The Downed Officer Kit Training program was presented by the WNJ Trauma Department and Director/Surgeon Dr. Kenton Schrank, along with Amy Coffman and Breanna Pratt, on April 28 to VAPD officers ...

I got a chance to get my hands on Phokus Research Group's alternative to the sometimes bulky Individual First Aid Kits combat troops wear on their body armor vests. I saw the Sons Trauma Kit last ...

The Military health system is already deploying virtual healthcare capabilities that allow specialists to provide remote consultation to battlefield medics.

The U.S. Army Medical Materiel Agency will soon begin fielding a new 12-pound portable oxygen generator that will drastically reduce logistical issues related to oxygen supply for patient care in ...

The Army is now issuing the Individual First Aid Kit II, a more complete kit that includes more trauma gear, a new eye shield and a more streamlined pouch.

Jun 7, 2022 - MIAMI - Today, RTS Tactical launches their new rapid deploy IFAK, a comprehensive medical kit outfitted with cutting-edge components designed for injuries in the field.

The Los Angeles police commission approved 8,000 first-aid trauma kits for officers that could be used to treat their own or others' gunshot wounds in active-shooter situations.

The Oxnard Police Department will be the first law enforcement agency in Ventura County to provide trauma kits to its officers.

The trauma kits include a tourniquet, wound packing gauze, a space blanket, trauma shears, an instructional manual, gloves and a marker. They'll be around Wrigley Field to help in case someone is ...

Trauma Care--Translating Military Lessons Learned to the Civilian Sector By Steven Galvan, U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research Public Affairs August 21, 2014 ...

The military has been carrying first aid kits ever since I can remember and they have only gotten better as the equipment, products, and ability to be able to sustain human life have gotten better.

The technique caught on with military surgeons, many of whom who had trained in civilian trauma centers, and was swiftly refined under wartime conditions.