This model of the BFG Helium Whisper BooBoo Pouch is exclusive to Austere Provisions Company. The Helium Whisper model is slightly larger than the standard model. This model is avalable in Coyote, Multicam, and Black and features a color matched loop patch so you can affix blood types, allergy warnings or just a simple red cross.
Natick Soldier Systems Center employee Rich Landry talks about the proposed replacement for the Individual First Aid Kit (IFAK) we wrote about last month.
We first saw the SpecOps.PL PRM-1 medical pack as part of an article on the BS-1 Combat Shirt but all we saw was the exterior. Here’s a shot of what;s going on inside.
The Army’s Medical Communications for Combat Casualty Care (MC4) Product Manager LTC William Geesey will receive the 2012 Federal Computer Week (FCW) Federal 100 Award, which recognizes government individuals for forward-thinking and vision in the federal information technology (IT) community. MC4 integrates, fields, trains and supports IT systems that allow deployable medical staff to document and track patient care, digitally manage medical supplies and conduct health surveillance in the combat zone.
The Army’s Program Executive Office, Enterprise Information Systems (PEO EIS), Fort Belvoir, VA, oversees the MC4 Product Management Office headquartered at Fort Detrick, MD.
In 2011, Geesey, who has served as MC4’s longest tenured product manager, led efforts to field an innovative technology solution to digitally connect remote Soldiers with mental health specialists in support of the Army’s suicide prevention campaign. This telehealth capability significantly improved Army mental health providers’ ability to conduct private, virtual medical consultations with at-risk Soldiers deployed to remote combat and forward operating bases. The Army surgeon general reported that 70 percent of Soldiers in Afghanistan and 89 percent of Soldiers in Iraq seen through MC4’s telehealth capability would not have received services otherwise. Since, the Army vice chief of staff has directed rapid expansion of the capability in Afghanistan.
“Telehealth is a capability that is enduring and has proven to be a valuable tool health care providers cannot live without on the battlefield,” Geesey said. “We’re going to continue to evolve this capability, using technology to extend the medical forces’ reach to Soldiers in need.”
To date, MC4 has equipped more than 85 garrison battalion aid stations resulting in the electronic capture and transmission of more than 79,000 patient encounters and the abandonment of inefficient paper-based practices, while enabling re-deployed units to continue to “train as you fight” on the MC4 system prior to deployment.
This is the third time MC4 has been honored with the Fed 100 Award, and the second time awarded to MC4’s product manager. Geesey will be one of four recipients featured in the March 30 edition of Federal Computer Week magazine.
For more information on MC4, visit www.mc4.army.mil.
The Tac Med Surgical Airway Kit – Hard Case is specifically designed to successfully establish and secure a surgical airway in any environment. Don’t let the “surgical” term in the name fool you into thinking this is intended solely for treatment facilities. Sure, it’s a great kit for clinical use, but it’s real forte is field use. That’s why all of the components are packed into a re-usable hard case that can double as a temporary sharps container or function as a drug box after the kit is used.
The case opens and lays flat creating a work surface while performing the procedure. The kit’s dimensions were based on a standard M-4 magazine pouch, allowing the kit to be stored in a pouch outside of the medics’ bag for rapid access. All components are sterile and ready to use so no time is wasted opening several packages to complete the procedure.
Contents Include:
– Tracheostomy tube (cuffed)
– Tac Med Trach Tool
– 3cc syringe
– Serpent hook
– Alcohol swabs
– Gloves
The full line of Tac Med Solutions products are available for agency and unit purchase through www.adsinc.com/tactical-medical-solutions.
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Here are some photos of the SPECOPS.PL BS-1 Combat Shirt in Pencott Badlands Camo. The sleeves are made from NYCO, torso from Polartec FR PowerDry material. The last 4 pictures are with their new PRM-1 pack in Coyote Brown.
Will Brink, the man behind Optimal SWAT has released a new book, ‘The Sports Supplement Bible.’ It covers over 60 supplement ingredients used to create many well known sports supplements. I’ve known Will for years and he has always been forthright and with over 20 years in the body building industry, he knows a thing or two on the subject.
Be sure to visit Will’s website for the book, www.sportssupplementbible.com where he talks about the book and shares several videos like the one above. So far it is available for Nook and Kindle and now hard-copy print version.
CTOMS informed us that they have recently established exclusive Canadian distribution agreements with both North American Rescue and North Coast Outfitters. These product lines together complement one other. North Coast Outfitters in particular, allows CTOMS to extend its offering up to comprehensive modular field medical treatment facilities. These just so happen to utilize NAR’s Talon II Litter platform. CTOMS is also working closely with North American Rescue to make some of their products available that have not previously been Health Canada Licensed and thus not legally available in Canada. These product lines strengthen and enhance CTOMS’s current product line, which already includes other lines like TacMed Solutions, Z-Medica and, of course, the CTOMS house brand products.
