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CALL Newsletter 04-13 Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) CAAT II Initial Impressions Report (IIR)

Observation Synopsis

The one-compartment medic bags in use by most field medical units do not organize emergency medical supplies well. Supplies often come in different sizes and different packaging from the various vendors. The aid bag does not have sufficient divided compartments to separate supplies needed for different types of traumas. Medical personnel are spending their personal funds to purchase commercially available medical bags, at significant expense, to replace the issue bags which do not meet their mission requirements.

Lessons Learned

• Many very competent medics, especially special operations medics by observation, have replaced the standard issue bag with commercially purchased bags.

DOTMLPF Implications

Materiel: AMC should replace the current medic aid bags with commercially purchased medical bags, specifically the type offered by BlackHawk Industries (or equivalent manufacturer) in a backpack form with several compartments.

Table of Supporting Observations

Table of Contents

Chapter 4-Topic F-Subtopic 11: Personal Protection (Weapons) for Medics

Chapter 4-Topic F-Subtopic 13: Forward Litter Ambulance (FLA) Utilization on the Battlefield in OIF