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also bought other businesses in the medical surviv- ability industry, including a company that makes body armor and another that builds high-fidelity manikins that simulate human bodies during trauma situations.
“Everything we do is in the area of equipping, training or protecting,” Johnson said. “Our goal is to improve survivability and minimize preventable death.”
Another way TacMed has grown is through more widespread use.
“We were solely a defense medical contractor for a number of years but it’s really pushed off the battlefield and into the civilian world,” he said. “Seven of the top 10 police departments in the country use our tourniquets; every police officer in the state of New York is issued our tourniquet and they probably save one person a week using our product. We are the primary tourniquet for the American Red Cross; they use our product to train bleeding control.”
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Aside from TacMed Solutions, Johnson also invests in other companies and has real estate holdings. His family has expanded to three children – two college age daughters and a toddler son – with a second son due in January.
Using business aviation
While making frequent trips to the initial factory was the impetus for Johnson’s entry into business aviation, use of the company aircraft has mirrored the growth of TacMed.
The company, still headquartered in Anderson, South Carolina, now has three other primary operations fa- cilities in Georgia, Texas and California. In addition to transporting employees between locations in the eastern half of the U.S., the company aircraft takes TacMed staff to industry events and meetings with suppliers, distributors and customers; brings critical suppliers on- site when needed; and is used when evaluating potential
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