ResQ Pak Review

I was granted the opportunity to test BlueLine Tacticals Resq Pak Level 1. The first thing I noticed about it was the weight. The entire kit weighs just 5 oz which is amazing for what all is in it. This means that one or two can be carried with no significant weight increase and you will barely know it is there. The second thing that immediately struck me was the size. The size is kept to an absolute minimum due to the vacuum packing that it comes in. The edges stick out a little but can be taped down to make these kits very small. I managed to carry two of them in my BDU pocket with minimal effort to make them fit. During simulated building raids several team members were asked to carry the Resq-Pak and the response was generally the same. It is light weight and small enough that you can carry it in a number of configurations.
Having only one pack I decided to do a live video show and tell (see vid link here) for our readers and post it on the internet as well. The contents are as follows for the Level 1 Resq-Pak: 25g QuikClot® 1st Response™ 5" x 9" ABD pad 4" x 75" roll bandage 40" x 40" x 56" triangular bandage two sets 4" x 3" cover sponges surgical tape non-latex gloves
The contents in this kit are in my mind perfect for your non-medical team member to use on themselves or another team member should the need arise. The Quik-Clot formula used no longer has the burning issues that it used to (see my article on Quik-Clot). The ABD pad is a great choice as is the roll bandage. Triangle bandages are completely invaluable in this kind of kit because the uses for this are limited only by your imagination. There are two sets of cover sponges and again a good number that would be just about what you would need. Remember it does not have to be pretty it just has to work. I was extremely glad to see that they used real medical tape instead of the standard 100 mph medical tape that I have seen time and time again in other kits. The gloves were good but a little disappointing, but I will address that later. The contents of the kit were thought out well and for those with no medical training there is even instructions on the Quik-Clot kit. I do not recommend carrying this without any first aid training at all. So if you carry one please get some type of training I cannot stress that enough.

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[BigDirtyBasterd]

That pack is $90 here, im glad i dident get one. looks like maybe $20 worth of stuff.

[Marty32]

@thecombatmaster A lot of them come in any form; powder, tea-bags or the new combat gauze roll

[thecombatmaster]

Is that quikclot powder or gauze? The new resqpack has hemcon hemo-gauze instead.

[LooseLatitude]

You can use the pak to seal.