First Aid Kit For Hunters

Do you carry a trauma kit when you hunt? How about when you are enjoying the outdoors? Accidents can happen when we are least expecting it! You may be hours or days from a hospital to get the help you need!

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[vettepilot]

glad to see this. Most hunters I know don’t carry ANY first aid/trauma supplies and there are multiple mechanisms for serious injury beyond the obvious gunshot. Falling from heights, reactions to stings/bites, limb entrapment, injury from cutting/power tools, ATV crashes, etc, etc. To compound the problem, hunters are often in areas with weak or no cell service.

I carry a full trauma IFAK in my daypack along with a more comprehensive kit in a Pelican case in my side by side.

The only things I would add to your kit in the video is a triangular bandage and an Ace-type elastic bandage along with moleskin for the boo boo kit. You can use the Ace for sprains/strains, immobilization, and along with the gauze as an additional trauma dressing.

Great video!

[farwalker]

Great reminder for those of us who like to hunt. I normally carry a pre staged TQ in a belt holster and H&H compressed gauze, a 4 inch NAR trauma dressing and 2 triangle bandages in a front cargo pocket I haven’t typically carried a chest seal but after listening to your video I will start including the chest seal and some aspirin. Thanks for sharing.

[TrankWithAnR]

"Keeping the red blood cells on the inside is super important." - SkinnyMedic 2018

[Thesaltybow]

I carry a IFAK built from your products. Never travel or go into the woods without it! I made it so it will fit in my hunting kit and my walking around daybag. Thanks for all your doing to spread knowledge and provide good products we can depend on.

[williamwelch]

I carry all that in the ankle holster I just got from you during your sale. Really love the holster! I had enough room, so I added another pocket by resizing an old Iphone belt pouch and sewing it on to the Velcro I didn't need. That allowed me to add a chest shield, a Benchmade rescue hook knife, and a space blanket. I also added some combat gauze, 3' of duck tape, and some gloves. The holster is really comfortable, and still weighs just under a pound (15.7 oz.) People are shocked that I can carry a full blow-out kit on my ankle. I do wear mainly overalls, which fortunately have a large pant leg. ( I forgot I added an NPA, a 14 gauge needle, and a sharpie inside the CAT ) Thanks Dieter, really love what you do!

[weshoward]

This is a great video for the discussion that needs to be had, especially with fellow hunters that meet up every year. I began carrying the always-evolving trauma (or something like it) kit ever since the first time someone told me they'd ID'd me coming across a field because they saw me in their scope. (!)

I've also seen more than my share of self-inflicted knife wounds by people field-dressing game and losing track of their positioning relative to where the blade was going.

All your vids are great resources - and your sense of humor is enjoyed immensely.

[williamwelch]

Also, I carry a TQ and an Israeli bandage on my chainsaw chaps. Maybe you could do a video on chainsaw first aid.... Thanks again.

[sandsunsurf]

Funny that I didn't see your video when you first released it; I was thinking along the same lines last year. In July of 2018 I built a compact trauma kit for carrying when hiking/hunting/trapping for myself and about 30 other people. It is vacuum sealed to make it compact and keep it clean. It consisted of: SWAT-T tourniquet, QuikClot hemostatic gauze, HyFin vent compact chest seal twin pack, and nitrile gloves. This year I updated the kit to include a H&H mini compression bandage and the H-vent chest seal instead of the HyFin, and H&H was kind enough to package it all for me. Now I'm building the "second line" of first aid for us, including all of the things you mention. Great job and thanks for giving me some ideas that I might have missed!

[tomm]

I carry TQ, mil compression bandage, 2 quikclots, abdominal pads, 4x4, EMTP shears, Med tape, space blanket, booboo kit, acetaminophen, ibuprofen, benadryl. Need to add chestseal. 3 days of personal meds and bottle of nitrostat SL. Good video Skinny. CEU for the day. Best

[Ken-wuhr]

Hunted All My Life. Never Thought Of a Trauma Kit. I Will now. I Started Carrying A Soft T Wide On a Philster Flat pack on my Belt

[jont]

I carry a TQ and first aid everytime im in the woods now ... your videos and others really make you think about what could happen. thanks.

[maxfaubusHiddenChurch]

Nice! This is very helpful. It’s good to know that there is something I could do if I had too.

[lancelenoir]

Knock on wood my family has hunted the same property since 1978 without an incident. We have always stressed safety but you never know. Great info in this video.

[CreachterZ]

Where I struggle the most is how many of each do I really need.

[panpiper]

Great idea for a video. This has always been my gold standard, and I didn't even know it. It's all well and dandy to have what you crucially need for a gunshot wound, but there is SO much else that can go wrong when away from civilization. This is also a great kit for preppers.

[OldPackMule]

May I suggest that day hikers and short distance backpackers (particularly those who hike in hunting zones) carry the same in their day pack.

[dankdirectboutiquebuds]

i always carry a trauma kit while hunting. tourniquet celox and an Israeli bandage minimum

[hamm]

I really like your stuff. As things settle down from the holidays I'm going to binge watch and take notes. Thanks!

[sandercohen]

Might be a good idea to invest in a Personal Locator Beacon (PLB) Especially if you spend a lot of time outdoors in remote areas with little to no cell reception. I think ACR makes some great ones. If you get some major injuries and you become immoblized at the same time, you might not make it back on your own. With no way to call for help and with the temperature sinking at night, that can be deadly.

[tnpsheepdog]

I carry an IFAK everyday! It consists of a SOFTT, combat gauze, compact Hyfin, and large nitrile gloves all stuffed into a 3x7 loksak. When I am hunting, at the range, biking, or doing anything else that could possibly hurt me, I always have a fully stocked trauma kit in a backpack.