First Responder Bag with Foldable Drag Litter (FLDS)

6:8 Medical Solutions · Aid Bag + Casualty Evacuation System

Most responder bags end their usefulness the moment the patient has to leave the spot where they fell. This one doesn't. The 6:8 Medical Solutions First Responder Bag ships with the Foldable Drag Litter System (FLDS) included — a 20 × 12 × 6 in aid bag paired with a rigid-base casualty platform that stores at 18 × 10 × 1.5 in and opens to a full 78 in. Eight carry handles, four G-hook restraint straps, an integrated drag strap, and a wipe-clean rubberized top over an ABS underside. Manufacturer-rated to 300 lb.

The tourniquet is on. The airway is managed. Now the patient is still in the ditch, the stairwell, the treeline, or the hot zone — and the rigid litter is racked on apparatus that hasn't arrived. This is the seam where prehospital care routinely fails: not in the treatment, but in the movement afterward.

If you had to move a casualty right now, using only what you carried in — could you?

This system answers that question in the affirmative before the call comes in. The aid bag carries your protocol. The included FLDS gives you a deployable extraction platform in the same load — no second trip to the vehicle, no improvised drag, no waiting on a carry team that may not exist. Unfold, load, run the four straps, and either drag the casualty out alone or put up to eight hands on the handles and carry.

Know The Rating Before You Need It

The FLDS carries a manufacturer-stated maximum load of 300 lb. That is a real ceiling and we are not going to bury it in a spec table. A 300 lb rating covers the majority of adult casualties. It does not cover a large patient in full kit, and it does not cover bariatric evacuation. If your response profile includes armored patrol officers in plates, firefighters in structural gear, or bariatric transport, spec a higher-rated rigid platform for those calls and carry this system as your rapid, always-present option. Match the platform to the load — that decision belongs in the planning phase, not in the stairwell.

Stage It Before You Need It

The extraction plan you didn't stock is the one you'll improvise under stress. Put treatment and casualty movement in the same bag now. Shipped from a clinician-founded, veteran-led team.

When to Choose the First Responder Bag with FLDS

• You Respond Away From The Truck — Tactical entries, wildland, trailheads, industrial interiors, and campus interiors where the distance between the patient and the vehicle is the actual problem.
• Solo Or Two-Person Response — The integrated drag strap and rigid base let one rescuer move a secured casualty without waiting for a carry team to assemble.
• You Are Replacing A Bag Anyway — Buying the aid bag and litter as a system is a cleaner build than bolting an extraction platform onto a bag that was never designed to carry one.
• Rough Or Wheel-Hostile Terrain — Gravel, grass, mud, stairs, and rubble where a wheeled cot or stair chair stops working and a soft drag sheet snags.
• High-Visibility Response Roles — The Rescue Orange colorway is the correct call for SAR, ski patrol, marine, and disaster-response teams that need the kit found fast in low light or clutter.

First Responder Bag with FLDS vs. The Alternatives

• vs. Buying Bag And Litter Separately — The separate route gives you free choice of bag and a higher-capacity litter if you need one. This system gives you both in one SKU, one shipment, and one purchase order — which matters when you are outfitting a team rather than an individual.
• vs. The M11 Modular Medical Aid Bag — The M11 is the more heavily engineered bag: patented interlock organization, clamshell workspace, four exterior tourniquet holders. But its drag-litter pocket ships empty. Choose the M11 when internal organization is the priority; choose this system when you want the extraction platform in the box.
• vs. Rigid Folding Litters (TALON II class) — Full rigid litters offer higher load ratings and true two-person carry ergonomics, at several times the price and a footprint that lives on apparatus. This is the always-with-you option, not the ambulance-grade replacement.
• vs. Roll-Up Rescue Stretchers (Sked class) — Roll-up systems are purpose-built for technical, confined-space, and high-angle rigging with vertical hoist capability. The FLDS does not do rigging. If your mission is rope rescue, buy the rigging platform.

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: Is the drag litter actually included, or is it an add-on?

A: Included. One First Responder Bag and one Foldable Drag Litter (FLDS) ship together as a single system under part number FRB-FL. You are not buying a bag with an empty litter pocket.

Q: Does it come with medical supplies?

A: No. The bag ships empty and is loaded to your own protocol, scope of practice, and agency formulary. Tourniquets, hemostatic dressings, chest seals, airways, and hypothermia management are sold separately.

Q: What is the maximum patient weight?

A: 300 lb, manufacturer-stated, for the FLDS litter. That covers most adult casualties but not a large patient in body armor or structural firefighting gear, and not bariatric transport. Spec a higher-rated rigid platform for those profiles.

Q: Can one person drag a casualty with it?

A: Yes — that is what the integrated drag strap and rigid ABS underside are for. Secure the casualty with all four G-hook straps before dragging, and pull along the long axis of the litter so the load tracks straight rather than yawing.

Q: Does the litter provide spinal immobilization?

A: No. The FLDS is a casualty transport and extraction platform, not a spinal immobilization device. The rigid base provides a supportive, non-conforming surface, but it is not a substitute for a long spine board, vacuum mattress, or your agency's immobilization protocol.

Q: How is the litter cleaned between uses?

A: The rubberized top surface is non-porous and wipes down with your agency's approved surface disinfectant. Follow your organization's bloodborne pathogen and equipment decontamination policy for contact time and documentation.

Q: Which colorway should a team standardize on?

A: Black and Olive Drab Green for low-visibility tactical and military use, Multicam Green where the rest of the kit is patterned, and Rescue Orange where the priority is finding the bag fast — SAR, ski patrol, marine, disaster response, and MCI caches.

Q: Can this be quoted for agency, GSA, or international procurement?

A: Yes. MED-TAC International is an SDVOSB supporting agency, GSA, and international B2B procurement. Contact us for a formal quote with volume pricing and standardized colorways across a team buy.