What's in your backpacking survival kit?

Tourniquet should always be a last resort. Also how would you apply one to a torso injury? for the size/wieght it seems to me to be a no brainer. But thats just my opinion, and you know what they say about that.

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forcemultiplyr said:
Tourniquet should always be a last resort. Also how would you apply one to a torso injury? for the size/wieght it seems to me to be a no brainer. But thats just my opinion, and you know what they say about that.

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I figure if it's bad enough to need quikclot, I tie a bandanna around it and if that doesn't stop it, the tourniquet comes out.
The bandanna acts as a soopa bandage, providing an absorbent material and pressure in the same package, and if that doesn't stop it, the EMTs/Medivac has been called in, and the guy is gonna bleed out if the bleeding doesn't slow. It is a last resort for me, too. I have seen (and treated) wounds that most people would put quikclot on, and the bandanna with elevation stopped it right up.

Note: I am NOT a medical professional, nor do I intend to make myself sound that way. I just have a bit of experience with people being stoopid with slipjoints that I sharpened for them, that's all. I do what works for me, and I always recommend consulting a real medical professional before asking me for advice.
 
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Battle Creek Knives said:
I hate to be a naysayer especially here on a knife forum, but the reality is you can survive without a knife !!!

Knife is a luxury many don't get to have when they do survive, its a perk, keep one with you !! it will make life easier........... :)
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True. I was kinda referring to the Spec-Ops SERE training, where they give you a knife and 2 days to cross a 50 mile swamp undetected. I'd fail miserably.:D
 
1. Knife
2. Folding saw
3. Strike force rod
4. Compass
5. Whistle
6. LED lighting device
7. Something to boil and carry water
8. Minimum first aid kit
9. 100' of paracord
10. Tarp
 
my newest pack
Camelbak Hawg

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