Attending the Advanced Law Enforcement Rapid Response Training (ALERRT) Conference in San Marcos, TX, we visited with a number of different department members who stated they were keenly aware of the need for all officers to have some sort of Self Aid / Buddy Aid kit when entering the hot zone. However, current department cutbacks made it cost prohibitive to look at even the most basic trauma kits that Rescue Essentials offers for individual patrol officers. We went to work with the team to come up with an affordable IFAK in order to solve this problem. After multiple rounds of modifications based on input from NTOA members who tested the kit, we landed on the Patrol Officer Pocket Trauma Kit (POPTK).
The Patrol Officer Pocket Trauma Kit includes:
1 SWAT-T® Tourniquet
1 Z-Fold Dressing
1 Pair Nitrile Gloves
1 Duct Tape, 36"
Optional holster can be purchased separately here >>
The SWAT-T® is a cost efficient and effective tourniquet, especially in a buddy aid situation. When combined with the Z-fold dressing that can be packed into a penetrating injury, the SWAT-T does double duty as a very impressive compression bandage, and duct tape provides the ability to hold dressings or even improvised chest seals. These items come vacuum packed and can be easily and quickly removed, allowing rapid treatment.
It is no longer necessary to send officers into the hot zone without the simplest of tools to save their life, or the life of their fellow officer.
Dimensions: 3.75"W x 5"H x 2"D (vacuum sealed)
Weight: 6.5 oz
To ensure best quality and timely delivery, we may substitute items in our kits and modules with products of equal or better quality.
Dimensions: 3.75" H x 5" W x 2" D
Weight: 6.5 oz
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3.5 stars: Pocket? No. Pouch, maybe.
They're clear about what this product is and isn't. It's bare-bones, but that's what makes it affordable. There are better products available but at more than twice the price. This thing fills a definite need. As we saw in Boston, you never know when you might need to take care of yourself or someone else until help can get to you. But this product is not quite portable enough to carry around with you. The product information doesn't include dimensions, so here it is: Mine was 4"x4"x2-1/8" -- a bit thick for a pocket. I put it in my back pocket and couldn't sit comfortably on it. I opened it up and saw the problem: the SWAT tourniquet is rolled up with the duct tape wrapped around it. I folded the SWAT flat and rolled the tape up and tucked the whole thing into a quart ziplock bag; it now measures 4"x6"x1-1/4" and is much more comfortable in the pocket. (Of course, that's not as durable as the vacuum sealed package.) I think the length could be reduced to 5-1/2" or so with a little work on the gauze. My point is they could make it much easier to carry with just a little re-arranging (they should probably fold the tape flat, too). The site doesn't let you give half stars, and I debated on how to rate this. It's a four star product at best simply because of what it is. Making me operate on it -- which costs me the vacuum packaging -- has to cost them something, so I'm putting it at 3 stars, though I'd prefer to make it 3-1/2.
