DataReal-world use
Real-world usage data
Version 3.1 · updated through 2026-08-31
Snakestaff Systems maintains this living record when Snakestaff products are reported to have been used in real-world, non-training situations. The main purpose is internal product performance monitoring, particularly identifying possible failures or defects. It also provides a public record of the reports we receive.
Our intent is to include every real-world use known to us, regardless of injury severity, patient outcome, or whether the product worked as expected.
18 across the ETQ platform, 5 with Gen 2.
This is a living document of reported real-world, non-training use. It is intended to support product-performance monitoring and public transparency. It does not replace clinical studies and is not a substitute for clinical research.
Accounts of other manufacturers' products are the reporters' own statements, quoted as given, and are not claims made by Snakestaff Systems.
18 of 18 records
| Case | Date | Incident | Location | Applied by | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | February 5, 2023 | Table Saw AccidentA table saw partially amputated a finger. The ETQ was in his pocket and he applied it one-handed. | Woodbury Heights, NJ | CIV | Survived |
| 02 | March 24, 2023 | Attempted SuicideAn officer applied an ETQ to a wrist laceration. The bleeding stopped once the tourniquet was on. | Orchard Lake, MI | LEO | Survived |
| 03 | June 25, 2023 | Gunshot WoundA student shot himself during a concealed-carry course. A bystander's pocket-carried ETQ Wide was on him about a minute before the instructors reached theirs. | California | CIV | Survived |
| 04 | June 26, 2023 | Cliff FallAn EMS clinician's pocket-carried ETQ Wide went on above a tourniquet already in place, and held through an extraction from a riverbank. | Bensalem, PA | EMS | Survived |
| 05 | July 3, 2023 | Fireworks ExplosionA homemade firework at a party of over a hundred people killed one and wounded nine. A paramedic deputy used both an ETQ and an ETQ Wide across three patients. | Holland, MI | LEO+ | Survived |
| 06 | July 17, 2023 | Motorcycle AccidentA lineman on his way home from a storm call used four or five tourniquets across two patients. The pocket-carried ETQ was the first one he reached. | Fishers, IN | CIV+ | Survived |
| 07 | July 23, 2023 | Attempted SuicideAn officer applied an ETQ to a brachial bleed with visible arterial spray. | Fresno, CA | LEO | Survived |
| 08 | August 6, 2023 | Varicose Vein BleedAn ETQ applied three inches distal to a CAT for significant blood loss from a varicose vein. | Wentzville, MO | LEO | Survived |
| 09 | August 28, 2023 | Camping LacerationAn officer's department-issued tourniquet was pulled off in brush en route. The ETQ stashed in his plate carrier achieved arterial occlusion. | Rhode Island | LEO | Survived |
| 10 | December 20, 2023 | Officer-Involved ShootingA deputy was shot twice while attempting an arrest. His partner applied an ETQ Wide from a holster carry and a second tourniquet to the other limb. | Adams County, CO | LEO | Survived |
| 11 | February 2, 2024 | Upper Extremity LacerationA driver stopped for a man bleeding at the roadside in San Antonio and applied the ETQ Wide he keeps in his truck. | Texas | CIV | Survived |
| 12 | 2025 | Angle Grinder Wrist LacerationA deputy replaced an improvised T-shirt tourniquet with an ETQ. Flight-medic staff linked the speed of deployment to the patient surviving. | Rural eastern Idaho | LEO | Survived |
| 13 | 2025 | Pediatric Arm LacerationA nine-year-old with an arterial bleed from a broken mason jar, and a 45-minute transport with the tourniquet in place. | Grand Rapids, MI | CIV+ | Survived |
| 14 | February 13, 2026 | Severe Thigh LacerationA barricaded incident with an arterial inner-thigh wound. The officer described it as the worst arterial bleed he had seen without total limb loss. | Generalised | LEO | Survived |
| 15 | March 7, 2026 | Right Forearm LacerationA suicidal subject barricaded in a bathroom for about 45 minutes. The officer took an ETQ from his IFAK and fastened it high on the arm. | Generalised | LEO | Transported |
| 16 | April 8, 2026 | Pediatric E-Bike CollisionAn e-bike hit a Suburban head-on. A civilian with a personal IFAK worked the tourniquet over an open fracture with exposed bone. | Generalised | CIV | Transported |
| 17 | 2026 | Ceramic Bowl LacerationA ceramic bowl shattered while doing dishes. The patient self-applied one-handed with the non-dominant hand. | Generalised | CIV | Survived, with complications |
| 18 | 2026 | Severe Wrist LacerationA 911 hang-up, an unresponsive male with a faint pulse, and a tourniquet followed by hemostatic gauze and direct pressure. | Generalised | LEO | Survived |