EMT Shears

Health-care professionals, Law Enforcement / Security, Firefighters, Soldiers / Operators and any person trying to get through life will need one of these. EMT Shears (also called Trauma shears) were originally designed for first responders or military / private contract personnel to give them the ability to cut a patient's clothes off cleanly, or for any other use. Shears, as they're generally called, aren't ordinary scissors. Take some scissors from your desk drawer and just try to cut a dime or a penny in two. The reason for going over the edge in that manner is the fact that these things need to cut through tough leather, ballistic-nylon or thick clothing to expose wounds / injuries that the first responder may need to see.

If you're wondering, the reason for the bend and that little hook at the tip is to make sure that the patient remains further unharmed while you snip away at what's in the way.

My three: Black / Silver, Black / Tactical and Desert Tan / Tactical

They are available in black, OD green, desert tan, rescue orange or urban green handles and have either non-reflective black coating on the shears or plain silver. Some of the good ones (made in Germany) come with an O2 hole drilled into one of the shear-blades in order for a first responder / medic to open up the oxygen tank.

Keep one close by, inside your backpack / purse, your Bug-out or operational gear, LBV / MOLLE / Plate-carrier vests or (where most keep them), in a blow-out trauma kit or medic bag (which I will go over later). Oh yeah, there are also Mini-EMT shears that are great for smaller trauma kits / medic bags.

$4.00-$5.00 CAD.