High Threat Extraction: Defining the Need
From the remote mountains of Afghanistan to urban environments around the world, today’s tactical environments have seen an increasing push toward small, specialized teams that often operate without the direct support of conventional resources.
When a team member becomes a casualty, the ability to provide immediate medical treatment is critical, but the time it takes to provide effective casualty care is significantly increased when the team remains actively engaged in a firefight.
Because care under fire is limited and often inadequate, freedom of movement and the ability to rapidly transition from care under fire to tactical field care is critical to providing life saving treatment. A high-threat extraction device allows an operator or medic to perform a hands-free extraction while retaining the ability to effectively employ a weapon and establish a base of fire, thus facilitating casualty movement.
