In an active-shooter or bombing MCI, EMS is held at the perimeter until the scene is secured — and uncontrolled hemorrhage kills in minutes, long before a medic reaches every patient. A single trained responder cannot be hands-on with seven bleeding casualties at once. Treatment capacity, not just treatment skill, is the constraint.
When there are seven down and EMS is still staging, how do you put a tourniquet on every one of them at once?
The ARK answers with distributed capability. Seven self-contained Casualty Throw Kits — each a SOF® Tourniquet, QuikClot Combat Gauze LE, compressed gauze, a marker, casualty mark, casualty tag, and gloves with a simple bi-lingual instruction card — can be handed or thrown to a casualty or a walking-wounded bystander to initiate bleeding control without a trained operator stopping to do it. The main compartment holds advanced supplies for the medic. This directly operationalizes the Hartford Consensus and TECC immediate-responder model — multiplying one responder into seven simultaneous interventions.
Engineered For Treatment Capacity
Seven Casualty Throw Kits
Pre-packed, individually sealed kits a responder can distribute on the move — each enabling bystander-initiated hemorrhage control on one casualty.
Eleven SOF® Tourniquets Total
Seven staged in throw kits plus four in the main bag — enough extremity hemorrhage control for a seven-casualty incident, with reserves for the operator.
Hartford Consensus / TECC Model
Built around the validated immediate-responder doctrine: empower whoever is closest to stop the bleed before EMS reaches the casualty.
Advanced Operator Supplies
OLAES® Modular Bandages (4″ and 6″), a BLAST® junctional bandage, QuikClot Combat Gauze LE, petrolatum gauze, trauma shears, and provider gloves for the trained medic.
Bi-Lingual, Bystander-Usable
Each throw kit carries a simple instruction card so a minimally trained bystander works the correct intervention first — casualty marking and tagging support handoff to rescue teams.
Stages Without Impeding The Element
Multi-compartment layout lets an embedded medic distribute throw kits while retaining advanced gear in side pockets — the kit moves with a clearing element instead of slowing it.
Complete Contents
Main Bag — Advanced Operator Supplies
- 1× Black ARK multi-compartment bag
- 4× SOF® Tourniquet
- 2× OLAES® Modular Bandage 4″ · 2× 6″
- 1× BLAST® Bandage (junctional/abdominal)
- 2× QuikClot Combat Gauze LE (CoTCCC-recommended)
- 2× Petrolatum Gauze · 2× 2″ Surgical Tape
- 2× Trauma Shears (7.25″) · 5 PR Defender Gloves
Each Throw Kit (7×, NYPD CT Config)
- 1× SOF® Tourniquet
- 1× QuikClot Combat Gauze LE · 1× Compressed Gauze
- 1× Marker · 1× Casualty Mark
- 1× TacMed Combat Casualty Tag (TCCC triage)
- 1 PR Defender Gloves · Bi-lingual instruction card
The Kit Is The System
The ARK’s power is doctrine made physical: it pre-stages the immediate-responder model so the layout itself extends one trained responder across a mass-casualty scene. That force-multiplier only materializes with a program behind it — responders briefed on throw-kit distribution, bystander direction, casualty marking, and handoff. Field the kit, train the protocol, and a single officer becomes seven simultaneous tourniquets.
Who Fields It
Law Enforcement & Counterterrorism Units — patrol, SWAT, and CT teams operating where EMS access is delayed by an active threat.
Agency MCI Programs — a deployable seven-casualty capability to position in a vehicle, lobby, or rally point.
School & Venue Security — pre-staged hemorrhage control for active-threat and bombing scenarios in public spaces.
Tactical Medics — an embedded distribution platform that supports a clearing element without impeding it.
Build The Response Program
The ARK is the team-level layer — pair it across the program:
The ARK, Up Close
Multiply One Responder Into Seven
Agency-grade ARK configured to NYPD Counterterrorism Unit specification, shipped from a clinician-founded, veteran-led team.
Key Specifications
| Vendor | Tactical Medical Solutions® (TacMed™) |
| SKU | ARK-NYPDCT |
| Configuration | NYPD Counterterrorism Unit specification |
| Dimensions | 23″ L × 15″ W × 7.5″ D |
| Weight | 9.5 lb (fully loaded) |
| Throw Kits | 7× pre-packed Casualty Throw Kits |
| Tourniquets (total) | 11× SOF® Tourniquet (4 main + 7 throw kits) |
| Hemostatic Gauze | 2× QuikClot Combat Gauze LE (main) + 7× (throw kits) |
| Bag Color | Black |
Product reviewed by Dr. Marco R. Torres, MD — Founder & CEO, MED-TAC International Corp.
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All products sourced from the actual brand manufacturer or authorized master distributors. CoTCCC recommendation status verified where applicable. Ships from MED-TAC International, Pembroke Pines, FL — clinician-founded, veteran-led, SDVOSB-certified.
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