If you don’t mind, I’ll plug my friend Monty Edge who runs Active Threat Solutions. He carries a wealth of great IFAK and first aid products. He also provides training courses.
As part of my CAR course, he taught us how to apply a tourniquet using a medical training dummy — apply pressure and the tourniquet properly and the fake blood stops.
As an RN, including a US Army RN, first aid kits can’t be over emphasized. There are about three broad types everyone should have.
1. A personal kit, with you when you’re out hiking, bicycling, and other activities.
2. A vehicle kit, which must be inspected to keep up with expiration dates and remove heat ruined components.
3. A major trauma kit, such as a STOMP pack. This is for advanced first responders, size wise it about like a 35-40 pound back pack. Most of these can be transported as back packs.
All of the above are available from Amazon and a variety of other resources.
Do not neglect training on how to use the above. I’ve experienced live animal labs for surgery practice (I’m an OR Nurse), so have training unavailble to many. Still, get the most advanced training you can.
On June 1, 2019 at 4:07 am, Dan said:
Have a kit…..more importantly GET TRAINING. Attempting to be a field medic without the proper training means at the very least POOR care and can if things are done wrong MAKE THE INJURY WORSE. And the images of the finger being infiltrated for a nerve block and then sutured is NOT
“first aid”…..it is DEFINITIVE CARE by a LICENSED PROFESSIONAL. Do
NOT make the mistake of attempting to do things you are not trained to do. At the very least it’s Practicing Medicine Without A License….an act that IS a felony and CAN get you sued for criminal negligence. So get
the proper training so you know WHAT to have in your kit and how to use it safely, correctly and without risk to others and yourself.
This article is filed under the category(s) Survival and was published May 30th, 2019 by Herschel Smith.
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On May 31, 2019 at 10:13 am, Jack said:
If you don’t mind, I’ll plug my friend Monty Edge who runs Active Threat Solutions. He carries a wealth of great IFAK and first aid products. He also provides training courses.
As part of my CAR course, he taught us how to apply a tourniquet using a medical training dummy — apply pressure and the tourniquet properly and the fake blood stops.
http://www.active-threat-solutions.com
On May 31, 2019 at 4:25 pm, Pat Hines said:
As an RN, including a US Army RN, first aid kits can’t be over emphasized. There are about three broad types everyone should have.
1. A personal kit, with you when you’re out hiking, bicycling, and other activities.
2. A vehicle kit, which must be inspected to keep up with expiration dates and remove heat ruined components.
3. A major trauma kit, such as a STOMP pack. This is for advanced first responders, size wise it about like a 35-40 pound back pack. Most of these can be transported as back packs.
All of the above are available from Amazon and a variety of other resources.
Do not neglect training on how to use the above. I’ve experienced live animal labs for surgery practice (I’m an OR Nurse), so have training unavailble to many. Still, get the most advanced training you can.
On June 1, 2019 at 4:07 am, Dan said:
Have a kit…..more importantly GET TRAINING. Attempting to be a field medic without the proper training means at the very least POOR care and can if things are done wrong MAKE THE INJURY WORSE. And the images of the finger being infiltrated for a nerve block and then sutured is NOT
“first aid”…..it is DEFINITIVE CARE by a LICENSED PROFESSIONAL. Do
NOT make the mistake of attempting to do things you are not trained to do. At the very least it’s Practicing Medicine Without A License….an act that IS a felony and CAN get you sued for criminal negligence. So get
the proper training so you know WHAT to have in your kit and how to use it safely, correctly and without risk to others and yourself.