Great video man! I'm a medic in the Canadian army and work with a light infantry battalion. I always try and preach to my guys to bring their own boo boo kit for minor cuts/scrapes and bring some common over the counter drugs. There's no way I can carry enough meds or boo boo items for every dude in a platoon and quite frankly I shouldn't have to. Up here we use the foxtrot litter which is a much better litter then the soft one you showcased but if that's all you got then that's all you got. Pro tip with the litter, put an issued laundry bag inside the litter to act as a casualty effects bag. All the clothing and equipment you're taking off the dude can go in the bag and will make it 1000x easier to carry. Great stuff as always.
Another well thought through video. The mark of a combat leader is one who cares for his troops both in training and operations. You cannot rely on always having a medic with a fully equipped bag. All training should be with full equipment, as for operations. Be prepared. Train hard fight easy. Try buddy carrying a casualty through the bush for 30 km in the heat and you will realize the value of a litter. In South Africa, all issued personal groundsheets were designed to be used as a litter as well. However they did not have a built in mylar cover. Individual olive green mylar blankets were however available. Well done!!! Greetings from a former operational infantry officer bush war veteran from South Africa.
Thanks for video but i watch it with my breakfast tomorrow, but ı know this is a great video like others so thank you (and ı wanna say some thing, my country we cant buy 5.56 or other military semi auto rifles only huntin rifles and they are toooo expensive but ı think medical thing important as a shooting skill, maybe ı cant buy a rifle or a pistol a loong time but ı can buy IFAK o another medical think, that's why this video is so important and useful for people like me, so maybe ı can save some ones life one day, thank you :) btw sory for my bad language
I'm glad we're going away from Skedcos. I get it, they can be hoisted from the air and have that capability, but damn if they don't absolutely suck to carry around in the woods. Source: Have humped Skedcos in 3 different major terrain types: Desert (wasn't bad). Alpine Forest (mostly bad). Swamps (fuck you it was so bad)
It's surprising to hear a grunt speak on medical. Usually they don't care to learn or plan in that realm. Tubular nylon is another option for carrying someone and it's much cheaper. Spiritus has a great video on it.
It is 100% our realm, and it’s completely ignorant to not train or plan for casualties. Tube nylon is pretty cool for sure, but I definitely prefer the pole-less litter just because of the ease of use/ease of training case
@@williamwimmer5473 only thing is i only found out about the buddy strap on accident on a shop. I tried to look up reviews on it but nothing. Only the videos from agilite
@@TheGruntPerspective its a cool concept but i just question if it is a good piece of gear that you can rely on. If you ever get it and test, would be nice to see a vid on it
I assume it most likely would work to carry someone. But the Mylar blanket on the inside is the big ticket thing in my opinion. When people lose large amounts of blood their body is often no longer able to regulate temperature and they go into hypothermia.
I’m sure there is but I don’t know it. www.ebay.com/itm/295240652009?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=lwnto2g9Slu&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=sz7QCSafTxS&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY That’s a link where you could buy one though
