Basics of Individual First Aid Kits / Boo Boo kits

HSGI Bleeder Pouch

Tourniquet (CAT) (North American Rescue)

Tourniquet (SOF Tactical Tourniquet - Wide)

HyFin Chest Seal

Combat Gauze

Quick Clot

Israeli Bandage

Nasopharangeal tube

Frog tape (Phokus research group)

Heavy duty medical gloves

Decompression Needle

ITS Boo boo kit

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[zachcamp]

I can vouch for the CAT tourniquet in combat. Highly effective. Saved my life!

[brettp_DO]

Two items that I’d highly suggest are mylar blanket and benzoin tincture. Benzoin helps to make skin tacky, even when sweaty, so bandages stick better. Mylar blanket would be essential for a trauma kit because hypothermia is a major component in the trauma triad of death.

[seangilliam]

One time I fell on my ass and broke my tail bone, and then I did it again and refractured it a week later, and then I did it again a week after that. My tailbone was so broken and deformed that I had to use a rather large medical butt plug to keep it aligned while it healed. I still have to wear butt plug retainers to keep it straight to this day. I can’t recommend putting medical grade butt plugs in your IFACs enough. Really saved my ass.

[outis]

Is a pouch full of ibuprofen considered an IFAK?

[Lorgoth]

This is a really good basics video. The only thing I would like to add is that bullets are not the only threat on the battlefield. Blast injuries are much more common than bullet wounds in our current theaters of operation. I would highly recommend not keeping any life-saving equipment below the waist. If you were to step on an IED or a mine that tourniquet that you keep in your like pocket will not be there anymore. I unfortunately know this from experience. Remember, your first aid kit is not for you to use on someone else it's for someone else to use on you. Good places for tourniquet placement are on your plate carrier in the center of your chest, or in the shoulder pockets that most of our uniforms now have. Those locations are easily accessible and relatively safe from blasts. Just my two cents, if you have any questions feel free to ask.

[deadheart]

Right off the bat the most important thing is Multicam pattern pouches for your med kit. Doesnt even matter whats in it.

[Paganhellbilly]

Little medical tip from an EMT. ABCs are king. Airway, breathing, circulation. Most common one, circulation, which is bleeding. You can stop most bleeds with direct pressure. You dont nessicarly need a bunch of different guazes and bandages. Guaze and tape do wonders. If you see blood coming from a bandage(I can't stress this enough), don't remove the bandage. Just apply more. If that doesn't work, slap on a tourny. If the bleed is squirting(unlike your girlfriend) and its in rhythm with the heart beat. It's the artery, slap that tourny on right away. But these are just basics, take a class and get real training

[ftornadeau]

Tactical bandages...10 times the price of a regular bandage, but they’re tactical.

[BaconStealth]

Key Info: Ambi ability to get to your stuff, don't skimp on lifesaving gear and training

Itemized list of key equipment from the video: 1 combat gauze (compressed with a hemostatic agent)1 Israeli trauma compression bandage/2 chest seals/1 collapsed lung decompression needle for Tension Pneumothorax (3.25 in 14 gauge needle with catheter)/ Naso Pharyngeal airway with lube tube/1 Casualty ID Card/Small amount of medical tape (waterproof)/ 2SOFT-T Wide or NAR CAT Tourniquets. This is lifesaving equipment, and you never know when you're gonna need it.

Booboo kit: gauze pads, adhesive bandages in large and small(Butterfly), Surgiseal/superglue, triple antibiotic ointment, electrolyte mixes, burn gel, iodine+alcohol prep pads, moleskin, chap stick, antidiarrheals, antihistamines, and low level pain meds (Ibuprofen reduces swelling/inflammation and Tylenol is less harmful to organs). This is more commonly used over a long period of time, and inventory should be kept to ensure its green for missions.

[CrypticArtist]

As a medic, I never really cared what type of kit my guys had on them since the supplies I would use are from my kit. As long as I could quickly tear away their IFAK to reuse their supplies afterwards, I'd be happy. Thanks for the video!

[stupiddumbtard]

really helped out when falling down the basement stairs with a plate full of bagel bites.

[goodmaninastorm]

There can never be enough love for Darn Tough socks. Those things are live savers.

[Mrgunsngear]

NPA: Swallow, breathe, spit on it, repeat

[elkhunter]

Plus one on the wool socks. 35 years working outside in Arizona in up to 122F temps wearing steel toe boots. Wool is the only way to go.

[mikemjb]

I just carry a plastic bag full of aloe vera and a box of spongebob bandages.

[dmayhem]

GARAND THUMB: Why should we have to carry a $200 IFAK; when all we do is stay in our mom's basement and go to airsoft matches?

[PavewayJDAM]

Just went through our state free trauma course for first responders. The course was free, and you got a free trauma kit - the course/gear was funded through a fed grant regarding emergency/med inter-agency communications. May be worth googling if your state hospital offers something similar. The comms portion of the class was great as well.

Their thoughts were, class being taught by trauma nurses/aircare emts where that they hate quick clot or any similar products, as it creates issues cleaning wounds during surgery. For the effectiveness, they say just pack the shit out of the wound with more gauze. Their perspective of course is trauma in conus, and body in surgery with in ~2.5 hours of pick up of a patient.

[BOSKD]

Slowly taking the flannel off...one button at a time.

[raven]

Your sarcasm/facetiousness is priceless, yet you give it for free.

[Andrewy]

“So when you pull it out, you get a nice little package, and from there, you can get what you need”

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