The Bug Out Bag

The personal trauma Kit is a must have for all individual operators on a team. All combat soldiers and security/LE professionals should be trained to use their trauma kit and have it with them. The bug out bag is something that is designed for squad level operation or a team of up to 12 men. The Bag must include everything in the personal trauma kit multiplied by the number of team members, regardless of team members individual kits. Additional equipment is as follows:

• Large Pressure dressing X 6
• IV fluid sets in .5 liter bags X 6
• IV tube sets X10
• IV needles of 18G X 10
• Bone injection Gun
• Bag Valve Mask
• AMBO Bag
• Intubation Kit with tubes and laryngoscope
• Morphine
• Epinephrin
• Lidocane
• 10cc Needles for administration
• Alcohol prep pads
• Iodine
• Pack of Gauze pads
• vain tourniquet
• Fresh water X liters
• Anti Nausea
• Epi Pen
• Inhaler
• Chemical Ice Pack X 3
• Burn Blanket
• Eye irrigation kit
• Ace bandages X 6
• Sun Screen
• Deet
• Disinfectant spray or Neosporin
• Aspirin/Tylenol extra strength
• Non latex gloves X 50
• Face Shield X 10
• Power bars X 6

 Although some of the equipment needs special training, such a trained person should be on your crew. A trauma nurse, paramedic, MD or similar should be responsible and carry the pack in the field. Team medic is the second most important man in the crew after the team leader. Happy hunting.

Mr. Machine is a veteran of the Israeli counter-terrorism unit Duvedevan. He is author of Israeli Security Concepts (CreateSpace, 2010) and provides security consultation and training (counterterrorwarfare.com).