reached hemostasis faster than pressure dressings; tourniquets associated with lower mortality than manual pressure; certainty very low |
Neither study tested a pouch or the Slishman wrap. One shows the cost of delay in bleeding control; the other shows that a pressure dressing is not faster than hands on the wound — its value is freeing those hands.
How it compares
What the pouch adds to the wrap.
| Wrap alone | Wrap in the SPW Pouch | |
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| Size | About 4 × 1.6 × 1 in. folded5 | 6 × 2.5 in.3 |
| Weight | 1–1.2 oz3,5 | 2.7 oz3,5 |
| Mounting | None — loose in a kit or pocket | MOLLE strap one side; included adhesive hook strip for flat surfaces3 |
| Room for extras | — | Yes — gauze, gloves, adhesive bandages, medications3 |
| Access | Wherever it ended up | Double-pull zipper, mounted where you put it3 |
Figures from Rescue Essentials and the designer.3,5
Build the system
The wrap it carries and the gear that belongs beside it.
Questions buyers ask
Package & specifications
Specifications coming soon. Contact us for detailed product information.
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