The Platinum Ten Minutes Start in Your Vehicle.
Professional-grade vehicle medical systems — headrest, door panel, trunk, and under-seat — designed for the gap between crash and EMS arrival. Medical SME Veteran-Led.
Your vehicle is the first medical platform on scene.
Fatal Hemorrhage
Femoral artery hemorrhage is fatal in under 5 minutes.
Urban EMS
Average response time.
Rural EMS
Average response time. (40% of US traffic fatalities occur in rural areas, housing only 20% of population).
Rural Hospital Decline
Since 2010 — transit times increased 4.7 min, mortality up 17%.
Pre-Hospital Fatalities
Uncontrolled bleeding is the #1 preventable cause of pre-hospital trauma death (35%). Between 33% and 56% of all trauma fatalities occur prior to reaching a hospital.
"WHERE DOES THE KIT GO?" VEHICLE MOUNT POSITIONS
Headrest
Fastest access. Within driver/passenger reach. Quick-detach pull design transitions from vehicle to person seamlessly. Best for patrol, daily commuters, and families.
Recommended Options
Door Panel
Slim-profile, always accessible, does not interfere with vehicle egress. Best for patrol cruisers, fleet sedans, and school buses.
Recommended Options
Center Console / Under-Seat
Concealed, rapid pull-strap extraction. Single-handed blind deployment. Best for executive protection, undercover ops, and personal vehicles.
Recommended Options
Trunk / Cargo
Comprehensive loadout for multi-casualty and extended care. High capacity. Best for supervisors, apparatus, and workplace fleet trucks.
Recommended Options
MOLLE / Seat-Back
Modular, scales with mission complexity. Add/remove pouches without remounting. Best for overlanders, tactical vehicles, and multi-role platforms.
Recommended Options
PRODUCT TIERS BY READINESS LEVEL
Tier 1 — Individual Carry ($35-$110)
Pouches and basic kits for personal vehicles and daily drivers. Target demographic: Family, civilian, office commuter.
Tier 2 — Duty Vehicle ($105-$300)
Full trauma kits with MARCH-organized contents. Includes Tourniquets, chest seals, hemostatic gauze, pressure dressings. Target demographic: LEO, SRO, firefighter, EMS, workplace fleet.
Tier 3 — Apparatus / Fleet ($100-$160+)
Multi-casualty capacity, extended care components, color-coded organization. Target demographic: Fire apparatus, school nurse station, fleet standardization.
COMPLIANCE & REGULATORY
Understanding federal and state requirements for vehicle medical kits ensures legal compliance and operational readiness.
Download the Vehicle Medical Compliance GuideOSHA 29 CFR 1910.151
"Adequate first aid supplies readily available" — under federal OSHA policy, any vehicle operated for business purposes is legally an extension of the workplace.
ANSI/ISEA Z308.1-2021 Class B
Mandatory for higher-risk fleet vehicles (utility trucks, transport fleets, construction). Requires windlass-style tourniquet AND padded splint. Class A is insufficient for fleet use.
29 CFR 1910.266 (Logging)
A legally binding government checklist for transport vehicles — must carry specific items including splints, triangular bandages, resuscitation masks, trauma dressings.
29 CFR 1926.50 (Construction)
Kits must be in weatherproof Type III or IV containers with individually sealed packages.
School Bus Transport
States like PA and IL expressly require separate Body Fluid Clean-Up kits; CA Title 13 mandates unit-count by pupil seating capacity.
Federal Grant Funding Resources
FEMA AFG (fire/EMS apparatus gear), DOJ Byrne JAG (LE vehicle-mounted emergency gear without specialized waivers), DOJ COPS TEP (officer survival equipment), USDA Community Facilities (rural town loans/grants).
WARNING: The Risk of Counterfeit Medical Devices
- Validated tactical medicine tests show generic marketplace knockoff windlass tourniquets have a 50% failure rate under operational tension.
- Failure Modes: Plastic windlasses snap under load, sewing seams rip open, resulting in catastrophic failure to occlude blood flow.
- Beware of counterfeit components in pre-packed "vehicle first aid kits" sold heavily on Amazon and big-box retailers.
- How to Verify: Genuine CAT Gen 7 tourniquets have 7 specific authentication features (red tip, white time strap, windlass stitching pattern). SOFTT-W has a distinct metal windlass and aluminum carabiner clip.
MED-TAC is an authorized US distributor for applicable products — every tourniquet ships with factory authentication.
Your life is not worth the $8 savings.
EVACUATION & EXTRACTION FROM VEHICLES
What to utilize when a patient needs to be removed quickly and safely from a damaged vehicle.
Tier A — Rapid Drag (Under $60)
Pull the patient from the vehicle to safety.
Tier B — Structural Extrication ($70-$85)
Remove pinned or trapped patients utilizing controlled mechanical advantage.
Tier C — Multi-Patient / Apparatus ($70-$900+)
Full litters for apparatus-mounted and mass casualty scenarios.
