Looking for MedPaK help

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Mandirigma

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Need help. Product specific. I have a CamelBak MedPak insert, and I'm looking to stock it, Trama oriented. It is going to go into my BFM (which I've set up as a battle bag). I have had basic first aid training (though it is time to recertify), but what I'm looking to do is stock this MedPak so that someone with advanced training (EMT, EMS, Medics) have all the items they would need (and layed out in a manner they can use). I'll probably need some links or ideas on where to get these items as well.



I was wondering if anyone can point me in the right direction.

Thanks for any help.
 
Here's a link for you

In another thread somebody recommended a DVD on pistol fighting at Tactical Response Gear. When checking out their sight I noticed they have a pretty good selection of first aid stuff including some large wound dressing kits.

I have zero medical or emt experience. This is simply the only place I have seen a selection of major trauma dressings, etc. That is something I've been keeping an eye out for.

Here's the link:

http://www.tacticalresponsegear.com/catalog/index.php?cPath=37&osCsid=578a33cc7efb7e56bbceb0822eaf5817

Hope it helps.
 
In addition to the standard kit add the following for traumatic wound care -

4" Izzy-H Bandages
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3.5 oz QuickClot packets
4" curlex vacupacked
NPA's (Nasal Airways)
Tourniquite
 
Here's a link to the med kits and supplies we sell.

http://www.TacticalResponseGear.com/catalog/index.php?cPath=37_118


The VOK is a great kit for trauma. It's small, light weight and low cost. This plus a little training can greatly improve the odds of surviving potentially fatal wounds. Everything you need to treat A, B, C's or the 5 B's.

http://www.TacticalResponseGear.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=37_118&products_id=2417

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Each Kit Includes:

(1) Cinch Tight Compression "H" Bandage
(1) Primed Gauze (crinkle cotton)
(1) Tourni-Kwik (3” wide)
(1) Nasopharyngeal Airway (30FR Robertazzi Style)
(1) 14ga x 3 ¼ Catheter (sterile)
(1) Alcohol Prep Pad
(2) Safety Pins (2”) multipurpose
(1) Duct Tape (2”x100” roll)
(1) Set Nitrile N-Dex Gloves
(1) Three gram tube of Surgilube

Few gun owners give medical training and gear the attention they deserve.
 
Go heavy on PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) latex gloves, a barrier device for mouth-to-mouth such as a pocket mask or microshield, maybe even some combo facemask/eye shields. Remember, things can get pretty messy when you start slinging a lot of snot, spit, and blood around in a traumatic event. Israeli bandages are super cool, if you can lay your hands on them without paying through the nose. The older style surplus field dressings work just fine, too. Throw in an ace wrap or two if you have room, especially in the absence of the Israeli bandages. Some individually wrapped 4x4 dressings are pretty much standard, as well as some roller gauze (kerlix or kling.) A couple of triangular bandages, some cloth tape, a pair of trauma shears, and, don't forget the band-aids. (You'll feel really stupid to discover that you have a bunch of high-speed, low-drag medical gear and yet not be able to slap a band-aid on a minor boo-boo.) Nice to have but not really essential stuff includes some oral airways, maybe a one-handed tournaquet, a SAM Splint or ladder splint, some alcohol and betadine preps, and a couple of disposable scalpels. Don't sweat the ALS gear like IVs and such, since that will probably be a major hassle to obtain unless you are an advanced medical care provider. Oh, and most importantly, get that training updated. CPR standards just changed dramatically, and you'll be suprised what you may have forgotten. Good luck.
 
If i remember I can get the ingredients for the hasty med kit I carry in my patrol rig

its set up to tend to a person injured in the back country

we just grab it and head up trail
 
Thanks for the advise guys. I'd LOVE to get a supply of the HemCon bandages but at $170 a pop I can set up the whole bag for one or two of those. I'll just settle for a bunch of H-bandages and quikclot.


Recertifying on training has been set up. I'm probably going to see if I can get some advanced courses in (time/money willing) so I can get a better understanding for NEEDS/WANT when it comes to the kit.
 
Look into the Marine Corps-issue IFAK (Improved First Aid Kit). It's got everything you would really need (short of a fully-stocked Corpsman Kit), including quick-clot. Not positive, but I'm sure you could find one on Ebay (just like anything else). Gloves, iodine, bandages, field dressings, etc.
 
The vast majority of pre-hospital trauma treatment is just basic first aid.
Stop the bleeding, treat for shock.
As a paramedic, we would do the basic first aid stuff (stop the bleeding) then put the patient on high flow oxygen and start one or more large bore (16ga minimum) IVs using a crystaloid solution like Normal Saline or Lactated Ringers. Here were I work we use Normal Saline.
You won't have oxygen. Iv stuff would consist of IV solution, IV cataders (sp ?...IV "needles"), IV tubing, tourniquets, alcohol preps, and tape.

If you have a tension pneumothorax you can do a needle decompression of the chest. You can simply use one of your large bore IV caths poked through a latex glove finger to act as a one way valve.

In addition to normal dressings, I would include some type of occulsive dressing for chest wounds which prevent air from being sucked into the chest through the hole due to the vacume created during inspiration.

I don't know anything about Quick Clot, we don't use it.


FWIW, I have worked full time as a paramedic for 23 years and am on-duty right now.
 
Forgot to mention about the Quickclot...don't use it until you absolutely have to i.e. you/your patient are about to bleed out.

From my very basic knowledge of the stuff, it essentially cauterizes the wound and stops the bleeding. It burns painfully hot, and you have to go into surgery after they stabilize you to restore those blood passages again. All of this being the reason why not to use Quickclot if a field dessing with suffice.

It's some really amazing stuff though, saved quite a few lives overseas. They showed us a video before we deployed, cut this pig right down the center. The pig was obviously bleeding out and they poured in the Quickclot, wiped it clear, and the bleeding stopped. Awesome stuff.
 
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