First Aid kits

[Troublco]

I have the same kit Jerry does in my truck. For home, I have a full blown EMT bag that came loaded, and then I tossed in extras. I also have two surplus hard-cased GI first aid kits, one in the house and one in the truck along with the larger bag.

[jerrymrc]

A couple more things. A friend of mine is a SF-PA used to be a medic with 3 tours of the sand box under his belt. A couple of his points. Forget the sutures just buy a damn stapler. Hydrogen peroxide, Buy lots, Irrigate the hell out of wound with it.

He also agreed that the bag celox is better than granular kind (mentioned something about trying to get it into a wound with a 50mph sandstorm going) and always have one of the syringe types on hand as well.

[Irving]

I think an important thing to have in this thread (but try not to derail it) is to cover where to learn how to use all this stuff. I could shoot myself in the leg while in a fully functional, but deserted, hospital and I'd still die. I can use bandaids and neosporin.

[jerrymrc]

I think an important thing to have in this thread (but try not to derail it) is to cover where to learn how to use all this stuff. I could shoot myself in the leg while in a fully functional, but deserted, hospital and I'd still die. I can use bandaids and neosporin.

I was going to mention that. I am not an EMT or nurse. I spent two years in night school thinking I wanted to be a nurse but found out equipment does not talk back.

5 years in a MASH with 3 deployments and a year in the sand box means you get cross trained in a hurry. On top of that our Hospital has all kinds of courses that are mandatory for the patient care staff but optional for the rest of us.

There are courses that you can take.

[jerrymrc]

For people in Denver. $55 get's your foot in the door for training.

http://www.coloradosafety.org/index....chk=1&Itemid=2

[Beprepared]

Don't forget what many of us have in quantity under our roof/car thanks to the wives, MAXI pads and TAMPONs! Throw in some gauze and your a lot farther that you thought.

[Mtn.man]

Whiskey and Iodine.

[7.62x39(4)life]

to treat trauma I would add "Israeli", "izzy" emergency bandage, since it can be used as a primary secondary dressing and a tourniquet. (learn how to use this piece of gear)


As far as hemostatics(quickclot celox wouldstat) go (LEARN HOW AND WHEN TO USE)

quickclot and Celox are both fine... for my kit I have gone with Celox because it is able to be broken down by the body into glucose.

The granules can be problematic in the wind or if the patient is not lying down.

for my kit I have the celox gauze so I can pack the wound.
quickclot also make a gauze.

Sponge /dissovable bags are the other good option as well as the celox aplicator syringe mentioned above.