My Urban Survival Pack: improvement suggestions sought!

[skammer]

Sam Splints.

These are a great little item for the bag. Probably not necessary for the "in the pockets" list, but a great one for the bag.

S.A.M. stands for Soft Aluminum Metal, it is a length of very soft bendable aluminum covered in closed cell foam. When you open it up, and put some bends along it's long axis it become stiff enough to use a splint. With some creativity and an ACE bandage you can take care of LOT of bracing/wrapping/splinting/Macgyverism's.

Get the one that is packaged flat.

www.samsplint.com

Lunumbra

Agreed! Umbra the Sammy is worth its weight in gold for fast packaging. Used it countless times. Good to know how to immobilize without one too.

Coban or vet wrap is also a great addition to a kit.

Skam

 

[skammer]

The legality is NOT a problem if you plan (generally). You can get prescriptions for numerous medications as well as medical "supplies". I know back when I was in university, this was done. We would go to the travel clinic. They provided scripts for syringes, needles, IV tubing, antibiotics, etc... for travel in places where medical supply might be sub-optimal. The syringes and needles were in large pill bottles with the script sticker on the bottle.

The narcotics can be difficult...methadone especially...but not impossible. If you have an MD write a script, you won't have a problem. It is getting the script that may or may not be difficult.

Long story short, you can do it...for yourself.

In addition to some of what has been said, I too would carry a gun, a flask of EtOH beverage, some antibiotics (a quinolone for sure and others), some anti-emetics, and a hand held thermal electro-cautery ("burner Bovie"...it's battery powered). I know there is a AARON "change a tip" replace a battery model, there are also disposable models(http://www.aaronmed.com/enproductscauthigh.html).

Well smack me silly Liz and I have common ground haha.

Agreed,

Dont forget that you can get decent FISH antibiotics from vet suppliers that cost a fraction of human meds and they ARE! the SAME! as the come off the same assembly line as human meds. I treat my myself, my family and pets all the time with them. YOu must understand drugs however to use them safely so do your research, lots of it. Need pain meds? Develop a painfull back problem .

Iv supplies and tubing etc... ARE legal in some states to purchase from med supply houses. Short of that look into VET supplies.

Links to people I have dealt with and had good experiences with:

http://lambriarvet.com/Antibiotics.php

http://www.adventuremedicalkits.com/

http://www.coastlineadventures.com/...Screen=PROD&Store_Code=00001&Product_Code=567

I have more links if anyone is interested. Ebay is also a GREAT resource for good gear cheap.

Skam

 

[shao.fu.tzer]

i guess diffrent situations whould need diffrent things
lets say zombies attack.

Zombies are usually my hypothetical enemies too. That's why I keep a large assortment of anti-zombie weapons close at hand: Cold Steel Vietnam Tomahawk, Louisville Slugger aluminum little league bat, Remington 870 12 Gauge, and a Camillus M3. All perfect for inflicting massive head trauma.

Shao

 

[Quirt]

A couple things you might want to add that may not have been listed already . . .

One is a water filter and a small bottle of bleach. When Katrina hit there was plenty of water everywhere but very little was drinkable. If water is available then you can manufacturer your own and not rely on lugging around a lot of bottled H2O. I carry one to two bottles of H2O with me in addition to the filter. I purchased a heavy duty brown glass bottle full of bleach that I replace each year to keep it current. I lamintated a job aid card with H20 purification instructions.

Second, I'd have a small portable GPS . . .with a spare set of batteries. GPS can help you take short cuts in trying to get from A to B without exhausting oneself back tracking.

Third, one to two Israel Emergency Banadages a MUST!

Fourth - a D cell Strobe Light (found at REI)

Fifth - a spare pair of glasses (I always remember T. Roosevelt losing his primary pair going up St Juan Hill and retreiving a spare from his hat!)

Sixth, a Urban Survivial guide from Tom Brown Jr. (basic urban survival primer for some reading to keep the mind active and to keep focused on the task at hand - plus some real help!)