Any recommendations for a small first aid/trauma kit for the hunting pack? Preferably a small one that is either waterproof enough to strap to the outside of my day pack or small enough to pack inside. My day pack is a smaller one.
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These guys will surely have something you're looking for
www.narescue.com
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www.narescue.com Thanks for the suggestions. Yes we usually have radios with us and hunt in pairs or within areas that are surrounded by parameter roads. I'll look into that site.
Krazy Glue and mercurochrome solve everything.
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Don't miss the color and smell of iodine/betadyne(sp?) one bit!
I put my own together.
I use a bright orange ultralight bag from Fehu Outdoors (member here, stitched in Laramie WY. Top notch guy. If going to be wetter (AK) I use an UL drybag from Outdoor Research.
TQ
Quickclot x2
Chest seal
4” roll gauze
Duct tape (find it online in compact 50’ roll) x2
Trauma Shears.
Small bottle with ibuprofen, tylenol, allergy pills, benadryl are good.
SAM splint (usually up against frame are of pack, not in kit).
I also carry a couple bandanas in my pack. Good for all kinda stuff. Slings, ice pack of snow held on, etc. have used them more than anything besides duct tape (blisters/hot spots).
Im blessed with a lot of training and experience taking care of injuries.
NAR kits are nice and are the easy button.
I use a bright orange ultralight bag from Fehu Outdoors (member here, stitched in Laramie WY. Top notch guy. If going to be wetter (AK) I use an UL drybag from Outdoor Research.
TQ
Quickclot x2
Chest seal
4” roll gauze
Duct tape (find it online in compact 50’ roll) x2
Trauma Shears.
Small bottle with ibuprofen, tylenol, allergy pills, benadryl are good.
SAM splint (usually up against frame are of pack, not in kit).
I also carry a couple bandanas in my pack. Good for all kinda stuff. Slings, ice pack of snow held on, etc. have used them more than anything besides duct tape (blisters/hot spots).
Im blessed with a lot of training and experience taking care of injuries.
NAR kits are nice and are the easy button.
Medical professional giving kit advice.......listen up degenerates!
Thank you sir.
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Consider keeping trauma and first aid seperate. Trauma kit can then be smaller, and easy to reach, and ideally on your person instead of your pack. If you had to ditch your pack, there goes your trauma kit, which you probably need. First aid kit somewhere in your pack, since it holds stuff that taking a few minutes to get to is not so big a deal, ie non-acute emergencies.
What exactly is in each you would tailor to your needs. TQ in/on trauma kit, tweezers in first aid, etc. I like ITS for a lot of that stuff.
Good luck.
What exactly is in each you would tailor to your needs. TQ in/on trauma kit, tweezers in first aid, etc. I like ITS for a lot of that stuff.
Good luck.
I went with the easy button by going with a MyMedic TFAK and their MYFAK Mini. I also have a Garmin Inreach Mini that goes with me too. Still need to add a SAM Splint to the mix.
Knock on wood, but it’s time for a Stop The Bleed Refresher course.
Knock on wood, but it’s time for a Stop The Bleed Refresher course.
Dangit. You left out the vibrating fist!
Don't forget pepto. Having the shits in the woods/high desert/anywhere is no fun. I carry an IFAK almost identical to @powdahound76, except i use athletic tape instead of duct. That goes with me everywhere. Boo boo fixins get added to my hunting pack as appropriate. Not remotely as knowledgeable as a pro but taken enough classes to know that.
Im not a nurse or an EMT, so I like all the stuff Powda caries, but I want mine no skill and no prep, just rip open the package and go. Quick clot sponges, Israeli bandages, and I have a couple of trick tourniquets that have the windlass attached and are super easy. I want to be able to do it to myself or my buddy when I’m freaking. When I bow hunt I carry a full shot kit even though it’s heavy as hell. Mostly I’m afraid of falling, having an arrow fall out the quiver and sticking myself. Huge wound channels that gush is no bueno.
Most of all. Be able to improvise. I've cut off safety vest straps for a tourniquet. I've cut off pant legs for bandages and a few other improvised things when shit goes sideways.
The second thing. Freeze, flight or fight. Stay calm and deal with the situation when others are frozen in their tracks or running away.
The second thing. Freeze, flight or fight. Stay calm and deal with the situation when others are frozen in their tracks or running away.
Comments about Quikclot: amazing how the prices have come down allowing accessibility into the civilian market!
While highly effctive in its purpose, it must be appreciated that this is an "in the field" measure that is not meant as a stand alone treatment. Anything requiring Quikclot should be addressed with sterile wound flushing and debridement along with antibiotic application in an appropriate secondary environment.
While highly effctive in its purpose, it must be appreciated that this is an "in the field" measure that is not meant as a stand alone treatment. Anything requiring Quikclot should be addressed with sterile wound flushing and debridement along with antibiotic application in an appropriate secondary environment.
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You can make your own. I carry TQ regular and a finger TQ, compression guaze, Israeli bandage, quick clot syringe, chest seal, decompression needle, trauma sheas, duct tape. Makes for a nice small save your life or someone elses kit.
Bleed Stop, available at Walmart and Amazon is pretty much generic Quick Clot, and cheap,
Not even close to the same.
Powder packets of modified amylopectin powder vs Kaolin impregnated gauze.
1 study, 16 “participant” pigs.
Not really the same level of research as quick clot.
I welcome new ideas and advances in this area and Im not switching products just yet….
Powder packets of modified amylopectin powder vs Kaolin impregnated gauze.
1 study, 16 “participant” pigs.
Not really the same level of research as quick clot.
I welcome new ideas and advances in this area and Im not switching products just yet….
Are you saying quick clot powder isn't the same as quick clot gauze, which is true, the gauze impregnated with quick clot is most effective.
Or are you saying the powders in quick clot and bleed stop are chemically different?
Or are you saying the powders in quick clot and bleed stop are chemically different?
QuickClot makes impregnated gauze. Kaolin. Activates the clotting cascade at factor XII.
They do not make a powder.
The early powders like Celox arent used or taught much, if at all, now due to what they did to wounds (burning, tissue damage).
These are not taught or encouraged in my area.
The modified Amyolectin (sp) in that bleed stop is quite different than Kaolin and none of their data speaks to the science of how it works.
Just one small study and some testimonials.
Its a basic component of starch, like a potato.
Again, Im all for advances in this arena.
Im always skeptical of claims and their info provided on their company website doesnt do a lot to help change my perspective.
That said, I dont know everything and it could be the next “thing”.
It has been developed for a while and has not taken a big hold in the medical community that I am aware of and I am pretty well read in and connected to all the big trauma things in the US via my work.
They do not make a powder.
The early powders like Celox arent used or taught much, if at all, now due to what they did to wounds (burning, tissue damage).
These are not taught or encouraged in my area.
The modified Amyolectin (sp) in that bleed stop is quite different than Kaolin and none of their data speaks to the science of how it works.
Just one small study and some testimonials.
Its a basic component of starch, like a potato.
Again, Im all for advances in this arena.
Im always skeptical of claims and their info provided on their company website doesnt do a lot to help change my perspective.
That said, I dont know everything and it could be the next “thing”.
It has been developed for a while and has not taken a big hold in the medical community that I am aware of and I am pretty well read in and connected to all the big trauma things in the US via my work.
Thing with powders too is that they'd be on the outside of the wound and not the inside. So you could dump the powder on and if the blood's flowing, so too is the powder. Gauze impregnated with the stuff will get and stay in if you get it in.
Pelican has some smaller cases with clear tops (I like clear to see what's inside) if you wanted a hard case. For slimmer and smaller things Magpul has a fully waterproof Daka pouch now, one side is semi frosted. Or as mentioned above, can always get some dry sacks and dump a kit or two in there.
Pelican has some smaller cases with clear tops (I like clear to see what's inside) if you wanted a hard case. For slimmer and smaller things Magpul has a fully waterproof Daka pouch now, one side is semi frosted. Or as mentioned above, can always get some dry sacks and dump a kit or two in there.
I have give away kits for when I teach stop the bleed classes in our community.
We put them together in small dry bags that 1 side of is clear.
The other bright red.
Mine in my backpack is in a bright orange FEHU outdoors small zippered bag.
Easy to find and always packed in the same spot.
We put them together in small dry bags that 1 side of is clear.
The other bright red.
Mine in my backpack is in a bright orange FEHU outdoors small zippered bag.
Easy to find and always packed in the same spot.
