# Answers

### When providing “buddy aid,” should you use your JFAK or the casualty’s JFAK?

- The casualty’s JFAK

### What is the most important life-saving item in the JFAK?

- Tourniquet

### When should medications and medical-grade equipment be replaced in the JFAK?

- All medications and medical-grade items should be replaced if expired or the expiration date is before your expected deployment timeframe.
- Items such as tourniquets do not have an expiration date, but the device may have been replaced by a new generation of the device with improvements. You should seek to replace with newer-generation items, if possible.