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#1 Tuff Guy 62

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Posted 12 March 2016 - 10:38 PM

For Christmas my sons gave me (at my suggestion) a Rampage jerry can tool box for the new camper. I have two AT can holders mounted on the back of our ATC Panther.

 

However, as a tool box my opinion is that this product is quite inferior to a conventional tool box due to overall lack of space, especially for longer tools.

 

Hmmm... what to do? Then it hit me, it would make a great overland first aid kit.

 

So here's my questions. What do you use for your first aid kit? What are some essential items other that the obvious bandages, ointments, etc?


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Posted 12 March 2016 - 11:06 PM

A thought... We have a kit that my sister the paramedic created for members of our kayak group. If we have a similar person on WTW, they might lend a voice to this thread. Excellent topic!
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#3 PaulT

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Posted 12 March 2016 - 11:24 PM

One of these. https://www.rei.com/...-splint-x-large

And some 3" or 4" vet wrap to hold it on.
http://www.amazon.co...:aps,k:vet wrap

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#4 ski3pin

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Posted 13 March 2016 - 12:07 AM

We have this kit in each of our backpacks - along with extra gloves, SAM splint, duct tape, and strapping tape. In the Lady's daily driver (for school) is a mid sized First Responder pack.

 

A full weekend Wilderness First Aid class or much longer class tine Wilderness First Responder training is also helpful.


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Posted 13 March 2016 - 02:25 AM

    I have an Adventure Medical Kits "Hunter", one that predates the current "Sportsman" line. To it I have added a mylar blanket, antacid tablets, chewable pepto, eye drops, allergy relief pills, small magnifying glass, decent tweezers, better shears, electrical tape, hand sanitizer (not a replacement for soap and clean water, but faster and better than nothing), lost tooth filling and loose cap repair, alcohol swabs, triangular bandage, extra safety pins, extra roller gauze, combat gauze, QuikClot sponges, wound seal powder, butterfly type wound closures, and extra pads/sponges/bandages of assorted sizes. I tried to fit in a sledge hammer for anesthesia, but it wouldn't fit... 

    On a side note, at least once a year I go through it and replace any out of date meds, etc. or scummy looking material. The most important thing to do is to be familiar with and practice with the materials you have in your kit. Practice wrapping a wound, putting on a sling or splint on yourself and others, etc. Before each trip I look through my kit just to stay sharp on its location and contents. Familiarity, knowledge, and capability are the three most overlooked necessities in a first aid kit or situation. Taking a cpr / fist aid class if you haven't ever done so can be very enlightening.   


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Posted 13 March 2016 - 06:33 AM

Gear is good but knowing what to do is better. I carry my full trauma kit in the Jeep and a smaller kit in the truck. I'm sure I've told the story before where I was on a Jeep run and the Jeep behind rolled five times. All kinds of people ran up carrying fist size first aid kits. Wouldn't have been much use if he'd been seriously injured. What sucked was the time It took me to untie my box (don't want it flying around if I roll). Fortunately his roll cage did the job and he was more rattled than injured. 

 

Added the wound seal powder to the kit but I gave up on trying to keep meds up to date. Hadn't thought of a filling repair, good idea.

 

Training is great. Helps keep you and others from panicking. I wish they hadn't gotten away from teaching ABC. To me at least, when your'e faced with something horrible your training can be hard to recall but if you remember airway, breathing, circulation you can calm down enough to remember the rest. Amazing how one calm person can keep the patient and bystanders calm also.


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Posted 13 March 2016 - 09:34 PM

a couple things I added a few years back....all the above and...in a 1.5" diameter, 4 inch long, clear plastic tube...with caps from tap plastic....a 2oz bottle of chlorine with an eye dropper...and in the same size tube...a small bottle of iodine with an eye dropper.  The 1.5" tube gives you enough room for the small bubble wrap around the bottle....and the tap plastic caps make it water resistant....

 

use a few drops of chlorine in a remotely refilled water tank...even when filtered


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Posted 14 March 2016 - 01:55 AM

"Added the wound seal powder to the kit but I gave up on trying to keep meds up to date. Hadn't thought of a filling repair, good idea."

 

I got a hold of some quick clot gauze. I throw a tourniquet and an Ole Bandage in the camper and the truck simply for easy access.

 

For those travelling Baja - be prepared to manage an altercation with a sting ray - not pleasant.


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#9 Tuff Guy 62

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Posted 14 March 2016 - 02:16 AM

Thanks for all the good advice. Please keep it coming..........


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Posted 16 March 2016 - 06:03 PM

I always keep some super glue handy.  Works great for closing wounds, is waterproof and stays in place better than bandages.  

 

Agree with training and knowledge being the most important thing, used to do the ski patrol thing and can still pass the practical part of a test years later, the terminology part not so much.


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