First Aid Kits/First Aid Knowledge..

jamesp15 · Jan 25, 2021

It never ceases to amaze me how few people have even a basic first aid kit around when doing outdoor or even around the house activities. And even how few know even basic first aid. Maybe I am paranoid but the ex-boy scout in me mandates I have a well stocked first aid/trauma kit in each car, a full stocked one on each floor of my house and in my shed, as well as in my hiking backpack.

For the last year now I have had much more free time to do some trail walking, fishing, hiking, range time, etc. 3 to 4 times a week

I have had to use my own first aid kit to help others 9 times over that span.

Last one was on Friday a Mid 20's woman with her 8 year old daughter who tripped and scraped up both palms/wrists bad as well as her left knee. The mother freaked out and had NO idea what to do. The kid saw this and was starting to freak out, I had to calm them both down and ended up carrying the kid the roughly mile back to their car.

Had to help someone at Myrtle Grove range mid last year, 3 pieces of brass from the lane next to thems double-double-tap got stuck in someones open toed sandals left a decent burn.

And others while hiking mostly cuts and scrapes. Thankfully nothing major, but all were people completely unprepared and mostly clueless.

Blaster229 · Jan 26, 2021

I have boo boo kits all over the place. Since I carry, I have 3 dedicated gunshot wound packs around. 1 in the vehicle, 1 in my laptop/edc bag and a floater in the house that I carry out if I go in someone else's car, etc... Sometimes it makes it in the laptop bag too. Even though they have GSW stuff, there are a few small booboo bandaids, etc... in those as well.
Since I live out in the sticks, I have an AED also. I carry it with me when I travel and take car trips. I also have a major trauma kit in the house, sutures etc... EMS response could be 30 minutes away. And tourniquets? Well, they are all over the place.

Doctor_M · Jan 26, 2021

I always have my search and rescue bag with me in the trunk... earlier this month when there was an accident beyond my driveway, of course my wife was in my car and on the road... so now I have a new kit that lives in the hall closet for grab and go emergencies.

DZ · Jan 26, 2021

As far as knowledge goes, NOLS has decent courses. I have taken their wilderness first aid. Covers pretty much everything except gunshot wounds, because guns r bad.

Wheaton Hills Sportsman · Jan 31, 2021

For years I have carried a Metro kit, a small bag with a tourniquet, compressed gauze, Quikclot, a big petroleum jelly guaze pad, a flashlight and a N95 mask, because when the train crashes in a burning tunnel you are on your own.

Pinecone · Jan 31, 2021

BTW, there was a great thread on making up a good kit in the Beans and Bullets group.

Complete with links to recommended products

teratos · Jan 31, 2021

My kit even includes intubation gear.....

dbledoc · Jan 31, 2021

I don’t have intubation gear in mine yet. Carry a nasal airway.
In my bigger bag I carry SAM splints and ace wraps.
They are too big for a pocket bag, but fit nicely in a larger bag.

teratos · Jan 31, 2021

dbledoc said:
I don’t have intubation gear in mine yet. Carry a nasal airway.
In my bigger bag I carry SAM splints and ace wraps.
They are too big for a pocket bag, but fit nicely in a larger bag.

I think the intubation gear may be overkill. If I need to intubate you on the side of the road you are probably hosed. I have it because there was one in my office for some reason, and we weren't ever using it.....

Doco Overboard · Jan 31, 2021

I always carry an Ansi/Osha 29 Z requirements first aid kit in my truck.

Athelney878 · Jan 31, 2021

I just keep one of these in each car, plus a smaller more portable first aid kit in each too that can more easily be taken on a hike, etc. https://www.redcross.org/store/basi...?cgid=preparedness#start=15&cgid=preparedness Would like to take a course though, seems like good knowledge to have.

Engine4 · Jan 31, 2021

teratos said:
My kit even includes intubation gear.....

Went on a hunting trip to Canada years ago with guys from work. We had those plus iv supplies just in case. Probably illegal up there, but we were all paramedics and didn't care. Easier to beg forgiveness than ask permission.

teratos · Jan 31, 2021

Engine4 said:
Went on a hunting trip to Canada years ago with guys from work. We had those plus iv supplies just in case. Probably illegal up there, but we were all paramedics and didn't care. Easier to beg forgiveness than ask permission.

I have a couple of IV bags, too....

River02 · Jan 31, 2021

jamesp15 said:
It never ceases to amaze me how few people have even a basic first aid kit around when doing outdoor or even around the house activities. And even how few know even basic first aid.

And others while hiking mostly cuts and scrapes. Thankfully nothing major, but all were people completely unprepared and mostly clueless.

Welcome to the new America where indoctrinating youth with climate change, gender identity and condemning whiteness is more important than teaching kids firearms safety, how to maintain personal finances, basic first-aid, and reading.

Mack C-85 · Jan 31, 2021

Hey, Docs.....ever practiced or done an intubation on a patient not lying flat on their back?

Saying sitting upright, like trapped in a car....

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dbledoc · Jan 31, 2021

Mack C-85 said:
Hey, Docs.....ever practiced or done an intubation on a patient not lying flat on their back?

Saying sitting upright, like trapped in a car....

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Not yet.
After I recover from my up coming back surgery, I will be trying to join the Navy Medical Reserves and hopefully get some more field trauma training.

teratos · Jan 31, 2021

Mack C-85 said:
Hey, Docs.....ever practiced or done an intubation on a patient not lying flat on their back?

Saying sitting upright, like trapped in a car....

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I have, not easy. Also intubated a guy in a chair. That was pretty simple....

spoon059 · Jan 31, 2021

I'm terrible about this. I have a pretty good department issued trauma bag; quick clot, Israeli dressing, tourniquets, etc and AED in my cruiser. Living and working in Mo County with the great and large fire department I never think about needing stuff like that. Fireboard is never far and always has the latest and greatest stuff. But when I go shooting on my parents property down in the woods, or traveling down to Florida or Central PA, the resources aren't always that close or well stocked. Thanks for giving me more stuff to spread my precious money on...

platekiller · Jan 31, 2021

My wife’s car has an adventure medical trauma kit and tourniquet as well as a stocked boo boo kit (cuts scrapes, burns, bug bite).

In my car I have a get home bag. The trauma kit is on the side, it’s more of a GSW kit (chest seals and some more quick clot). In the front pocket there is a med kit with burn patches, gauge and tape (more of a big boo boo kit). On the inside there is a small kit with bandaids, antibiotic cream, bug bite treatment, liquid bandage etc). My thought process is you have to go in further the less serious it is since you have more time.

Also in my car is a tool kit which has basics bandaids and the like so I don’t have to touch my kit unless it’s serious.

Docster · Jan 31, 2021

teratos said:
My kit even includes intubation gear.....

As does mine. Surgical pack, injectables, steroids, Quick Clot bandages, fluorescein strip/light, cautery...but no gun yet :lol2:

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