Designed specifically for airborne troops, but also distributed to non-Airborne units, the parachute first-aid packet was a rubber-lined canvas pouch fitted with two canvas ties that allowed the packet to be fitted to a paratrooper in a variety of ways.

Contents of the packet included:

• 1 Small dressing or bandage
• 1 Field tourniquet
• 1 Morphine Syrette
• 1 Instruction sheet
• (Sulfa power?)

Two common locations for placing the parachute first-aid packet were the front of the helmet and the upper chest.

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