Looking for a new medical kit

[goldenbeagle]

Here is a kit I have at home and work. Good kit....comes with everything and the bag offers room to add more.

http://www2.mooremedical.com/index.c...tail&PID=17583

[John E]

I wasn't trying to be rude with my earlier comments but sticking a cric needle in someone isn't in any way normal first aid, it's practicing medicine without a license and can KILL someone if done improperly.

Apparently it's becoming the norm to buy battlefield trauma gear on the web and carry it around "just in case" now. Given the odds of the average person coming across a gunshot victim vs someone needing a bandaid it seems kinda silly to me and I do EMS for a living.

Planning for a worst case scenario is great, planning for the much likelier to happen incident is smarter and without coming across too snarky and bitter, if you're out and about and someone in your group needs a needle decomp alongside a trail somewhere, they're probably gonna die if you can't get them to definitive care quickly.

Tacodoc did a great job of trying to explain the realities of trauma in the field at the event up in Hollister last year. He has far more trauma experience than myself or the majority of anyone here and a much more realistic expectation of the outcome.

Having said that, everyone should be carrying and know how to use a decent first aid kit. Put some blood stopping gear in it including a combat tourniquet if you must and save the rest of the space for stuff you're far more likely to need.

[John E]

Here is a kit I have at home and work. Good kit....comes with everything and the bag offers room to add more.

http://www2.mooremedical.com/index.c...tail&PID=17583

Looks pretty good, little expensive but it's pretty complete. I'd add some antiseptic wipes to use to clean minor wounds. You can buy a box of 100 BZK wipes at McMaster-Carr for about 4 bucks. Alcohol wipes are only good for cleaning unbroken skin unless you like causing pain to your patient and they seem to dry out much faster than the antiseptic wipes do in my experience. I'd also throw in more gloves, nitrile instead of vinyl or latex.

[STREGA]

Sand splint or SAM splint? You have a good point about having qualified people around.

Remote Medical is who I buy my supplies from. Easy website to find and order what I want.

I meant SAM splint, I'am suffering from a head cold right now.

[Dennis David]

I agree. Stick with 4 x 4s and direct pressure. I might add some OTC supplies like aspirin, ibuprofen, benadryl, glucose, moleskin, insect repellent w/DEET, sun screen and Tecnu.