Posted: 11/13/2008 5:11:54 PM EDT
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I found one thread regarding first aid. Good information but seems like the "gun shot" kits don't cover the little stuff. Are there any "all in one" first aid kits you can recommend?
Are there any decent kits I can buy at a local retailer? Thanks in advance. You guys already turned me on to a good water filter. Ordered a Katadyn Pocket tonight. (I know you don't like them TJ but they rank high on durability/toughness - will run the filtered water through a Brita for taste) Thanks again. |
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Try rei or campmor websites for backpacking/camping first aid kits and tailor its contents with other items according to your abilities and willingness to carry.
I've said it before and again––- knowledge is power, learn as much about first aid as you can. Take a CPR/basic lifesaving/firstaid course from a local hospital or community organiazation if you can. I'd recommend for my part the book NOLS Wilderness firstaid. And search the archives here after you buy a membership 
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As well as http://www.chinookmed.com/cgi-bin/category/medical_kits Even if the premade kits don't suit you looking over the contents in them is a bit of a shopping list check when you;re assembling one. |
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Other than Meds (except Herbal) and Hospital equipment, everything you need as far as dressings and such are already on your or their body or close by like splinting stuff.
Think Tee-shirts and boot laces/belts and you've got most things covered. Knowledge is power and you carry that every place you travel. ~R |
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think two different kits, this is the way i've learned to view them and some of the things i've read, come to realise, or been tought...
trauma kit: can help prevent death from bleeding out, aphyxiating, etc. keep it on your line 1 or 2 gear, somewhere close and very handy(with-in immediate reach and clearly marked with a red + and or red zipper pull strings/cords). it's probably about, if not more, likely that someone will use your kit on you, rather than you on yourself. many will laugh at you for adding your blood type to the trauma pouch(and i understand their reasoning about lactated ringers and the like), but why not it can't hurt anything. boo-boo/snivel kit: can help make you more comfortable and less aggonised while living in, or expierencing prolonged stays in the field. keep this in your pack or somewhere you can find it, but it dosen't have to be with-in immediate reach. i would think a tactical responce V.O.K., organised inside a cheaperthandirt "emt pouch"(maybe add in a cheapy emergency space blanket to keep ya warm incase of shock), and a cheapy walmart camping isle first aid kit for around $55-60 total would be a good start and get you a long way. add from there... |
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Try rei or campmor websites for backpacking/camping first aid kits and tailor its contents with other items according to your abilities and willingness to carry. I've said it before and again––- knowledge is power, learn as much about first aid as you can. Take a CPR/basic lifesaving/firstaid course from a local hospital or community organiazation if you can. I'd recommend for my part the book NOLS Wilderness firstaid. And search the archives here after you buy a membership WOW - there is a name from the past that brings back WONDERFUL memories for me. The National Outdoor Leardership School. I took one of their original courses back in the 1970s. Actually worked with Paul Petzoldt. Nothing but praise for their concepts, philosophies and course structure! |
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You can buy everything seperate, and it might be cheaper.
Bandages, dressings, trauma dressing, (gauze, abd. pads, triangular bandages) SAM SPLINTS AND PARA CORD Saline Syringes(these are cheap, or if you know nurses you can get alot of these for free waterproof tape, med tape etc. Med Gloves Trauma Shears Knife Sterile Burn Sheets Hot-Cold Packs Nalgene bottle Space blanket Glucose Alcohol Wipes Ive never tried Quik-Clot...but It cant hurt to get some. Otherwise check out www.galls.com Although, like what was said above...lots of things you carry on you can take the place of certain things in these kits. Bandages/dressings. Splints can be made from things you find in the woods, or frames from a backpack. Hair Traction splints can be made from rope and a stick. Take a first responder course, or MRT. you will learn CPR along with other BLS type procedures. Or if you have the time to do so...take an EMT class. Whatever medical class you take, just remember there is always extended education. I took EMT when I was 17 years old, since then ive taken Cold Weather Search+Rescue and survival, Ice/water rescue, Farm and Farm Equipment response and extrication, tractor trailor extrication, etc. |
| If you have more time than money (or have the time and want to save money) put one together yourself. Here's a good resource: http://www.equipped.org/medical.htm |