USMC Combat Lifesaver Kit

CoTCCC recommendation applies to the C-A-T® tourniquet, QuikClot® Combat Gauze XL, the ARS® needle decompression device and the vented seal in each HyFin® combo pack. It does not extend to the airways, the compressed gauze, the ETDs, the burn dressing or the splint. Note that each USMC HyFin® combo pack holds one vented and one standard seal, so the recommendation attaches to half the seals in the kit. Provider scope: the ARS® devices and both airway adjuncts are for trained personnel operating within their own scope of practice and local protocols, and the ARS® is restricted to sale by or on the order of a licensed practitioner. The loadout is built to cover all four life threats at two-to-four-casualty depth — hemorrhage, airway, chest and burns — with documentation and a rescue hook for cut-away. The consumable contents of this bag are sold separately as the USMC CLS Resupply Kit, which mirrors this manifest one-for-one minus the bag.

USMC Combat Lifesavers issued this platform as their squad-level casualty-care capability · Other-service CLS programmes using the loadout as a benchmark for what a lifesaver bag should hold · Unit medical planners standardizing squad-level casualty care against a known, sourced configuration · Training cadres teaching to the bag their students will actually carry.

Two to four casualties is the honest number, and it is set by the tourniquets and the seals rather than by the volume of gauze. Airway adjuncts and needle decompression require training and scope-of-practice authorization — a CLS-qualified Marine is not automatically authorized for every item in the bag, and that distinction belongs in the unit brief, not in a moment of decision.