The Individual First Aid Kit (IFAK)

1. INDIVIDUAL FIRST AID KIT The Individual First Aid Kit (IFAK)

2. INDIVIDUAL FIRST AID KIT Facts • For every 10 Soldiers who die from battle injuries, nine never make it to a field hospital. Statistics reveal these nine Soldiers either bleed or choke to death from lack of immediate care. • About 50 percent of those who die on the battlefield bleed to death in minutes before they can be evacuated to an aid station. • Army leaders have realized the need for immediate care and are demanding new training for all Soldiers as the first to provide immediate life-saving aid to buddies. • The IFAK increases individual Soldier capabilities to provide Self-Aid/Buddy-Aid and provides interventions for two leading causes of death on the battlefield, severe hemorrhage and inadequate airway. These capabilities increase Soldier survivability during dispersed operations and the expandable pouch allows for METT-C specific add-ins”.

3. INDIVIDUAL FIRST AID KIT IFAK System Description & Introduction •Modular to MOLLE FLC, IBA, and ALICE •Increases Soldier survivability by improving capabilities to provide Self-Aid / Buddy-Aid (SABA), especially during disbursed operations •Provides the Soldier SABA interventions for the two leading causes of death on the battlefield: extremity hemorrhage and airway compromise •Requires training in the principles of Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TC3) to attain maximum effectiveness

4. MOLLE Pouch Stored Nasopharyngeal Airway (NPA) 2” Tape Exam Gloves (4) Kerlix Insert Trauma Dressing Coiled Retaining Lanyard Inserted Photos are NOT to scale IFAK Overview Combat Application Tourniquet (CAT)

5. INDIVIDUAL FIRST AID KIT Components of the Individual First Aid Kit (IFAK) • Nasopharyngeal airway (NPA) • Exam gloves (4) • 2-inch surgical tape • Trauma dressing • Kerlix • Combat application tourniquet (CAT) • Modular lightweight load-carrying equipment pouch with retaining lanyard

6. INDIVIDUAL FIRST AID KIT Nasopharyngeal Airway (NPA) • Maintain airway • The nasopharyngeal airway, also known as trumpets, is inserted through one nostril to create an air passage between the nose and the upper part of the nasal passages

7. INDIVIDUAL FIRST AID KIT Nasopharyngeal Airway (NPA)Continued

8. INDIVIDUAL FIRST AID KIT Exam Gloves • Reliable barrier protection against infection and contamination from bodily fluids (i.e. blood)

9. INDIVIDUAL FIRST AID KIT 2” Surgical Tape • Also known as medical tape • Pressure-sensitive adhesive tape used as a bandage to hold a dressing onto a wound. • Surgical tape is white because it contains zinc oxide, which is added to help prevent infections

10. INDIVIDUAL FIRST AID KIT Trauma Dressing • Also known as ‘Israeli Trauma Dressing’ • Bleeding/Hemorrhage Control

11. INDIVIDUAL FIRST AID KIT • Nine Steps to Apply the Israeli Bandage Properly • Remove the emergency trauma bandage package from the casualty's kit • Remove the bandage from the pouch • Place the pad (dressing) on the wound • Wrap the elastic bandage around the • wounded extremity • Insert the elastic bandage completely into • the pressure bar • Pull the elastic bandage back over the top of • the pressure bar, forcing the bar down onto the pad • Wrap the elastic bandage tightly over the • pressure bar • Continue to wrap the elastic bandage around • the limb so that all edges of the pad are • covered • Secure the hooking end of the closing bar into • the elastic bandage to secure the bandage

12. INDIVIDUAL FIRST AID KIT Kerlix • Hemorrhage Control • Gauze roll • Absorbent Material • Sterile, safe, and helps control bacterial growth in moist and dry wounds

13. INDIVIDUAL FIRST AID KIT Combat Application Tourniquet (CAT)

14. INDIVIDUAL FIRST AID KIT Combat Application Tourniquet (CAT) Step 1: Slide appendage through loop Step 2: Pull end of loop as tight as possible Step 3: Fasten hook/loop fastening system

15. INDIVIDUAL FIRST AID KIT Combat Application Tourniquet (CAT) Step 4: Twist cinching rod till blood flow stops

16. INDIVIDUAL FIRST AID KIT Combat Application Tourniquet (CAT) Step 5: Set rod into retaining clip

17. INDIVIDUAL FIRST AID KIT Combat Application Tourniquet (CAT) Step 6: Secure rod by folding down the hook- loop strap

18. INDIVIDUAL FIRST AID KIT Combat Application Tourniquet (CAT) • One Handed Use • Hemorrhage Control • Use on arterial and venous blood • For Moderate to Severe Bleeding only • For use on Extremities only

19. INDIVIDUAL FIRST AID KIT Modular Lightweight Load-Carrying Equipment Pouch

20. INDIVIDUAL FIRST AID KIT QUESTIONS?