Med Kits

Look at Solatac. His kits are about exactly what you’re looking for.

And he's a Louisiana baw making these things in Louisiana.

Impregnated gauze
Israeli bandages
Chest seals
Ace wrap
Gauze pads
Roll splint
Emergency blanket
Gloves
Trauma shears
Various types of tapes/wraps

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Besides the tourniquets,

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People put WAY too much time and energy into thinking things that are a very low order of probability of happening vs things that are likely to happen. While a gunshot would isn't beyond the realm of possibility, what's most likely to happen at your hunting camp? Insect stings and bites, cuts and abrasions, sunburn, sprains and bruises.

Build a kit around those things. You don't need to spend $50 on a couple of tourniquets if you have a belt or $2.00 bandana and a ink pen.

In addition to the bug out bags we keep in each of our cars, we have one of these in each of them. If your 30 mins from civilization, this should get you through 99% of the situations you'll run up against.

Here's an Amazon link, but we got it much cheaper at Sams Club

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While a gunshot would isn't beyond the realm of possibility, what's most likely to happen at your hunting camp? Insect stings and bites, cuts and abrasions, sunburn, sprains and bruises.

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If I get stung by a wasp and don't have a med kit with me....no big deal. If I get shot and don't have a med kit with me....much bigger deal.

I understand your point. I keep a med kit in my car to deal with minor injuries, scrapes, etc. My kit that I take with me hunting has life saving equipment in case shite goes really bad.

If you're looking at NAR tourniquets you may as well hop over to NARs website and look at their kit compositions. They have some great kits you can look at for ideas on what to put together for your own or just grab one of theirs.

My kit:
israeli bandage
gloves (2 pair)
shears
2 x tourniquets
survival blanket
rolled gauze
gauze pads
1 lg, 1 sm burn dressing
sealed doses of ibuprofin/tylennol
quickclot
tape
moleskin
a few different sizes of tegaderm(can do more than just dress wounds with it)

Everything not water resistent out of the box I sealed using my vacuum sealer and precut for easy access.

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But you lose me when you say your preparation for a serious incident, is to improvise.

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That really wasn't what I was trying to say, but re-reading it, I can see where it could be interpreted that way.

What I was getting at is an allocation of resources question. Where do you get the best bang for your buck with regards to life saving and first aid supplies/resources? Since the OP has since stated that they have the small things covered, we can jump on to talking about more sever/catastrophic injuries.

In my mind, and all the training I've ever received says a tourniquet is a life for limb situations. In the limited first aid training/certification I've gotten (yearly 8 hour course through work), tourniquets should only be applied by trained medical professionals. Why? Because they are trained and experienced in assessing what is a life threatening wound (Not to say that others couldn't make that assessment in any particular situation). I guess it just bugs me that so many people put purpose built ones in their Med kits (never to be used) when you can improvise one out of any number of things that could have a dual or multiple use. It's not been mentioned, but size and weight with a med/first aid kit is an issue. If it's too big/heavy people won't take it with them in the woods. If you don't take it with you, it won't do you any good when the $HTF.

In reality, and for my $$ I think I would rather spend money on haemostatic dressings rather than a fancy tourniquet. Why? Because tourniquets can only be used on an arterial bleed to the limbs. Haemostatic dressings can be applied everywhere including wounds to the head and torso.

But this is just my opinion, and yours (and everyone else's) is good too. I appreciate other perspectives....

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Here are my two cents that aren't worth much, but figured I'd try to contribute. A legit tourniquet (not a knock-off brand from Amazon) should be in every med kit that is around guns. I'm not a trauma doctor, but I do teach Stop the Bleed classes several times a year. You don't want to rely on a belt or tampon to stop an arterial bleed to an extremity. I keep a kit in my range bag and in my truck at all times. I'll bring my truck kit in my hunting bag while hunting. Main components for penetrating injuries are tourniquet, QuikClot dressings, chest seals and various pressure wraps and gauze. It also has ancillaries like a snake bite kit, medications, splint, survival blanket, firestarter, etc.

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Very good points and well taken. Already reconsidering my choices...

Consider joining an air ambulance service.

Having a wife as a nurse helps