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Mystery Ranch’s RATS pack is designed as a frontline medic bag with every detail focused on quick, one-handed access to organized medical supplies. The RATS features multiple trauma shears and tourniquet holders throughout and large reinforced handles for hanging the pack on branches or inside helicopters. It’s sized so when mounted on the NICE frame, there is room below the pack for carrying litter or hydraulic combi tools.
Internally, the RATS features four removable pockets with clear vinyl windows and two IV bag pockets. An internal trash pocket allows the wearer to keep track of items used. Two internal sleeves allow for storage of splints and other long items. The removable Bolstered Ventilation and Stability (BVS) system optimizes the pack for uses with or without body armor. The back panel of the RATS stores a closed-cell foam pad to insulate patients from the ground.
See it at SOMA booth #101.
www.mysteryranch.com/military/military-medical-packs/rats-pack
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You know, I dont usually care about the packs that are constantly coming out because they all seem the same to me, I dont know if I’m just thinking old school but usually I feel that a pack is a pack and Alice is fine for me. But the forethought and innovation that these guys have put into this perticular product excites me and I can see many uses for it besides as a medic pack. I for one would love to use this bag for my bug out kit. Being able to separate everything without having to empty an entire box of ziploc is a good start.
Well, I just looked at the cost. Looks lie Alice is still my girl.
I think the organization in this pack looks really good. If you have time, you can dig into the pack for equipment that takes time to use (like setting up an IV) but the shears, TQ’s, combat gauze, and tape are stored securely close to the outside. Nice!
@Craig: Probably because it’s not meant for you. Like you said, it’s meant for medics who carry the pack to deal with casualties as quickly and efficiently as possible. Not for bugging out. There are better alternatives for bug out bags both functionally and price wise. I’m pretty sure there are other packs out there with velcro pouches that you can use for organization.
Also, this is my take on prices posted by companies like Mystery Ranch and LBT and others like them: They make great products and occasionally some of them are good for civilians too. But their main market is still MIL/LE. Their prices factor in development costs for a specific kind of customer and also rely on government budgets to afford them. For a niche item like this, I think they could care less about an individual civilian’s opinion of the price.
I’ve used packs like these in EMS (although less emphasis on battlefield trauma, more on medical like civvy EMS sees) and they’re similarly expensive because they’re designed well and made for purchase by EMS, Fire, and Police Departments who can afford them. I would never bother trying to buy one for myself because I have no need. When in my civilian life am I going to need to carry around large amounts of medical supplies capable of treating multiple injuries? I carry a small medical kit on my own person and I’ll probably try to stock a larger kit in my car in the future but I’ll never need the capacity nor the specific tools carried in these larger packs.