Hiking Medical Kit

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• Medical
• kit
• first
• aid
• hiking
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• quietbearr

[leosedf]

Nice!

Any ideas where we can buy polymems online?

[QuietBearr]

@leosedf for some reason I cant type the name aamaazon but they have them

[projektarcada]

Great Vid Bear, What is your certicication level? Just wondering. Thanks.

[QuietBearr]

@projektarcada none, just a lot of experience in medicine and hospitals

[kambelzful]

How much do those Polymem's cost for you? Or the Aquacels. Everywhere i've seen them there like 1,000 because you have to buy them in bulk online.

[QuietBearr]

@kambelzful I dont know cause I got tons of them for free in Israel (socialised healthcare, doesnt eliminate waste)

[MagicCardTricks101]

to lazy to watch over the video again, so cant remember if u hav these things already. but add some medical shears for cutting through clothing to get to a wound or for cutting ur polymem and some triangular bandages which can be used for wound compression, wound elevation, burns, protecting a broken rib, broken arm, head wounds, etc. but otherwise, ur kits awsome!

[MagicCardTricks101]

i luv de tape at 04:23, i use it alot. its so useful for support for ankles and wrists while hiking, and i also use it for say if sumbody got a small wound and i just put a 5x5 on it, i then just wrap this stuff around it. it keeps the injury site nice and dry( cuz its waterproof) and i dont have to go wrapping gauze round anywhere or trying to get crappy medical tape to stick. oh yeah, by the way, ur kit is really good! where did u get the polymems?

[Evak103]

you could replace the G.V.P's with quick clot

[dalexanderv1]

dude, an altoids tin for holding bandaids? why so much extra weight? i think that minimizing pack weight is a safety precaution in its own right, maybe as important as the first aid kit itself. think of how important it is to prevent ankle injuries, potential falls, etc.

[BayAreaHiker]

great Ideas. Cheers.

[vstoprohva]

I keep my glowsticks in hard plastic tubes. That way they won't break easily and they are light. I also keep several of them in my med kit. If there are more than one pateint I can live one next for everyone of them. That way they aren't left in the dark alone and I can more easily find them again. Also I keep a dozen of those mini glowsticks in my bag. Those are handy to mark a trail in the dark for possible aid coming to help. As a worklight I use my headlight and I have a spare one too.

[QuietBearr]

@thenrylee You forgot Daves bandana