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  • The pack rat kit is pitiful.Just pitiful.See my site for a REAL 1st aid kit.PITIFUL.

  • this is a good video i hope to be a good survivalist like u when im older

  • I like it! My only suggestion is adding some imodium AD or some other type of anti diarrhea medication. It's not something that anyone wants to deal with in a survival scenario.

  • great video and youre a nice guy thanks

  • good video and great kit, i am going to get that snake bit kit for sure, living in texas and everything. i have almost everything u have i might suggest some instant cold compacts they r a little big but i think they r a good idea.

  • Alcohol pads would be very handy for washing blisters and/or cuts just don't get pulled over for drunk driving!

  • 5 people were lost before and didn't have a survival pack

  • Waht I've got in mine is: Ace wraps, band aids, gauze (lots of it), clamp, scissors, safety pins, alcohol swabs, set of sam splints (var sizes), opsite film, non-stick would dressings, Tegaderm dressings, sharp tweezers, 'popsicle sticks', iodine solution, 10 cc syringes, 23 gauge needles, sodium chloride solution, medical tape, nitrile gloves, thermometer, tick remover, small bottle of BurnGel, prescription meds (for gf), advil, loperamide, antacid, glucose drops, sting relief. More is to come.

  • some rubber gloves so if you have to perform first aid on somebody. you may not want their blood on you

  • I think you might need a pair of surgical gloves and some scalpel blades. Great kit!

  • Great Kit! I'm not being negative but the "tourniquet" that you have is used to stop venous return to your heart. It doesnt stop arterial blood flow (The one that will kill you). You may want to look into a CAT tourniquet or a israeli trauma dressing. Tourniquets are a last resort and after you put it on I wouldnt take it off after about 5 mins of being on, because you might die from "THE SMILING DEATH!!!" AKA crush syndrome. Sorry such a long message but you know how Youtube is lol

  • Do not use alcohol on wounds, it causes tissue damage. Use providone iodine 1%. This is the stuff you see poured on trauma patients in a ER. Is that a snake bite kit, a big no-no. Do not suck the poison out. Do not cut into a snake bite, snake fangs are curved, so you will miss the spot of envenomation. Do not use a constriction band leaving the poison in one spot will cause massive tissue damage. Just monitor the ABC's and rapid transport. Kill/keep the snake.

  • Don't put too many camo dressings on you might lose your patient. Good kit, very comprehensive. What about an anaphylactic shock pen?

  • I would recommend: Eye Solution and Matches/Lighter. Really good video. Thanks for the video.

  • A first aid kit should also be a limited survival kit capable of providing immediate food, water, self-defense, communication and shelter. (dry rations, water bag, body bag)

    There is no point in treating life threatening problems if you will be left without means of survival.

    What if you can't get to your other stuff in an emergency? Things don't usually go well in emergencies.

  • take a look at my FAK vid if you get some time. might give you some ideas one things to add. great videos my friend. take care.

  • Triangular bandages at least 2 u can use them as pads for covering wounds slings or even making splints if you make a broad bandage out of them and sticks

  • nice

  • I have the IFAC that i got issued. A Combat Life Saver "CLS" bag would be nice. But most of that stuff is for sucking chest wounds, collapsed lungs, blown off limbs ect. thats a nice kit you have there!

  • I know it sounds weird, but tampons are very absorbent and are very useful in a first aid kit when cleaning the wound as they are also sterile. Also, RUBBER GLOVES!! Not for your sake but so the wound you are treating doesnt get infected. the tips can also be used to waterproof wounds

  • you are the most well prepared person i know

    semper paratus!

  • a condom might be handy

  • where can i go to buy paracord ?

  • As one poster mentioned, and I'm repeating it for emphasis, the "cut and suck" method of snake bite treatment is no longer recommended. I believe it was found to do more harm than good, and is not really effective. So take the snake bite suction kit out, and replace it with a constriction band and a pre-paid cell phone with a new, charged lithium battery. If you can't transport yourself to medical help, you will need help coming to you. 911 calls are free from any cell phone, even inactivated.

  • @hooya1111 can a snake bite thru a cowboy boot?

  • @known12 I don't know--maybe.

  • @hooya1111 They wouldn't make it anymore if it did more harm than good lol

  • @kambelzful Wrong friend. Check out the Wikipedia article on Snakebite--specifically read the articles First Aid and, Outmoded treatments.

    Coghlan's still markets this snakebite kit, so let the buyer beware. Not everything currently being sold is safe, as we know from tobacco products. All one has to do is look up product recalls to find many, many examples of unsafe products that have been sold. Be safe.

  • @hooya1111 uhhhhh anyone can go on wikipedia and write whatever they want especially such a rarely visited page like snake bites. Other brands sell snake bite kits as well, not just coghlans:

    Sawyers

    Hart Medical

    Mr. Extraction

    and many more that i dont feel like typing right now

    People do not recommend smoking cigarettes, so cigarettes are a completely different category than snake bite kits. However, most up to date wilderness first aid manuals say extract the venom!

  • Great vids! but can not hear you so well with the volume all the way up. Just wanted to let you know.

  • Nice kit !! I too have a M-3 nice kit !! This is one of the 5 kits that I own but the M-3 is the largest of all in portable kits that I have ! Good vid thanks for posting!!

  • Love that M3 bag !!

  • hi i have a small first aid kit because i have good skills and i have bandanas but i do keep antiseptic

  • FREE JULY4PATRIOT !

  • I would suggest some burn cream

  • Wow man. How many years is this for ;)

  • so you just take the salt and it rehydrates your body :S ?

  • @AnaLetixoxo salt helps your body retain water

  • ahh :) many thanks

  • did you find an actual US-made M3? i can only find Asian-made copies and the nylon is of poor quality...thanx

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  • Lol @ MrGreatLakesBuffalo

    Anyways I'm really looking forward to your next survival kit Video I'm making my twice yearly gear buy.

    This is my third gear buy :D

    And I'm working on my first Aid kit this go round as well as some other goodies ^_^

  • At the top of all my kits I keep a recipe card and list what's in the kit. Keep stocking folks. Your currency is going to crash in 2 yrs. (in 2012) Has nothing to do with the movie or M-calendar. It's when the govt. can't pay it's bills and they start printing shitloads of money....Hello German weimar hyper inflation. keep stocking canned and dried food. Today I stocked gas. I keep 50gal...I'm shooting for over 100. stocking smoked herring next.

    I'D RATHER BE WRONG AND READY !

  • nobody seems to have any idea about the currency crisis brewing. Good to see that you're on it. Buying gold / silver coins yet?

  • keep some vikiden in your kit........ head butt a wall or smash a finger to get some from the doctor.

  • !!!

  • I would add an EpiPen and/or benadryl... severe allergic reactions can be fatal in a matter of minutes without treatment.

    Even mild allergic reactions can be life threatening ... like a bee or hornet sting to the neck that causes swelling. I think insect stings are far more likely than snake bites in most locations.

    I might also add sugar for diabetics.

    Thanks for posting your kit... some really great ideas in there!

  • Thanks for reminding me of that.....my husband has had several trips to the emergency room for allergic reactions.

  • This is a great medium first aid kit! Realistic items for use with minimum training.

    One thing I would suggest that I didn't notice in your kit, is Maalox. It is useful for relieving many things including; poison ivy, jock rash, swamp foot, blisters/cuts/scalds, sunburn/windburn, hemmroids and it also helps to stop bleeding.

  • There are excellent qaulity roll-up style kits on the market. Waterproof and sectioned w/ clear plastic so you know right where your needed materials are & how much you have w/o having to dig through a bag. If it's SHTF time, you'll be short of food, water and sleep, so take your pills if they help you mush on through to your safe haven. Count on hospitals to be destroyed or ground zero for nabbing folks w/ combat trauma. .32 steel ball for that slingshot would do some damage. Great vid PackRat

  • sir pack rat, Why would you bring pills to get rid of headaches when the headaches telling you of a problem your bosy is having like lack of nutrition? wouldnt you rather bring vitamins instead?

  • Hey great video, gave me some good ideas to add to my first aid kit, mine is not quite as extensive as yours, but still pretty varied.

  • Snake bite kits and extractors have been proven to be inneffective. If your bitten apply a tournaquet above the wound and get to a hospital imediately.

  • dude u r profesinal and i like that can u plz check out our channel and c if u can help us with are back pack thx

  • You may want to include some dehydration salts or just pure sodium chloride (Table Salt packet). Just in case you get dehydration which i hope will not happen.

    Just a suggestion. Good Video = )

  • Thanks, I do have salt in my pack, but not specifically in the first aid kit. A useful item to have, good suggestion.

  • Why salt?

  • helps with rehydration

  • @PackRat556 Yep, my rehydration sachets do contain Sodium etc haha Once again great response =)

  • @Tmdkiller no you actually have to have Sodium, Calcium and Potassium to get the rehydration process going.

  • @Tmdkiller I think you should also have plenty of antihistamines

  • My kit is very extensive being that my wife is a Doc. the super glue trick works very well I have used it numerous time. A good thing for bug repellent is a cheap cigar yes cheap cigar don't inhale just puff and get the smoke on you there lite weight cheap and they keep. Try to get a surgical stapler as well they don't hurt are good for larger wounds I have also used them. I have to much to list and it weights about 5-7 pounds but can treat most anything

  • Sounds like a great kit and sounds like you have some pretty extensive supplies for a kit in the 5 pound range. Also, you're lucky to have such a resource. Thanks for your suggestions.

  • @PackRat556 thank u sir so much i went camping and i needed a lot of stuff like a knife first aid kit compass thanks a lot and by the way im from australia and im 23

  • @warhawk357 The superglue trick is interesting! Could you explain how to use it? Thanks.

  • @NoGo90

    it's easy to use but most effective on smaller to medium sized lacerations just pull the skin together and put a line of super glue over the whole cut and let set, it won't take long to set then your good to go it will last a decent amount of time if your sweating your balls off it won't last very long but you can put a light wrap over it to help ohh and it will sting like hell but fades quickly kinda like alcohol quick and simple try testing it out on some if you get cut for testing

  • @warhawk357 things for explaining how to use this trick. Should I apply anything

    before using the glue? like povidone-iodine?

    Thanks.

  • @topmadison

    yeah try to get the wound as clean as possible iodine or anything similar will do fine remember the glue is a temporary fix till you get some were you can really get a good wrap of suture on it.

  • @warhawk357

    Thanks, good to know.  The video is very helpful.

  • YOU RULE

  • Great Kit. If you want to lighten the kit you can put the alchol and peroxide into the 3oz containers sold at most chain stores for like 50cents. I also cut down on small band-aids and got 2 small tubes of super glue for small cuts. Just sucks that liquids weigh a pack down but things like bug repellant are a live saver and make things easier. My first aid kit has condoms in case I run into a female patriot LOL! Good vid!

  • Very good. That is an awesome first aid kit.

  • Thank you! I appreciate that.

  • nice video

    First aid kit is awesome

  • um.....it is not my kit...It is PackRat556. Thank him!

  • lol!

  • Thank you! I appreciate that.

  • LOL (female patriot!)  Good ideas, thanks for sharing. I appreciate your support and interest!

  • Awesome kit! I keep lots of blood stoppers in mine.. and a couple of the cold packs... im always afraid im going to chop of my finger..... i figure the cold packs will help keep it fresh till i can get medical attention....

  • Not a pretty thought, but better to be prepared than not... Good idea. Thanks for sharing!

  • I am going to embed your video in one of my daycare articles about making a daycare emergency bag. I think that your video MORE than meets the needs of a daycare provider, and will inspire them to be creative when packing their own.

    The things I would add are q-tips and wipes. q-tips make a great way to hand out a little lip balm, alcohol, etc, to more than one person without contaminating your tube of ointment, etc.

    Great video!

  • Good ideas! I am glad this could help. Take Care.

  • the Alcohol cleaning swaps can also be used for startting fire just a little add on u proberly allready know it but here it is and good video as well

    Best Regard

    Peter Nielsen

  • Thanks, that is a good tip that does work! I appreciate you watching and posting. This is an older video on my channel and I am hoping to add and update to this one very soon.

  • Nice kit. Add some Gloves, tweezers, and a few sewing needles. I carry a dental filling kit as well, its small and really adds no weight.

  • Good suggestions, actually, there are a small pair of tweezers and a large pair of forceps in the kit. I have also added since the video, one pair of exam gloves. I do keep a sewing kit in my pack where I also store the kit. It might be good to add one to the kit in case it becomes separated from my pack... Thanks again for sharing your ideas!

  • aWESOME VIDEO!

  • Thanks for commenting!

  • great setup, very efficient! your last comments says it all! excellent!

  • Thanks! I appreciate your kind words very much, thanks for watching. Take Care

  • Great kit, you may want to add some medical gloves in case you need to stop someone's else bleeding, and a space blanket, always useful to have to keep you or someone else warm, also for shelter and such.

  • Thanks for commenting, actually there is a space blanket in the kit currently, but the gloves are a good idea. I do have some, but I need to put them in the kit. Take Care

  • Now the filling kit i didnt think about i also have a filling. Good job

  • Thanks for commenting, I think it's worth carrying if you have fillings or crowns, as it weights hardly anything. (it can also be used to reattach a crown...)

  • I took an EMT course. It only cost 500 dollars, it was not only fun, but I learned a lot from it. From that I was ablw to buy a BLS kit which is a basic life suport kit, this has an AMBU bag and suture kit large wound care kits and other things

  • Great vid, One thing i didnt notice, you may have mentioned it but i didnt notice. You may want to look at getting quick clot, Clotting agent. You can get it at sports stores or even on ebay.

  • You're right, I have looked at that but have not added it yet. I will definitely do so. Thanks for sharing.

  • He is correct i added the military version to my kit a year ago it does have a exp date but not till 2013 for mine.

  • I just purchased a pack w/ the quick clot sponge today! I will add it to my kit right away.

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