for clarification the lower part is ukrainian kit the upper part russian kit , the Russian one came with tourniquet and several tampon nothing more . but honestly i can understand those thing that look like airway , but you are trained for providing first aid what's your idea about the kit . tracheal tube ? fat chance any of those soldier can put it in place , i could not put it properly at first year of my emergency medicine course even at 3 year i failed sometimes and had to use more invasive measures like tracheotomy and they supposed to put it without laryngoscope , they at least could give them a combitube that can be put in place blindly and latter check which route is in trachea , by the way do you knew what is in those closed aluminium bags ? hemostat ? specially that nasal airway honestly i don't trust it with normal people who don't knew its contraindication
somebody on reddit described the content of both kit
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Again, you are using a doctor point of view on frontline medical need.
As I pointed out before. The goal for a combat medic is to keep that person alive until he/she can reach medical care, forget about treating him/her on site, forget about finding permanent fix, the role for Combat Medic is not to play doctor, it is sustained life until that person can be looked at. So doctor in the rear can save him/her.
Which mean Medic primarily focus is ABC, Airway, Breathing and Circulation, because that is the basic to keep a person alive. For a combat medic, it's basically IV, and patch hole. You keep that guy breathing, try to stop the bleeding, and keep the fluid float coming. That way he/she can last til some see them. That is why in the field, you would use torniquet to shut off an arm circulation in order to save someone from bleeding, even if that mean he/she will lose the arm.
Which mean an IFAK kit would basically gear toward treating ABC and nothing else. So conventionally, you will have Gauze, Torniquet, Clotting Agent, IV needle, Scissors and Morphine or Opioid.
If you look at the Russian kit, it has what? A belt that acted mostly as Torniquet and roll of bandage/gauze a menu and some whip? It didn't even come with the scissor to cut the gauze; now well would you think that would work in frontline situation?? You are there to perform live saving operation, can you save life on that issue? You said you were a doctor? You tell me. Can you stop bleeding and keep airway open on those issue?
Also, Medic is trained extensively on tracheal tube by the way, because that guaranteed the continue flowing of air and circulation.