Medical Kits

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will62

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I have seen lots on what people carry in their kits, but it seems that the medical materials are some what neglected. Also there is not too much you can put in an Altoids tin.

So the question is what do you want in a medical kit in addition to your PSK to get you through 72-96 hours? To add a little creativity to this the container can carry about twice as much as an Altoids tin.

You are probably going to be dealing with more than blisters
 
With an EMS background, I probably tend to carry more than needed. I do not have my item list handy, but I can tell you I carry exam gloves, clear safety glasses, a few 4x4s, one or two 5x9s, a roll of 1" tape, assorted band-aids, a pair of trauma shears, maybe some sterile roller gauze, antibiotic ointment, and oral glucose. I carry everything in a rectangular pouch that has a window on one side. The kit is about 7" x 4.5" x 2.75". I'll try to post pics and a more detailed list later this evening.

This is a good topic. As with most topics on this forum, this topic does come up every now and then. Review is always a good thing.
 
Right now my medical kit is an Army Combat Lifesaver bag complete with Quickclot and IV equipment. Total weight about 8 pounds. Great to have when the smelly brown stuff hits the air circulating machine
 
hikeeba said:
With an EMS background, I probably tend to carry more than needed. I do not have my item list handy, but I can tell you I carry exam gloves, clear safety glasses, a few 4x4s, one or two 5x9s, a roll of 1" tape, assorted band-aids, a pair of trauma shears, maybe some sterile roller gauze, antibiotic ointment, and oral glucose. I carry everything in a rectangular pouch that has a window on one side. The kit is about 7" x 4.5" x 2.75". I'll try to post pics and a more detailed list later this evening.

This is a good topic. As with most topics on this forum, this topic does come up every now and then. Review is always a good thing.
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I'll finish my RN degree in a few months and I'm as bad as hikeeba. For more than 72 hours, I've got the same stuff (except the glasses, gotta get those) plus a Trauma/Wound dressing pack, wound closure kit containing steri-strips, alcohol wipes, a syringe to flush junk out, and pain killers. I bought one of the large first aid bags made by Adventure Medical kits for the house and added a field surgical kit and bottles of rubbing alcohol and hydrogen peroxide. I carry a CPR mask, hand sanitizer, and gloves every where I go.
 
hikeeba said:
With an EMS background, I probably tend to carry more than needed. I do not have my item list handy, but I can tell you I carry exam gloves, clear safety glasses, a few 4x4s, one or two 5x9s, a roll of 1" tape, assorted band-aids, a pair of trauma shears, maybe some sterile roller gauze, antibiotic ointment, and oral glucose.
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Similar stuff, but not the exam gloves or safety glasses. I add some steri-strips, Advil, alcohol wipes, immodium, and benadryl cream.

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That's my first aid kit in the Neutragena tub centre of the pic !
Bandage,
Band aids,
Blister patch,
Indigestion Tabs,
Advil tabs,
Sterile wipe,
safety pins,
antiseptic cream,

few other bit's that I can't remember !
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This is actually a hard question, it of course depends how long you are out for&terrain.

Some antiseptic ointment, dressings&plaster,small amount of duct tape,paracetomol,imodium and a mobile phone for real emergencies(burst appendix etc or broken leg) so that you can at least be found.
 
same as above ems back ground my fak is in an m16 ammo pouch and consists of some triangular bandages some 4x4's some 5x9s some bandaides some steril kling gaues some latex gloves, a, cpr mask, iodine, tweezers, sterile saline, 2 3ml syringes (for flushing wounds or eyes) an ace bandage, some motrin some pepto tabs, some benadryl cream, a pair of trauma shears, and small cold pack, also some purell. but I'm trying to downsize (that seems to be my reocurring theme lately)
 
My non SAR/trauma list is short and covers the basics, airway, bleeding, immobilization and common issues.

3 triangular bandages (a kit unto themselves)
gloves
various fabric bandaides
benadryl
2 2x4 nonstick dressings
very small role duct tape
2 sized oral airways
1 10cc syringe
small bottle of betadine
advil
ASA

Thats it and at less than .5 lbs its small and managable.

Skam
 
Here is my current small/basic kit (most of it). This kit is in my daypack 'adventure kit' that I keep in the car:
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Nitrile gloves
1" porous tape
4" cling roll
2 triangular bandages
Trauma shears
Oral glucose
Triple antibiotic ointment (yeah, I couldn't find a BIGGER tube)
CPR barrier device
Eyewash cup

Zip lock freezer bag containing
2 5x9
4 4x4
Assorted waterproof Nex-Care bandages (like a Tegaderm IV dressing)
Several 2x2 moleskin patches
Assorted small packets of burn cream, providone-iodine preps, alcohol preps
The safety glasses are around, but reside in another pocket in the daypack.

Absent from the kit:
TraumaDex - clot accellerating agent similar to the QuikClot mentioned earlier
Pill vial containing Excedrin, Ibuprofen, and Benedryl. I'm in the process of restocking with fresh meds.


This is the kit I carry when hiking/backpacking. After reading about some of the other kits posted here, I'll probably tweak my contents a little bit.
 
I have begun carrying more for first aid. I figure that the injuries you are most likely to get when out and about are cuts,breaks,sprains. I keep an AMK ace bandage, AMK fix up a cut kit, and the little AMK general kit in the little hard plastic Ziplock bag. The cut kit is in the same type of bag. To these I added a small roll of gauze and a little tape. Size is about 5x5x2 for all of it, and weighs about 4-5oz. Price for the stuff totals a little over 20 bucks. Not too big a penalty price or weightwise.
 
Honestly, I'd rather have a FAK than a PSK if I had to pick ONE (1), singular, to bring with me and a decent knife. The little one that lives with my PSK (same size tin) is just the basics, but there isn't a lot you can pack into a tin that is less than 4" square and just over a half inch thick.

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The pic is a little dated, I've added 2 large eyed needles (NOT for stitching- taped to the lid, they take up no space), 2 large X-acto blades (also taped to the lid, and also NOT for people), 4 Benydril and 6 Advil to:
-pair of nitrile gloves
-8 2x2 gauze pads
-6 3x1 adhesive bandages
-2 finger tip adhesive bandages
-2 butterfly closures
-water bag
-12 PA tabs, repacked (I had the space, redundancy is a good thing :P)
-spectra fishline (tiny, no bulk, why not?)
-red electrcians tape, ~4 feet, works better than surgical tape IMHO
-ear plugs (I always seem to need them after I've used a first aid kit, and not to drown out the screams of the maimed as has been proposed)
-12 tylenol
-12 asprin
-20 immodium (2 full courses)
-6 tums
-2 ranger bands
-~3' of electricans tape, wrapped around the sides

In my bigger kits, I've got bigger medical modules. My ditch kit has:
2 pr nitrile gloves
1 trauma dressing (the older military type)
1 cravate
1 2" roller gauze
4 4x4 gauze
14 bandaids
2 knuckle bandaids (in pouch)
2 fingertip bandaids (in pouch)
6 closure strips
1 small roll of duct tape (I bet everyone saw that coming)
3 provo-iodine wipes
4 alcohol wipes
12 asprin
12 tylenol
6 advil
20 immodium
6 benydryl
8 sudafed (the real thing)
1 pr tweezers
1 surgical prep razor, 2 razor blades
8 medium safety pins
1 pr earplugs
mini Bic (it fit here, not a bad place to have it)
inventory sheet

My BOB has a nearly identical kit, but it has two trauma dressings, more gauze pads (2x2 and 4x4), more meds (quantity and variety), two 4" rollers rather than a 2", spare purell and a think of liquid bandage, at the cost of the spare lighter, tweezers and razors but I carry a SAK in my BOB. And since if I'm wearing BOB on my back my ditch kit is on my chest...

Yeah, I'm set up for some bumps and bruises if the stuff hits the fan. :P
 
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