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I get my stuff here and we have a setup a dealer thing for our club.

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First Aid Kits | First Aid Supplies

First aid kits and supplies hand-picked by first responders & medical pros that can actually save your life. Get equipped with the tools to always be safe. Now is the time to be prepared for anything.
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these are sorta new but seem way better then staples. ZZIPS | 2-Pack

I don't think I'd recommend just anyone messing around with a stapler. Or a nasal passageway. You sort have to know what your doing.
 
You gotta plan the use case for a kit. If you try and make it do everything it will get too large or complicated. Also consider trauma kits vs first aid kits.

If its going to be in an area where an ambolance isn't but a phone call away all you really need for trauma is a tourniquet, some Israeli or similar bandages and maybe a mask (tho current CPR doctrine says just compressions are enough/better than nothing). You arent going to be stapling skin, putting in an airway, etc before better qualified help arrives. But you are going to need a ton of bandaids, gauze pads, extra wound cleaning, painkillers, tummy meds, etc (in both child and adult versions if you have kids), cold packs, etc. Thats the stuff you will use most of the time, is for the small shit.

If you are going into the backcountry where the nearest help is a sat call and helicopter ride then you need the ability to stabilize the wound enough to work on transport or finding help. Sam splints saved groups I was in more than a couple times, lots of ace bandages. Then the painkiller qty and other stuff becomes less important, just a few basic sizes of bandaids, etc.

For backcountry I would highly recommend a sat device like a inreach or spot over some fancy medical gear. Getting help on the way is priority #1
 
I have a large waterproof kit from:
surviveware.com

First Aid Kits for Campers & Hikers - Surviveware

Surviveware supplies the best quality backpacking first aid kit for Camper, Hikers, travelers, and everybody; check reviews and buy this fantastic product.
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It's similar to mymedic just cheaper pricing. The kits are labeled and organized. I added a torniquet and some quick clot. Just checked and I'm expired on my first aid/cpr cert so thank you for the reminder.
 
kf4zht said:
You gotta plan the use case for a kit. If you try and make it do everything it will get too large or complicated. Also consider trauma kits vs first aid kits.

If its going to be in an area where an ambolance isn't but a phone call away all you really need for trauma is a tourniquet, some Israeli or similar bandages and maybe a mask (tho current CPR doctrine says just compressions are enough/better than nothing). You arent going to be stapling skin, putting in an airway, etc before better qualified help arrives. But you are going to need a ton of bandaids, gauze pads, extra wound cleaning, painkillers, tummy meds, etc (in both child and adult versions if you have kids), cold packs, etc. Thats the stuff you will use most of the time, is for the small shit.

If you are going into the backcountry where the nearest help is a sat call and helicopter ride then you need the ability to stabilize the wound enough to work on transport or finding help. Sam splints saved groups I was in more than a couple times, lots of ace bandages. Then the painkiller qty and other stuff becomes less important, just a few basic sizes of bandaids, etc.

For backcountry I would highly recommend a sat device like a inreach or spot over some fancy medical gear. Getting help on the way is priority #1
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agree, as well as to add there is a bunch of stuff in a major kit that expires and/or needs to be looked at with some regularity.

even shit like disposable gloves go bad when not stored well or looked after. any of that kind of stuff I don't particularly want to trust my life to it. easier to have some very basic things and then add if a specific trip is coming up or whatever.

GPS device is a pretty big step forward and does/would save many, many lives.
 
Keep in mind stuff expires, adhesives won't stick after a period of time especially if stored in a hot car or garage. Change that stuff out every two years on election day.
 
Post from the old site.

in case anyone was still interested in this kind of thing.
This is a bigger bag, full MOLEE coverage so it can be weaved into your gear or ziptied to a rig. Water resistant cordura nylon and built well. bag description:
Three internal pockets - two medium pockets w/velcro closures and one large mesh pocket with a velcro flap
The two main external sides features eight columns by four rows of Molle
Approximately 500 cubic inches
Shoulder Strap is included
Single drain on the bottom of the bag
Comfortable carry handle closes with velcro
Two high quality zippers

External Measurements
Height - 9"
Length - 14"
Depth - 4.75"

Size using a 24ox monster can
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Ok now for the kit.
Contains:
1 heavy duty emergency reflective blanket, NOT the cheap mylar crap.
SAM splint
large watergel burn bandage
2 SOF tourniquets
1 skin stapler
1 NAR N95 mask with 2 pair gloves (sealed)
1 pair black talon gloves loose
2 NAR 6" trauma bandages
2 quikclot gauze (expires in OCT, see end statement)
2 cravats
2 3" ace wraps
1 3" Coban wrap
2 rolls asst tape
1 compressed gauze
5 4x4 gauze pads
around 100+ assorted GOOD bandaids (knuckle/finger/normal/big)
tefla pads
triple antibiotic
betadine pads
FULL SIZE pocket mask
nasal airway
chest seal
14ga cath for general stabbing or needle decompression if you have that training.
1 pair GOOD trauma shears
1ea surgical scissors, tweezers, hemostats
2 folding razors (handy!)
LED flashlight
sharpie
chapstick
bug spray
sunblock


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Ok, disclaimers. Sorry the QuikClot expires so soon, but in reality if the vacuum is sealed it should be good for 2+ years over that date. Its dried kayolin, so there is nothing to go "bad". All the newer stuff I found would have added 40 bucks to the cost of the bag. If there is something in the bag you don't know how to use, LEARN!!! I have some great videos under my same screen name on youtube to help educate and amuse you. for example:


If you still don't trust yourself, remove the item. these bags have enough room to customize. and when you get the bag OPEN IT APART! learn what each shit is and how to use it!
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This ran through my mind again.

I'm still thinking about putting something together (my ADHD mind never did shit the 1st time I was thinking on this)

This is WAY overkill for me so I'll pair it down a lot and add some over the counter shit (Pepcid, sudafed, benadryl, tylenol, aspirin, advil, etc) (QuickClot scares the living shit out of me and I would never apply it, or have it around for someone who is unknowing to apply)

In the past few months I've been bitten by a snake, chased and stung about the head by ground hornets, my kid was in a shooting where 6 people were injured and 1 killed (she was not injured though) , etc, and I got to thinking about 1st aid again.
 
There a decent kit a fellow can buy?

I have one somewhere, maybe used a few bandaids out of it in 20 years.
 
AKnate said:
There a decent kit a fellow can buy?

I have one somewhere, maybe used a few bandaids out of it in 20 years.
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See my place above...order what size/contents fit your intended use.

I put one together from there stuff in a packout mount on the trail rig.
 
I'm wanting to throw some kits at the house, cabin, truck, and in the trail rig. Does anyone else have any recommendations?
 
I've bought a few of these and gifted them.
They have a little bit of everything but not a lot of anything. I add a hand full of regular 3/4" Band-Aids to make them more usable.


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SoylentGreen said:
I carry a nurse practitioner everywhere I go. I assume she can fix anything.
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I carry an ER doc and a kit thats more or less 90% the same as Doc14s above (she looked over his list and liked it enough she didnt change much). So far so good :laughing:

Though she gets hurt more than I do :homer:

Edit: for car kits you might want to add narcan. Not to save a junkie, but to save yourself/innocents if you accidentally run across fentanyl or such while helping shitheads
 
Coyote said:
I've bought a few of these and gifted them.
They have a little bit of everything but not a lot of anything. I add a hand full of regular 3/4" Band-Aids to make them more usable.


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Too many "survival toys" for my liking. Compass? Glow sticks? Would rather a kit that ditches most of that crap and replaces it with more and better first aid supplies. While I dont have a problem dumping those things from the kit and adding a compressed roll of duct tape, super glue, extra bandages and such, if I am paying for a kit brand new I dont want to waste money on stuff to fill up my junk drawer at home.
 
Clemson13 said:
Edit: for car kits you might want to add narcan. Not to save a junkie, but to save yourself/innocents if you accidentally run across fentanyl or such while helping shitheads
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Can't really buy Narcan anywhere can you? I'd like a epi pen as w ell but they expire and are supposed to be stored in cold.

I got a MyFAK Mini Pro recently for the vehicle. I like the hard plastic case vs the fabric stuff. I had some prior and they got water damaged.
 
Weasel said:
Can't really buy Narcan anywhere can you? I'd like a epi pen as w ell but they expire and are supposed to be stored in cold.

I got a MyFAK Mini Pro recently for the vehicle. I like the hard plastic case vs the fabric stuff. I had some prior and they got water damaged.
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You can buy it on Amazon. They give it away around here but the state coddles junkies.
 
Weasel said:
Can't really buy Narcan anywhere can you? I'd like a epi pen as w ell but they expire and are supposed to be stored in cold.
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Two years ago when i had ankle surgery they filled me a narcan script right along with the painkillers, twice, go to pick up scripts and i question what the hell and they told me it was some law that it got wrote with the painkillers. I didnt take either narcan either time but maybe its not that big a deal to get it?
 
Anyone got a good list of meds to have? Realized on a trip earlier this month that it would be good to have a small pouch for my work travel and camping bags. I've got a couple of the Doc14 FAKs for bandages and such already

My list so far:
Tylenol
Goodys powder (I always have these, nothing else can kill a travel headache as quick)
Benadryl
Sudafed
Antacids (tums or is there something better?)
Something for cough
Hydracortizone
Anti-diarrheal

What am I missing. Im also not opposed to order a few "better" things from overseas sources if they are really handy to have.
 
kf4zht said:
Anyone got a good list of meds to have? Realized on a trip earlier this month that it would be good to have a small pouch for my work travel and camping bags. I've got a couple of the Doc14 FAKs for bandages and such already

My list so far:
Tylenol
Goodys powder (I always have these, nothing else can kill a travel headache as quick)
Benadryl
Sudafed
Antacids (tums or is there something better?)
Something for cough
Hydracortizone
Anti-diarrheal

What am I missing. Im also not opposed to order a few "better" things from overseas sources if they are really handy to have.
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Unless you are committed to cycling meds out of first aid kits, might consider not carrying light meds like that. They lose effectiveness or go bad with time. I am assuming you mean in the first aid kit additions. If you swap em out based on expiration dates, good on you. Most people forget.

If you are talking longer store preps that are kept in good storage conditions.... consider something like Jase Case. If your doctor is a little open minded, you might be able to talk him/her into providing scripts of antivirals and such to keep on hand. You can get stuff from overseas too.

You can live through a headache, but living through an infection when no hospital is safe to visit is a bigger gamble. Not just TEOTWAWKI, think the recent hurricanes that shut all local service down for a while as just an example.
 
clodhopper said:
Unless you are committed to cycling meds out of first aid kits, might consider not carrying light meds like that. They lose effectiveness or go bad with time. I am assuming you mean in the first aid kit additions. If you swap em out based on expiration dates, good on you. Most people forget.

If you are talking longer store preps that are kept in good storage conditions.... consider something like Jase Case. If your doctor is a little open minded, you might be able to talk him/her into providing scripts of antivirals and such to keep on hand. You can get stuff from overseas too.

You can live through a headache, but living through an infection when no hospital is safe to visit is a bigger gamble. Not just TEOTWAWKI, think the recent hurricanes that shut all local service down for a while as just an example.
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With 4 of us who travel - they will get used. I'm not looking as much for emergency medicine but stuff that will save a trip from being shitty. First aid is more than just trauma/emergency items.

And I don't believe in expiration dates. Maybe on stuff like epi pens but most things work fine 10 years later
 
Along with a well stocked first aid kit, you may also consider an emergency water filtration device. After the last round of disasters hitting the southern portion of the country, one of the main concerns is clean water.

I have three different means to filter water.
(Edit- I forgot the Steripen, so four means to make water safe)

I have a Katadyn gravity feed filter. A Katadyn pump filter, and several Life Straws. You can go a while without food, but you are not going to last long without water.
 
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I've been thinking and slowly online window shopping on kits and pieces for a slightly larger IFAK for carrying in a backpack with other stuff.

What's the consensus on buying a refill kit, pulling what I don't want/won't use/not trained for, adding a small boo boo kit/basic meds?

medicalgearoutfitters.com

Large First Aid Kit Refill - Supplies Only | Medical Gear Outfitters Supplies for Large Medical Kit

Medical supplies that are needed to refill and restock our Large First Aid Kit. (2) 5x9 Trauma Dressings(5) 4x4 Gauze Sponges(5) Butterfly Bandages(2) Band aids(2) Triangle bandages w/ safety pins(2) Rolls of 3' cling(6) Alcohol pads(2) Triple antibiotic ointment(1) One-inch roll cloth tape(1)...
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