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Medical Trauma Kits – Save Lives and Prevent Further Injury
Conflicts around the world have created demand for CBRNergetics’ medical packs, trauma kits, and IFAK.To get more news about hemostatic combat gauze, you can visit rusuntacmed.com official website.
Providing equipment that saves lives and prevents injury is a major responsibility. We produce bespoke medical trauma packs that meet trauma needs for troops in the field.
Hazardous missions such as EOD, IEDD, and C-IED require medical and trauma equipment that can save lives in the event of a casualty. CBRNergetics have created a series of medical kits that can be rapidly employed by forces executing these challenging missions.
United Nations (UNOPS) forces have diverse requirements at their varied locations. We have created bespoke medical packs, trauma kits, and individual first aid kits (IFAK) to meet demanding requirements of UN Forces.We continue to display dynamism and versatility by developing new and innovative products that enable military and police forces to achieve operational results.
There are two versions of the IFAK in widespread use today. The only real difference between the two is the type of pouch used; the contents of the IFAK are basically the same. The first pouch, made by Special Operations Technologies (S.O.TECH), is the zippered style with an internal mesh pocket to secure the contents. I have seen it issued with a leg panel if you wish to wear it as a sub-load off a belt. The second version is the new Improved IFAK, which is a smaller pouch equipped with a pull-out panel. I think the pull-out panel is a major improvement; like my old team SOP of pulling everything out at once, the panel is much better in that it allows you to pull out everything at once and lay out all your items, as opposed to just reaching in a pouch and dumping all the contents out in a loose pile. With the panel, everything is together and organized. This also addresses another issue I have found with pouches that only have the internal bands holding everything; they can be a hassle trying to get stuff out. Since everything is secured in the pouch, it can be difficult sometimes to get to just one item and pull it out quickly. This can be made worse if it’s a low-light/no-light situation and you’re wearing gloves. You end up wasting time fishing around in the pouch trying to get what you need. Although the SO Tech version unzips to where the whole pouch folds out, with a pull out panel, you have everything you need right there in front of you at once.In addition to an IFAK, having another tourniquet on the front of your kit is a good SOP. A good technique is to have a tourniquet on the front of your kit where you can reach it with either hand. That way, if one arm is down, you can still get to it. To answer the question of how we would treat ourselves if our IFAKs were on our backs, our SOP was to have a few items within easy access on the front of our kit. I like to carry two additional tourniquets in the front, one for me and if need be, the other to treat someone without having to go to an IFAK. Blue Force Gear (BFG) makes a good single tourniquet holder that weaves into MOLLE webbing and only costs around $5.00. In addition, I keep multiple dressings on the front my kit. A popular set-up is putting dressings in the folds of the shoulder pads of body armor. If your kit has side plate pockets, they are great places to store Asherman or Bolin chest seals; the plate pockets hold them nice and flat, and you can have one on each side so you can use either hand to get to one.