His tourniquet is nylon rip cord? Def get the CAT. I'd avoid Celox in favor of QuikClot. By those two items alone you can cover about ~60% of all preventable death.
And the blanket? I think it's a waste of space. If they go into "shock" from getting their "thumb shot off" I'd tend to think it's psychosomatic, and either way you're not going to cure that with a blanket.
Maybe I should have just started with this: What's this kit intended for?
Oh, and believe it or not, gloves are definitely a secondary thing. If you have intact skin you have a 0% chance of catching something from someone's blood.
I always have a busted knuckle or two- gloves ain't secondary for me.
Celox vs. QuikClot- Celox came into favor because early QC would cause skin burns when inappropriately applied. Formula has since been changed, now I think it's user preference.
CAT is nice, but that bulk isn't needed. TK-4 is fine, or even Israeli Bandage.
Blankets work, but in this case you're right. I wouldn't have this in my own gunshot response kit either.
great vid, drop the tool for emt shears, add a CAT and keep a medium sized ziploc in there for multiple uses including use as a chest shield. You are right, forget needle chest decompression if you are not trained. Tampons are great (be sure to get non-deoderant), Space blanket for shock is great, Celox would be a good addition. I use a 3 mag ALICE AR style mag carrier for mine with my blood type and a red cross on it, never hit the range without one.
By all means, you should have bigger medical kits as well. This is just one example, and if you read the info it's a video compliment to Handgun Podcast episode 76. This was just to show people how much stuff can be packed into even a little pouch. While a big kit it nice, it's not mandatory. For gun shot wounds, we're not medical professionals, treating people right there- we're packing/keeping them alive until the professionals arrive. Even this small kit is enough for that.
get a CAT (Combat Application Tournequet), its saved hundreds of lives over in Iraq. Any wounds to extremites (arm and legs, most of our troops wear body armor now) can be "tied off" until medevac or other care. Tournies used to be discougaged because you cut oxygen off from the limb, now when you can get someone to a level 1 trauma center in most situations in the US it is not as critical. A BOK just patches the holes until help arrives. Larger medic bags are for medics.
550 cord is bad for tourniquets aplications, you need something larger, about one inch large.
JoeDurobot 1 year ago
His tourniquet is nylon rip cord? Def get the CAT. I'd avoid Celox in favor of QuikClot. By those two items alone you can cover about ~60% of all preventable death.
And the blanket? I think it's a waste of space. If they go into "shock" from getting their "thumb shot off" I'd tend to think it's psychosomatic, and either way you're not going to cure that with a blanket.
Maybe I should have just started with this: What's this kit intended for?
Submitted with respect, truly!
easyirishstyles 1 year ago
Oh, and believe it or not, gloves are definitely a secondary thing. If you have intact skin you have a 0% chance of catching something from someone's blood.
OSHA DO and SWAT medic X 6 years.
easyirishstyles 1 year ago
I always have a busted knuckle or two- gloves ain't secondary for me.
Celox vs. QuikClot- Celox came into favor because early QC would cause skin burns when inappropriately applied. Formula has since been changed, now I think it's user preference.
CAT is nice, but that bulk isn't needed. TK-4 is fine, or even Israeli Bandage.
Blankets work, but in this case you're right. I wouldn't have this in my own gunshot response kit either.
Purpose of this kit? I'd have to ask Grim... LOL!
floatingaxehead 1 year ago
great vid, drop the tool for emt shears, add a CAT and keep a medium sized ziploc in there for multiple uses including use as a chest shield. You are right, forget needle chest decompression if you are not trained. Tampons are great (be sure to get non-deoderant), Space blanket for shock is great, Celox would be a good addition. I use a 3 mag ALICE AR style mag carrier for mine with my blood type and a red cross on it, never hit the range without one.
huey148 2 years ago
why not just have a slightly bigger bag with more items?
darkstararmory 2 years ago
By all means, you should have bigger medical kits as well. This is just one example, and if you read the info it's a video compliment to Handgun Podcast episode 76. This was just to show people how much stuff can be packed into even a little pouch. While a big kit it nice, it's not mandatory. For gun shot wounds, we're not medical professionals, treating people right there- we're packing/keeping them alive until the professionals arrive. Even this small kit is enough for that.
floatingaxehead 2 years ago
get a CAT (Combat Application Tournequet), its saved hundreds of lives over in Iraq. Any wounds to extremites (arm and legs, most of our troops wear body armor now) can be "tied off" until medevac or other care. Tournies used to be discougaged because you cut oxygen off from the limb, now when you can get someone to a level 1 trauma center in most situations in the US it is not as critical. A BOK just patches the holes until help arrives. Larger medic bags are for medics.
huey148 2 years ago
Awesome info, thanks for you time guys, I'll take some of these tips back to ROTC when we do 1st aid labs.
jones21290 2 years ago
Another quality educational video thank you!
ewatts128 2 years ago
tampons, never thought of that. cool video
arridedry 2 years ago
not to mention it makes you popular with the ladies...
yetman3000 2 years ago
Well done. Knowing how to punch a hole in a target is important; knowing how to plug it is paramount.
TheGunfighter45acp 2 years ago
Very interesting, thanks for showing us! That's a neat trick with the duct tape, certainly good to have in an extreme situation.
SkallagrimNilsson 2 years ago
great stuff
machinegunmana 2 years ago
thanks for putting this up, good compliment to the podcast. think you should add a direct link to the podcast from here.
metamurph 2 years ago
Awesome video, five stars and I will fav it!
hakjason 2 years ago
wow. long time good to see a new upload.....
ty, jon
lynette1953 2 years ago
I had never thought about using a tampon as a plug for entry/exit wound. That's a good idea!
Great video!
jroberts7387 2 years ago
use a tampon for nose bleeds. they work quite well
swatguy555 2 years ago