title: Special Operations individual medical equipment: part I--the major trauma kit.
abstract: Special Operations Forces (SOF) Operators need a variety of individual medical items that can generally be broken down into three types of medical kits: a major trauma kit, to treat major traumatic wounds; an in-use medical kit, to prevent or treat anticipated common medical conditions during operations; and a survival medical kit, to treat minor injuries and ailments when in a survival/evasion situation.
authors.forename: Dirk
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Geers
mesh_terms: D000488:Allied Health Personnel; D001458:Bandages; D002404:Catheterization; D004867:Equipment Design; D005392:First Aid / Q000295:instrumentation*; D005440:Fluid Therapy / Q000295:instrumentation; D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000295:instrumentation; D008887:Military Medicine / Q000295:instrumentation*; D014111:Tourniquets; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000628:therapy*