Haven group, small and affordable. They fit inside a trauma plate pocket on consealable vest. They have one SWAT T two inclusive bandages and four yards of gauze. Other products can be added by request. While they don’t have a cat T I believe it is a trade for being able to carry it with you at all times. Call Scott Oldham ASAP tomorrow he is a good dude. Good luck and be safe. \m/ !
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http://www.lightfighter.net/topic/aar-patrol-med-kit-by-the-haven-group
As a deputy assigned to a housing unit task force I spend a lot of time on foot patrol in public housing complexes. I may leave my car in one location and be on foot for periods of time and not have the luxury of using my patrol car as place to store gear. So I need the essentials of patrol work on hand. Some on my team already carried one tourniquet on their person. And my agency provides one large med kit but it is so big it cannot be carried on your person. And if you do happen to be in your car when things get nasty the pack is so big that you will have to dedicate one hand just to carry it. This creates several obvious issues if one is involved in a gun fight. So it would seem clear that a small kit that does not sacrifice the basics is necessary. During my search for the above mentioned med kit I remembered reading a review of med kit made by Haven Group which could be stored inside an m4 mag pouch. I did a little more research and found they had one that would fit inside trauma plate pocket of soft armor vest.
I received my med kit on the first week of August and I was immediate impressed with the slim packaging of the med kit. The pack is encased in a Mylar type material and the contents are about 7” long with a width of 4 ½ “. The entire pack is about 9” by 5 ½”. It includes one swat tourniquet, 2 occlusive dressings, and 4.1 yards of gauze. I wore the kit my first day in class A uniform to court and no one noticed and was surprised when I told them about it and that I was wearing it. My ADC didn’t even notice when I was in his office later that day. I was also told the pack would diminish in size by another 10-15% with use. After wearing it for a day I began to wonder “what if I take a round to the chest and the pack is shot.” I referred this question to Scott Oldman with Haven Group and this is the response I received.
“ The SWAT T is, frankly, about the most rugged TQ you are gonna find. We have shot it, stabbed it and frozen it. It, the entire Pak, has been thrown out of aircraft several thousand feet up and it has survived. According to some folks who do the whole underwater thing, it remains sealed down further than I would be comfortable.
In answer to your specific question, the SWAT T will take quite a beating and remain functional. We have shot a bunch of them with everything from 5.56, 7,62 NATO and 7.62 x 39 and found that it has had no problems. One SWAT T ate 4 .380 rounds and remained functional for several months worth of courses until finally to much of it gave way for it to remain functional, Interestingly it stopped 3 of the 4 rounds fired into it (it was still in the package and folded).
So far the only thing that we can get to shred it sufficiently with one or two rounds to tear it beyond functionality is buck/bird shot. It will usually eat one round of buck/bird but not anything beyond as there are just to many projectiles impacting it.
This question comes up a lot due to the intended placement of the Pak but in the end it is not as much worry as most would believe.
One thing, while the SWAT T is designed as a TQ mainly it has a lot of other uses including being used as part of an improvised pressure dressing, an improvised chest/abdominal seal and others as well as being the TQ.
Everything else in the Pak is likewise mostly bullet resistant as it can take impacts and remain functional-just don’t put the 'hole (in the occlusive dressing) over the hole (in the body)”
I was very impressed with this response and placement became a non-issue after reading this. Everyone at my agency has also been very impressed with the sleek design of the pack while still not scarifying the basics needed to stabilize a co-worker. The vest I wore the pack in is made by second chance. I only wear one additional soft plate in the trauma pocket. I did wear a hard plate insert which did cause a minor bump in my uniform but it still remained unnoticeable if one was not already looking for the bulge.
Anyway I just wanted to but the word out there for these kits as several Deputies/Officers have told me they were looking for a similar pack. Sorry I don’t have any pictures as my computer is not uploading currently. I will see if I can get some soon.