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Anyone here put together their own first aid kit?
Posted on 12/20/17 at 1:02 pm
Posted on 12/20/17 at 1:02 pm
Looking to put together a general kit but maybe slightly more geared towards taking to the range.
What are the must-haves?
What are the must-haves?
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Posted on 12/20/17 at 1:16 pm to upgrayedd
few bandaids.
This post was edited on 12/20/17 at 2:46 pm
Posted on 12/20/17 at 1:31 pm to Chad504boy
+Couple rolls of gauze and tape
Posted on 12/20/17 at 1:32 pm to upgrayedd
I keep a couple band aids in my wallet.
Posted on 12/20/17 at 1:32 pm to upgrayedd
check out army/navy surplus stores for field medic kits, good starting place, comes with case.
Posted on 12/20/17 at 1:44 pm to Duckhammer_77
I’ve been looking at adventure medical kits to keep in the boat. They seem to have good reviews.
Posted on 12/20/17 at 2:38 pm to bigbuckdj
Yep.
Duct tape and a bottle of whiskey.
Duct tape and a bottle of whiskey.
Posted on 12/20/17 at 2:47 pm to Chad504boy
+1 on the tourniquet.
"Israeli" pressure bandage & chest seal would also be handy for certain types of gunshot wounds.
Pressure Bandage
Chest seal
"Israeli" pressure bandage & chest seal would also be handy for certain types of gunshot wounds.
Pressure Bandage
Chest seal
Posted on 12/20/17 at 2:51 pm to upgrayedd
Sanitary napkins. The individually wrapped ones. 100% sterile and very absorbent. I don't have a single box without them.
Posted on 12/20/17 at 2:56 pm to dawg23
the most important thing to remember is to stop shooting people! 
Posted on 12/20/17 at 2:59 pm to convertedtiger
I keep a kit in my hunting bag, every vehicle and in the boat. The car kits are pretty large that I took a commercial home kit and added to, mainly added larger bandages and good tape / gauze. The kit in the boat has things mainly for sprains (watersports) and the kit in my backpack is mainly to stop bleeding and shock - so gauze pads, bandages and space blankets.
Posted on 12/20/17 at 3:00 pm to upgrayedd
I just buy one from Academy or Lowe’s
Posted on 12/20/17 at 8:17 pm to convertedtiger
quote:
Sanitary napkins. The individually wrapped ones. 100% sterile and very absorbent. I don't have a single box without them.
You may want to research this some. A sanitary napkin is made to absorb liquid, ie blood. All that will do is keep you clean and not stop the bleeding. The absorption of the blood will actually work against the clotting process. Your goal should be to stop the bleeding and not simply absorb the blood.
The sanitary napkin sounds good but in reality might work against your goal of saving a life by stopping life threatening hemorrhage.
Posted on 12/20/17 at 10:38 pm to upgrayedd
Read the Boy Scout Handbook.
Posted on 12/21/17 at 7:22 am to zuluboudreaux
quote:
ou may want to research this some. A sanitary napkin is made to absorb liquid, ie blood.
I have researched. While you are correct, in a sense, there are a wide variety of uses for them in your bag. Keeping a wound clean after a burn. Used as a cold compress. As padding for a compression bandage for a sprain. Covering a large would AFTER it has been packed with gauze to help in compression. etc..
Posted on 12/21/17 at 7:35 am to upgrayedd
Posted on 12/21/17 at 7:52 am to upgrayedd
I was a combat medic in The Army.way back Years ago.
Here's what I always try to have in my truck: duct tape,heavy sterile gauze(packaged menstrual Pads work well),for pressure dressings,sucking chest wounds.Alcohol,peroxide,Iodine,antihistimine,antibiotic ointment, of some sort. A Turkey basting syringe ( if you use it backwards,it's good for draining snake bites),Cable(wire) ties..you can use them with wood or metal slats to make splints,to immobilize broken legs and such and even restricting bands for snake bites.
Knowledge of CPR is probably the best thing you can have with you.
There is a thing called An oral pharyngeal (spelling is wrong for sure) airway. Its a surgical plastic pipe,that inserts through the mouth,directly into the windpipe,so you don't really have to do mouth to mouth.
And a big dead blow hammer,for any stupid frick that catches the clap.
Calm attitude. Ingenuity. Faith and hope in God.
Here's what I always try to have in my truck: duct tape,heavy sterile gauze(packaged menstrual Pads work well),for pressure dressings,sucking chest wounds.Alcohol,peroxide,Iodine,antihistimine,antibiotic ointment, of some sort. A Turkey basting syringe ( if you use it backwards,it's good for draining snake bites),Cable(wire) ties..you can use them with wood or metal slats to make splints,to immobilize broken legs and such and even restricting bands for snake bites.
Knowledge of CPR is probably the best thing you can have with you.
There is a thing called An oral pharyngeal (spelling is wrong for sure) airway. Its a surgical plastic pipe,that inserts through the mouth,directly into the windpipe,so you don't really have to do mouth to mouth.
And a big dead blow hammer,for any stupid frick that catches the clap.
Calm attitude. Ingenuity. Faith and hope in God.
This post was edited on 12/21/17 at 11:30 am
Posted on 12/21/17 at 10:40 am to auggie
1.alcohol
2. iodine
3 gauze
4.tape
5.exacto knife
6. epi pen
7. know CPR.
8. drop dead communication device if you are out of cell range..
9. KNOWING your exact location.. ie 300 yards south south west of section 120 boat launch....NOT i'm to the right of the boat launch by the green and blue camp.
10.duck tape,
11. a loud whistle.
12.. .make damn sure someone knows exactly where you are and when you will return.. and has a reasonable knowledge of your route in.
13.. a flask with good stuff in it.. if im gonna go down.... I want to at least enjoy the show...
I know someone well that suffered a compound fracture in his lower leg walking out of a timber hole in Kentucky.. he sat for 4 hours and could not move to get to his phone which he dropped when he fell.. his wife called him till his battery died. so find my phone would not work... .. eventually his wife called one of his friends.. showed him a pic from the hunt.. friend knew right where he was... brought green jeans and sheriff fetched him... cold freezing rain came in later that night.. he would not have survived that...
2. iodine
3 gauze
4.tape
5.exacto knife
6. epi pen
7. know CPR.
8. drop dead communication device if you are out of cell range..
9. KNOWING your exact location.. ie 300 yards south south west of section 120 boat launch....NOT i'm to the right of the boat launch by the green and blue camp.
10.duck tape,
11. a loud whistle.
12.. .make damn sure someone knows exactly where you are and when you will return.. and has a reasonable knowledge of your route in.
13.. a flask with good stuff in it.. if im gonna go down.... I want to at least enjoy the show...
I know someone well that suffered a compound fracture in his lower leg walking out of a timber hole in Kentucky.. he sat for 4 hours and could not move to get to his phone which he dropped when he fell.. his wife called him till his battery died. so find my phone would not work... .. eventually his wife called one of his friends.. showed him a pic from the hunt.. friend knew right where he was... brought green jeans and sheriff fetched him... cold freezing rain came in later that night.. he would not have survived that...
This post was edited on 12/21/17 at 10:41 am
Posted on 12/21/17 at 12:03 pm to choupiquesushi
The communication nowadays,is probably the best thing we have.
In the old days,you had a decision: Do I stay here and keep him alive as long as I can,or run for real help,while I know,it's going to take time,and he will bleed out.
In the old days,you had a decision: Do I stay here and keep him alive as long as I can,or run for real help,while I know,it's going to take time,and he will bleed out.
Posted on 12/21/17 at 1:49 pm to Chad504boy
quote:Yeah, when I read the thread title, I was thinking cuts and scrapes, etc. Not gunshots.
he most important thing to remember is to stop shooting people!
I have a kit that I put together, Neosporin, big bandaids, gauze rolls and gauze sponges. Some betadine scrubber things, disposable razor, skin prep, but the most used thing in it is the ibuprofen.
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