Posted: 12/12/2010 10:38:55 AM EDT
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http://zombiehunters.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=43&t=9423&start=72
Scroll down, this guy built an Awesome First Aid Kit. Hoping that this can help some people out. |
| I just took a wound treatment class and came away with some great information from three different types of medics for what is needed in a medical kit. So much stuff that are in the kits are a waste of money when you really need a few things in bulk rather than all of those little items. |
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I just took a wound treatment class and came away with some great information from three different types of medics for what is needed in a medical kit. So much stuff that are in the kits are a waste of money when you really need a few things in bulk rather than all of those little items. For trauma, yep you just need a few items. But for first aid, everything from splinters to dog bites to dental issues to minor Boo-boos to blisters to contact dermatitas you tend to want more specialised stuff. Nothing beats a knuckle bandage for use on much of the finer. Splinter forceps (tweezers) do two things= ticks and splinters. Otherwise useless. Some ER docs think you need BZK for animal bites, since PVP iodine hasn't been proven to be rabicidal. Minor injuries may need Benzoin to get the adhesive to stick, with trauma, you just wrap it. Oral painkillers are real useful in trauma, but a first aid kit will see plenty of uses for OTC and RX oral meds, as well as asprin for cardiac use, and benedryl for alergic reactions. I have no clue what a flight nurse caries, but our typical air-evac uses one flight nurse, and one paramedic, and operate under the authority of the EMT-P (there is no clasification for a nursing ambulace), and they carry multiple boxs of stuff. Enought that one male nurse and one male EMT-P can barely carry it. Most if not all of this is required by law. Among other stuff you need a 12 lead EKG, pulse ox, suction, O2, Intubation kit, IV kit, end tidal monitor, peds everything, OB kit, IO kit, Crik tray,2 drug boxes plus all of the supplies and PPE. IIRC, only the 12 lead EKG and ventilator are waverable by the Off-Line medical director |