About - Hold My TQ | Tourniquet Training Campaign

My wife said she couldn't take a trauma first aid course because of the blood and gore.

So I asked, "Can you keep a tourniquet in your car? Just in case?"

That's the vision behind

I begged my wife to watch the STOP THE BLEED® course with me, but she couldn’t get past the thoughts of blood and severe injuries. No amount of persuasion eased her fears and we were both frustrated with each other.

Then it dawned on me – her role on a bad day could be just as essential if she simply had a bleed control kit on hand. By just providing the tourniquet to a trained bystander, she’d be just as much of a hero as the one who applied the tourniquet to save a life.

I asked her instead to keep a tourniquet in her purse or car so she could hand it to someone trained if an emergency ever happened. That small shift changed everything. She was willing to keep a trauma kit nearby, and now she’s prepared in her own way to help on someone’s worst day.

Since then, we’ve focused on inviting others to “Hold My TQ.” We are not medics or professional first responders. Simply, we understood that bystanders to a bleeding emergency are capable to providing tools and care immediately. Our goal is to make carrying, sharing, and learning to use tourniquets (TQ) a normal part of everyday readiness – a movement built on community, care, and trust. Maybe not all of us are able to handle the blood, but we’re all able to keep a TQ close by. We have an audacious goal of seeing tourniquets and bleed control kits in every American home, vehicle, and schoolteacher’s desk. Will you Hold My TQ?