Deals with chainsaws

[dahmer]

Can anybody recommend a good trauma kit that you have right with you or wear around your waist? Something that has stuff for minor cuts and burns but also a wound clotter and tourniquet. Not only the brand but where it could be purchased. Way better to have it and never need it than need it and not have it. Thanks.

 

[davidwyby]

In!

 

[sawmikaze]

I have a first aid kit on my weaver belt I got from westech rigging and bought a tourniquet separately. I only needed it once and was glad I had it, a guy I was working with is lucky he still has his left leg...

 

[Dieselshawn]

I’m joining this class too.

 

[Dustin4185]

Dark angel medical is where we buy all our IFAKS for work. Not cheap, but could save your or your buddies life. Some items may not be necessary like a chest seal unless you get stobbed and have pneumothorax. At minimum I would look at a good pouch, good hemostatic gauze, CAT tourniquet, compressed gauze for packing wounds, and an emergency bandage for keeping pressure on wounds. You can whatever boo boo stuff you want such as band aids, small gauze, alcohol wipes, etc. I personally keep that separate from my IFAK because I don’t like opening and closing my pouch that often.

 

[jakethesnake]

Had a climber hurt himself out here last summer. We called ambulance…..

rephrase my father called ambulance. Cut his left arm pretty good. He’s ok now. But yeah. Med stuff is a good idea

 

[Hinerman]

Can anybody recommend a good trauma kit that you have right with you or wear around your waist? Something that has stuff for minor cuts and burns but also a wound clotter and tourniquet. Not only the brand but where it could be purchased. Way better to have it and never need it than need it and not have it. Thanks.

There was a thread on this somewhere.

@Woodpecker

Edit: found it

First aid kit reccomendation | Outdoor Power Equipment Forum (opeforum.com)

 

[calcutta250]

I have a few. I have a blue alpha gear micro trauma kit. https://www.blueforcegear.com/micro-trauma-kit It’s small and good for attaching to a belt and forgetting about it. I do recommend a CAT tourniquet too.
The other one I have is a Adventure Medical Kits Trauma kit. https://www.adventuremedicalkits.com/trauma-pack-pro-with-quikclot-swat-t.html it is belt mountable too and much more budget friendly.

Just a FYI, there should be free Stop The Bleed classes around to teach how to properly use a trauma kit.

 

[ken morgan]

I carry a kit from atwater medical. its a kit designed for Wilderness EMT's and I just supplemented it with a large clotting kit I highjacked from my buddy who is a Corpsman. It comes with all the standard stuff plus a SAM Splint thats good for forearms, ankles hands etc. it tends to be more aimed at MOI's for wilderness adventures but is easily adaptable for backcountry workers as well. I highly recommend that if you work outside of 2 hours of definitive medical care you take a NOLS course of one fo the several Wilderness EMT courses. (2 hours of definitive medical care covers reporting and transport time.) So if it takes you 30 minutes to hump them to the trial head, an hour to drive them out you are at the limit more or less. FYI tourniquets are the last resort... direct pressure elevate and transport is better more folks lose limbs to improper tourniquets then they do the injuries. control the bleeding... a total stoppage is not necessarily needed, and extended time without oxygen from blood flow and do just as much damage if not more that the actual wound.

Off course wound placement takes priority... if you are issuing or fixing.

 

[Michpatriot]

I like these Israeli bandages..they come well packaged, and fit in a back pocket. Chew can for size reference..

 

[ken morgan]

you k ow a tampax works pretty good right? Not being rude or a smart ass. I once got a 5" piece of japanese pine stuffed into my left ass cheek while I was leading a bunch of downhill MTB and Hucking fiends. at the time we did not have the advanced blood clotting items, but I was was able to find at the closest 7-11 while bleeding like a pig was women's feminine products... they work (as if their is any doubt.) but if you are on a budget.... Before any of you pervs ask...yes I have photos somewhere... I also kept the piece of pine that snapped off right next to my butthole and mounted it on the front fender of my freeride bike.

 

[dahmer]

you k ow a tampax works pretty good right? Not being rude or a smart ass. I once got a 5" piece of japanese pine stuffed into my left ass cheek while I was leading a bunch of downhill MTB and Hucking fiends. at the time we did not have the advanced blood clotting items, but I was was able to find at the closest 7-11 while bleeding like a pig was women's feminine products... they work (as if their is any doubt.) but if you are on a budget.... Before any of you pervs ask...yes I have photos somewhere... I also kept the piece of pine that snapped off right next to my butthole and mounted it on the front fender of my freeride bike.

I was a first responder at my place of employment for years and sanitary napkins and tampons were always in our bags on the emergency cart. Accidents that occur while machining metal are quite nasty and those two items worked great for reducing blood loss.

 

[mettee]

If someone goes into shock you need to consider the full MARCH algorithm.

Also things outside the normal realm like super glue, scalpels, safety pins, sharpie, cards, syrran wrap. Make shift stuff. Some thing to cut off clothes/shoes.

I have two types of kits, one for gun stuff and one for any other stuff. When I get home I'll lay them open and get you guys some images.

Always buy components and build a kit to your needs. It will probably also be cheaper.

 

[mettee]

These are great for multi use and cheap.

 

[mettee]

 

[dahmer]

If someone goes into shock you need to consider the full MARCH algorithm.

Also things outside the normal realm like super glue, scalpels, safety pins, sharpie, cards, syrran wrap. Make shift stuff. Some thing to cut off clothes/shoes.

I have two types of kits, one for gun stuff and one for any other stuff. When I get home I'll lay them open and get you guys some images.

Always buy components and build a kit to your needs. It will probably also be cheaper.

I’m thinking along your lines of building my own bag that I can wear around my waist in a Fanny type pack.

 

[mettee]

https://shaw-concepts.com/products/the-raid-pouch-v2

There are cheaper options. But that will also hold some soft armor.

 

[dahmer]

If someone goes into shock you need to consider the full MARCH algorithm.

Also things outside the normal realm like super glue, scalpels, safety pins, sharpie, cards, syrran wrap. Make shift stuff. Some thing to cut off clothes/shoes.

I have two types of kits, one for gun stuff and one for any other stuff. When I get home I'll lay them open and get you guys some images.

Always buy components and build a kit to your needs. It will probably also be cheaper.

In the late1980’s we had an emergency alarm for man down. My mentor, older Viet Nam medic vet, and I get there. Crane cable snapped and layed the guy open from shoulder to wrist. Before I could open the bag John grabs a handful of dirty rags laying there and applies pressure. After we get clean dressings on and the bleeding stopped and he was going out to the ambulance John looks at me and says, “ Before you say a word about me using those dirty rags you listen to me. They can treat him for infection, they can’t do S**T if he bleeds out. Combat or emergency care ain’t cut and dry.” Never forgot that lesson.