The contents of this kit will be similar to the CMC aid bag but include additional items appropriate for the more advanced practitioner, including the equipment and medications needed for advanced airway management, rapid sequence induction and intubation, and other equipment specific to the individual provider’s experience and skill set. The specifics of advanced airway management and rapid sequence induction and intubation will be discussed in detail in a later module.

This review of the content of the various aid bags and kits is not intended to be a comprehensive listing of all equipment but rather highlights the varying equipment requirements of the kits needed to support the respective scopes of care of the different TCCC practitioners.

You can see from this fairly extensive list of potential equipment and supplies, the size and weight of the aid bag can easily exceed the capacity of any one warfighter, and consideration should be given to cross-leveling equipment and supplies among other members of the unit. For example, additional resuscitation fluids, dressings, etc., can be carried by teammates to make the load more manageable.