Range First Aid Kit

[peteinct]

Hi everybody, I am wondering if anyone has some suggestions for me to assemble a First Aid Kit for my clubs shooting range. We have a small kit for our public shoots but I feel that having one around full time would be a good thing.

I thought that I could use an extra tool box I had, stuff it with bandages rubber gloves and hydrogen peroxide and use some sort of plastic tie to discourage casual opening. So are there any things specific to shooting that should be included? The worst case would be a gunshot wound and I don't think band aids would cut it for that.

Would it somehow put liability on my club of someone used the kit and a bad outcome ensued? It seems odd that preparation would hurt you but you never know with lawsuits.

Thanks,
pete

 

[TexasRifleman]

My range bag has a few of these...

http://www.countycomm.com/ISRAELIBANDAGE.htm


And a couple of Quik Clot bandages.

You can get Quik Clot trauma kits as well, these have some of the clotting agents ,a sponge coated with the stuff, and some of the israeli bandages.

I see that kit for around 50-60 bucks.

I'll get one the next time I see one somewhere.

 

[CNYCacher]

Tampons.

Could be an urban legend/prank to play on non-mil folks, but a couple different guys in the military told me they kept tampons in their first-aid kits for bullet holes.

 

[ShackleMeNot]

You are right that Band Aids won't really help a gunshot wound.

Your gunshot wound kit should contain at least:
- Compression Bandages - Cinch Tight "H" bandage or Izzy
- Tourniquets
- Primed Gauze (crinkle cotton)
- Nasopharyngeal Airway
- 14ga x 3 ¼ Catheter
- Duct Tape
- Gloves

Just because you don't know how to use some of the stuff doesn't mean that someone else on the range won't. A CLS, First Responder or EMT who is shooting on the range but doesn't have a BOK with them will be able to use the items.
Better yet, get some training so you DO know how to use all the contents of the kit. The life you save may be your own...

My last piece of advice is to separate the boo boo items (bandaids, aspirin, neosporin) from the trauma items because invariably people will crack into the kit to get a non-lifesaving aspirin and so those items will always be on top as all the serious gear gets shifted to the bottom. Keep two kits; one kit for boo boos and one for major trauma.

 

[AndyC]

Could be an urban legend/prank to play on non-mil folks, but a couple different guys in the military told me they kept tampons in their first-aid kits for bullet holes.

Not a legend - true. Good for plugging holes, don't take up much space, absorb a lot of blood, sterile if new

 

[svtruth]

I'll be interested

to see what XavierBreath has to add here.

 

[hso]

ShackleMeNot,

Good kit! I'd substitute 3" medical tape for the duct tape and add an Asherman Chest Seal and disposable gloves.

As to sealing the kit, don't. When you've got a GSW you don't need to be fumbling around trying to cut a plastic tie. You can security seal on it and a big "Gunshot Only" on it.

 

[DogBonz]

Maybe

Just get a Mil-Surp first aid kit. It would most likely already contain just about every thing that you would need.

 

[1911JMB]

One thing a milsurp kit doesn't have is a CPR mask. Granted sickness is rarely transmitted by mouth-mouth, but getting someones barf in your mouth tends not to be pleasent.

 

[DogBonz]

Very true

but getting someones barf in your mouth tends not to be pleasent.

Note to self: A CPR mask would be a nice add on to the mil-surp first aid kit I have in the Jeep.

 

[peteinct]

Thanks

Thanks for the replies. This is good stuff.
pete

 

[VTKFJoe]

Pete,

If you can afford it (they are expensive) you could add an AED as well.

http://www.aed.com/

Take care,

Joe

 

[Librarian]

It's beginning to look like the breathing part of CPR is less important in some cases - outcomes in one study in Japan were better for twice as many who received just chest compressions vs compressions and breaths (22% vs 10%).
Yahoo news for summary, Medscape for details. BUT

"We should continue, for now, to follow the newer guidelines of assisted ventilations and chest compressions for respiratory arrest (such as in drowning or drug overdose), but the guidelines should promptly be changed to chest-compression alone for witnessed unexpected sudden collapse (a condition that is, in all probability, cardiac arrest)," he concludes.