SURFERS RESCUE 24/7 TRAUMA KIT

This specialised kit has been designed in collaboration with Surfing NSW & TacMed for Boardriders and Beachgoers to rapidly deploy in the event of an Immediate, life-threatening trauma in an aquatic environment. The kit is small, lightweight, clearly labelled and designed to be deployed in the critical first few minutes after a major incident including:

 • Shark Attack

 • Watercraft Trauma

• Propeller & Surfboard Fin Strike

 • Drowning / near drowning

In addition to the Immediate Trauma / Bleeding Control equipment there are also multiple hypothermia blankets and equipment for fracture management, basic first aid (minor wounds) and a compact, vacuum sealed soft litter called the TacMed QuikLitter Lite which folds out and allows a PT to be carried off the beach to awaiting medical services.

 1. SOF-TQ Tourniquet (USA) by Tactical Medical Solutions

2. OLAES Modular Trauma Dressing (USA) by Tactical Medical Solutions

3. Quikclot Haemostatic Combat Gauze LE (USA) by zMedica / Teleflex

4. 15cm Trauma Shears (AUST) Aero Instruments

BLEEDING & TRAUMA

SOF-TQ ARTERIAL TOURNIQUET: Stop life threatening haemorrhage

OLAES 4” MODULAR TRAUMA BANDAGE: Applied directly to wound after tourniquet or for mild to moderate bleeding control

QUIKCLOT HAEAMOSTATIC GAUZE LE: Wound packing gauze / Kaolin promotes clotting (factor 12 of the coag cascade)

TRAUMA SHEARS: To remove wetsuit or clothing to access wounds.

SHARPIE + CASUALTY CARDS: Permanent marker + Patient Record

 GLOVES: PPE / Infection control

 15CM ROLLER BANDAGE: Stabilising Fracture or wounded limb

MINOR WOUNDS & HYPOTHERMIA

MINOR WOUNDS:  Contains a range of standard first aid kit items to treat minor injuries.

HYPOTHERMIA: Mortality rates increase substantially in PT’s suffering serious blood loss with concurrent HYPOTHERMIA, 3 x Hypothermia Blankets are included to cover and warm PT

REAR ZIPPERED COMPARTMENT

1 x 36” SAM Soft Splint Management of a Fractured Limb 2 x Calico Triangular Bandages Management of a Fractured Limb 1 x TacMed QuikLitter Lite Extrication of PT from beach.