Dr.Zubrato
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Everyone has a range bag, and we usually don't forget to bring our hearing protection, or eye pro, but most people seldom consider having a form of first aid, or blowout kit on the range.
Which brand of FAK/IFAK (First Aid/Improved First Aid Kit) or blowout bag do you train/use or bring to the range, and what does it contain?
A vital component of a blowout bag is a tourniquet, and there are many types, such as CAT/H/Israeli/Tk4 etc and have different training protocol.
If you don't have one or two in your range bag or in your car, definitely buy them. They're cheap and are worth more than their weight in gold, when accidents happen.
You can save your life, a family members, or a stranger's.
I have CAT tourniquets, one in my car with a blowout kit, and one rubber banded to my rifle sling.
For my purposes, a chest rig isn't practical as HD or range use so it stays on my sling.
My blowout kit for the range contains : Nasopharyngeal Airway and a safety pin, decompression needle, vacuum packed gauze, quickclot, medical tape, sterile bandages, medic shears, and antibiotic ointment.
I would suggest keeping it in your car at all times if you can only afford ONE KIT, and taking it with you to the range. Obviously two is preferable, for your range bag, and for your car.
Btw: For you guys with CAT touriquets, they're intended as single use only so buy one for practice, and one for the real deal.
Just wondering, have you guys seen a CAT break through multiple uses? I've practiced with one on myself, and trained a few other people on the same one for brachial/femoral artery bleeds with no breaks or failures. At least 10 successful uses (eliminated distal pulse, and able to transport pt in the field.)
For those of you guys thinking "Man I don't know how to use any of that!":
For one, you can receive training, and it isn't too hard to pick up. And secondly, someone around you may be in the medical field like paramedic/doctor/nurse, and can use more advanced stuff in your safety kit on you or someone you love.
Thoughts, and experience?
Which brand of FAK/IFAK (First Aid/Improved First Aid Kit) or blowout bag do you train/use or bring to the range, and what does it contain?
A vital component of a blowout bag is a tourniquet, and there are many types, such as CAT/H/Israeli/Tk4 etc and have different training protocol.
If you don't have one or two in your range bag or in your car, definitely buy them. They're cheap and are worth more than their weight in gold, when accidents happen.
You can save your life, a family members, or a stranger's.
I have CAT tourniquets, one in my car with a blowout kit, and one rubber banded to my rifle sling.
For my purposes, a chest rig isn't practical as HD or range use so it stays on my sling.
My blowout kit for the range contains : Nasopharyngeal Airway and a safety pin, decompression needle, vacuum packed gauze, quickclot, medical tape, sterile bandages, medic shears, and antibiotic ointment.
I would suggest keeping it in your car at all times if you can only afford ONE KIT, and taking it with you to the range. Obviously two is preferable, for your range bag, and for your car.
Btw: For you guys with CAT touriquets, they're intended as single use only so buy one for practice, and one for the real deal.
Just wondering, have you guys seen a CAT break through multiple uses? I've practiced with one on myself, and trained a few other people on the same one for brachial/femoral artery bleeds with no breaks or failures. At least 10 successful uses (eliminated distal pulse, and able to transport pt in the field.)
For those of you guys thinking "Man I don't know how to use any of that!":
For one, you can receive training, and it isn't too hard to pick up. And secondly, someone around you may be in the medical field like paramedic/doctor/nurse, and can use more advanced stuff in your safety kit on you or someone you love.
Thoughts, and experience?
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