I recently reviewed the U.S. Special Operations Command combat casualty findings and recommendations which focused on the combat medic lessons learned from the Mogadishu operation in 1993.
I thought a thread might be appropriate on improvised equipment that can be used for movement of non-ambulatory patients, types of equipment preassembled that can be worn on your gear to improve your fellow soldiers chances of removing you from a exposed position once wounded, or recommended techniques or equipment needed for draggin or carrying fellow soldiers out of the line of fire,etc ?
I will start it off..
One technique recommened for use during urban operations is to keep a snap linc tied to a length of chord in your gear. If wounded, still in directed fire zone from the enenmy, and unable to move to cover under your own power, you could clip the the snap linc to your own gear and the line can be thrown to a fellow soldier( who has taken cover). The fellow soldier can then drag you out of direct enemy fire without exposing himself to it from his protected position.
Other ideas?
