About Pocket Litter
Designed by a Green Beret for the first minutes
Pocket Litter exists to solve one problem: the stretcher is critical, and it is almost never where the casualty is. The company makes one product, and makes it to do that one job well.
The inventor
Otis McGregor
Otis McGregor served 25 years in the U.S. Army and retired as a Special Forces (Green Beret) Lieutenant Colonel. He holds a BS in Engineering Technology from Texas A&M University and an MA in International Affairs from the Naval Postgraduate School.
In special operations, a stretcher is one of the most important pieces of medical gear a team has. It is also heavy and bulky, so it gets cached at the objective rally point or left back at the vehicle. When someone goes down, the stretcher is somewhere else. The first move happens by hand.
The Pocket Litter is his answer, protected by U.S. Patent No. 12,364,633: a stretcher small enough to carry in a cargo pocket, fast enough to deploy under stress, and stiff enough to support the spine while one person moves a casualty out of danger.
Otis also founded Tribe and Purpose, where he develops leaders for founders, CEOs and their teams. He lives in Colorado.
What we believe
Three rules behind the design
If it's not carried, it doesn't exist
The best litter in the world does nothing from the back of the truck. Weight and size decide whether gear is there when it counts.
Protect the spine on the first move
The first move is often the roughest. A drag by the arms or collar gives the spine nothing. Stiffeners and a hub do.
Know the job, and the limits
It gets the casualty to the full litter. It is not a full litter, a rope system or a substitute for training.
Family of companies
Pocket Litter and Tribe and Purpose
Pocket Litter is its own company with its own mission. It shares a founder, and a way of working, with Tribe and Purpose: mission first, people always.