New & Improved
The new and improved ARS™ for Needle Decompression from North American Rescue®, Inc is the result of two-year collaboration with Tactical Health Care Professionals worldwide. Through this effort, NAR has been able to identify, develop, test and deliver a product that has a direct correlation to decreasing the 2nd leading cause of potentially preventable combat death. ARS™ was designed using Evidenced Based Medicine and Human Factor Engineering, which takes into consideration intuitive and survival stress behaviors. This allows us to build in fail-safe characteristics into the product design.

Special Features:

Rugged Needle/Catheter Protective Tube

Easy ID Textured Twist Top

Flash Chamber Cap Removed for Immediate Confirmation

Patent Pending

References:

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