A mass-casualty incident in a school — active violence, structural emergency, or natural disaster — can produce dozens of casualties in minutes. Standard first aid kits, and even institutional trauma kits, can't address that scale or that geographic spread.
What puts bleeding-control capacity everywhere casualties might fall?
The School Mass Crisis Incident Kit provides 40 individual aid kits — each capable of treating bleeding from penetrating and traumatic injury — in a single system that pre-positions throughout a school building. This distributed model keeps bleeding-control supplies within reach no matter where casualties occur, from a first-floor classroom to a top-floor corridor. Each aid kit pairs the essential items to control life-threatening hemorrhage with just-in-time pictorial instructions, so even staff and students without medical training can render aid while EMS navigates to the scene. The approach reflects national bleeding-control doctrine endorsed by the American College of Surgeons and adopted by FEMA and DHS: immediate bystander intervention within the first three to five minutes is the single greatest predictor of survival from hemorrhagic trauma.
Why This System
40-Casualty Capacity
Forty individual aid kits for forty simultaneous bleeding casualties.
Distributed Deployment
Pre-position aid kits per wing or floor — supplies are always close.
Layperson-Usable
Just-in-time pictorial instructions let untrained staff and students render aid.
Doctrine-Aligned
Built on ACS-endorsed bleeding-control principles adopted by FEMA and DHS.
The 3-Minute Window
A person with severe arterial bleeding can lose consciousness in minutes and die before professional responders reach them. EMS arrival in a large school during an active incident is rarely measured in seconds. The decisive intervention — direct pressure, wound packing, a tourniquet — falls to whoever is already in the room. Pre-positioned aid kits with clear pictorial guidance convert bystanders into immediate responders, which is the entire point of a distributed school cache.
Who Fields It
K-12 schools & districts — building-wide distributed cache
Colleges & universities — lecture halls, dorms, large venues
Large assembly venues — auditoriums, gyms, event spaces
Build The Program
The System, Up Close
Bleeding Control, Building-Wide.
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Specifications
| Manufacturer | North American Rescue |
| SKU | 85-0411 |
| Aid Kit Count | 40 individual aid kits |
| Casualty Capacity | 40 simultaneous casualties |
| Deployment Context | Classrooms, cafeterias, auditoriums, hallways, gymnasiums |
| Application | School mass-casualty incident, active-violence, large-venue event response |
When To Use It
- context: School active-threat incident — pre-positioned kit gives teachers, coaches, and first responders immediate access to bleeding control before EMS arrival.
- context: Mass casualty triage staging — multiple kits positioned at rally points enable first responders to immediately address multiple casualties with life-saving interventions.
- context: SRO first response — school resource officer uses the crisis kit as a supplement to their individual kit for treating additional casualties in a multi-victim scenario.
- context: Faculty/staff ALICE or ALERRT training — crisis kit integrated into faculty response training so non-medical personnel can initiate hemorrhage control.
How It Compares
School Crisis Kit vs. basic Stop The Bleed kit: A basic STB kit covers tourniquet and gauze only; the School Mass Crisis Kit adds chest injury management and additional casualty supplies for a multi-victim incident. See bleeding control stations.
School Crisis Kit vs. SRO Individual Response Kit: The SRO kit is personal carry for one officer, one casualty; the School Crisis Kit is multi-casualty staged equipment for an entire school incident. Both should be present in a comprehensive school safety program. See law enforcement.
Crisis kit vs. AED cabinet pairing: Pairing the crisis kit with the school AED cabinet ensures a complete cardiac and trauma response capability in the same location. See IFAK kits.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q: Is the School Mass Crisis Incident Kit CoTCCC-recommended?
A: The kit is built around CoTCCC-recommended components for the three leading preventable causes of traumatic death in active-threat incidents: hemorrhage (tourniquet, gauze), tension pneumothorax (chest seal), and airway obstruction. It is designed for school-incident response using civilian and TCCC hemorrhage control protocols.
Q: What training is required to use the School Mass Crisis Incident Kit?
A: Minimum: Stop The Bleed or Bleeding Control Basics for tourniquet and gauze. Chest seal application and ARS needle decompression require TCCC-level provider training. The kit is designed so that even minimally-trained responders can initiate life-saving hemorrhage control immediately.
Q: How many casualties can this kit treat?
A: The multi-casualty configuration provides supplies for treating multiple casualties with hemorrhage control and chest injuries. Specific quantities are detailed in the product listing; verify kit contents before deployment.
Q: What is the NSN or procurement path for the School Crisis Kit?
A: Available through MED-TAC International directly. Schools and agencies may use FEMA Homeland Security grants, state LE funding, or Homeland Security cooperative purchasing agreements to procure this kit.
Q: Where should the School Crisis Kit be staged?
A: Stage in visible, easily-accessible locations: main office, gymnasium, near AED cabinet, and in areas with highest occupancy. Follow ALICE, ALERRT, or district-specific crisis response staging guidelines.
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All products sourced direct from North American Rescue. CoTCCC recommendation status verified where applicable. Ships from MED-TAC International, Pembroke Pines, FL — clinician-founded, veteran-led, SDVOSB-certified.
| Specification | Value |
|---|---|
| Width | 20 Inches |
| Length | 10 Inches |
| Height | 10 Inches |
| Weight | 16.5 Lbs. |
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