The Army's New Individual First Aid Kit

The Army's IFAK—Individual First Aid Kit—used to be built into a SAW ammo pouch. This was a terrible solution as the pouch would continually get caught on other equipment—not what you want in a fire-fight. But no longer! The US military has just overhauled this life-saving accessory.To get more news about ifak kit, you can visit rusuntacmed.com official website.

Seated on the hip, the old-style IFAK was "just kind of a brick on your side that gets in the way of everything," said Rich Landry, Product Manager of Soldier Clothing and Individual Equipment, at NSSC. To correct this, Army engineers completely revamped the design of the kit, allowing it to be carried on the small of the back. In addition to the new position's advantage of fitting under the soldier's backpack and being more easily accessible, it packs more supplies as well—including two combat tourniquets compared to the typical single compression bandage.
Every soldier in a theater of operations carries an IFAK. They're built for use as a first response kit and typically include a tourniquet, gloves, bandages, gauze and other necessities to keep a soldier alive until medics reach him. Despite the new kits being in development for less than a quarter, they have already been approved by Army brass and should be shipping to the front lines of Afghanistan and other trouble areas very shortly. [US Army via Medgadget]