text: In reply to message50135: Here's a list of my zones requirements for IFak: feel free to steal... You will need:1: A pouch marked with a red cross to be fitted to your carrier or belt. It is not too be buried in your pack.2: a blood type patch on your person ( if you don't know yours, Amazon sells the kit to do it yourself)3: A CAT tourniquet (preferably 2, remember 2 is one and 1 is none) The TQ should be a quality device, Recon and NAR are the only ones I will endorse. It is your life on the line don't cheap out. Also NO RATS tourniquets... If you're looking to do extra damage and continue to bleed out by all means toss a RATS on, but keep it out of your IFak! 4: A sharpie... Used to write the time on the TQ if you can and to write any urgent med info on the skin of the wounded. 5: 2 Chest seals. Self explanatory, get yourself a few good commercial chest seals. Also don't forget what we can use in a pinch for improvised chest seals if we run out of or damage the commercial ones.6: Israeli bandage or a pressure dressing. Used to keep pressure on a wound after packing. 7: Gauze, a few small rolls should be kept to pack wounds that can't be stopped with a TQ. 8: Full size trauma shears. For removing clothing to expose an injury. (Can be secured to your gear or in the ifak).The purpose of this is to standardize the contents of our ifaks and make it easier for any member to treat traumatic injuries on you if you become incapacitated. Anything extra is only going to add confusion in a seconds count stressed situation where the simplest task can go to hell in a hand basket. Band aids, medication and the such go in your pack or a separate boo boo bag and I can't emphasize that enough. REMEMBER YOUR IFAK IS FOR YOU! Their ifak is for them. Your medic should be carrying extras of all this and probably more.