Trauma & First Aid Boating Kit

Everything in Basic, plus:

• Bleeding Control Dressing — the advanced hemostatic component for this version, for wounds not controlled by plain gauze and direct pressure

Everything in Basic, plus:

• Celox™ Gauze — the advanced hemostatic component for this version, for packing junctional and deep extremity wounds · CoTCCC-recommended

Contents are identical across the three case colors; the color selects the case only. Inspect the kit after every use, replace expended or expired items, and re-inspect after any immersion event or compromise of case integrity.

Recreational boaters who need USCG-compliant first aid that also covers life-threatening bleeding · Sport fishing and charter operations dealing with hook wounds, prop strikes and crush injuries far from a dock · Vessel safety and fleet programs that color-code cases to an existing safety-equipment scheme · Marine law enforcement and USCG Auxiliary keeping a boat-dedicated trauma kit separate from the survival kit so supplies are not consumed by routine use.

A vessel-staged kit is not an IFAK. It holds higher-capacity supplies for treating more than one person aboard, and it stays with the boat rather than on the body. Tourniquet application, wound packing and chest-seal placement all require training; the hemostatic versions in particular assume a responder who has been taught to pack a wound. MED-TAC recommends accredited bleeding-control training for anyone who runs offshore with this kit aboard.