First aid/medic bags in your tacoma?

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Anyone carry a combat medical kit?



http://www.cavalrymanufacturing.com/medical/ICMK.html

 

I have a custom first aid kit I put in the back door. And I also have a combat medic bag full of shit, from gunshot kits to kids boo boos.never be caught with your pecker in your hand,is what my dad used to say.

 

Why are you driving your truck into a scene where someone was shot?

I'm sorry, but as a professional paramedic I would laugh my ass off at someone who pulled out a "medic bag" out of their truck on a scene. Just my personal opinion

 

A lot of offroad/hiking trails border or are even IN hunting areas. You can be dozens or even hundreds of miles from a hospital. You're vulnerable to gun shots, bears, mountain lions, snake bites, stings, falling trees and rocks, and much much more.

As a medic I'm sure i don't have to tell you that in an emergency every second counts, and in the middle of nowhere it is going to be quite a few seconds before help arrives. And in a life threatening situation like that, in a similar location I doubt you'll find someone willing to turn your help away because you're not a trained emt.

 

x2 I live and play in an area far from where the ambulances are stationed I would say it would be about a 10 minutes wait or so. I can do alot in that time, control hemorrage, put on splints, evaluate patient. If I had a backboard and some help I could immobilize patient if needed. ( I am not gonna carry around a backboard and spyder straps or 18 or whatever amount of triangulars is needed around with me.) To have a "medic bag" with you if you are in a city where an ambulance will take 1-2 minutes or so to get to you may not be practical, but when in the sticks it could save someones life.

 

Why would you carry more than a first aid kit (or advanced first aid kit) most of the time? IDK, there are reasons why basic first aid would be enough while someone else went for help. And if you're not a trained (and working) paramedic, I'm not sure I would want you working on me with any more than the basics.

For most of us, it will be better to do the best you can with a first aid kit and wait for help to come to you if the injury is serious. At least that's my opinion.

 

I hope that you never have to experience this then . You might bleed out before you get help..No reason to be a dick about it. Any one can go get certerfied by the American redcross to adminster first aid and CPR.

 

Thank You.

 

Being certified in CPR is completely different then pulling out an IV with fluids, a cric kit and BVM. AHA instructs lay personal to compressions only. Not being a dick, just my opinion.

 

Simply awesome, this thread has put me on alert to have something in my truck!!
Does anyone know if Burnseason (OP) is ok being in Afgan/Pakastan, last time he checked in was 09/17/2011!!!!!

 

Here's a breakdown of what I carry, maybe you can pull some ideas from it:

Outside pocket #1 (The immediately life threatening pocket):

Tourniquet
Compression bandages
Quikclot (Warning: Do NOT use it unless you've been trained on it!)
Latex gloves
CPR Mask
NPA tube (Nasal Airway Tube)
EMT sheers

Outside pocket #2 (The get away from me, motherfucker pocket)

ASP baton
OC spray
Additional magazines for my carry gun
3x zip cuffs

Small outside pockets:

Flash light
Sharpee
Knife

Map pocket:

Map with coordinates, addresses, and phone numbers to all major hospitals.
Forest map
Road map
Phone roster of important phone numbers

Minor medical pocket:

Regular bandages
Eye socket bandages
Abdominal bandages
Wraps, etc.
Aspirin
Burn cream
Antiseptic wipes
Bee sting, etc.
Tweezers
All the boo-boo's and ouchie's kind of stuff.

Large center pocket (medical):

SAM splints
More compression bandages
Instant ice packs

Center pocket (non medical):

Hand wipes
Road flares
Chem lights
Batteries (123A and AA)
Aluminum emergency blankets
550 cord
100 MPH tape
Multi-tool
Note pad and pen.

Probably forgetting a few things, but it gives you some ideas.

Other stuff in the truck, but not in that particular bag:

GPS
Shovel and axe (bed mounted)
Hi-lift (bed mounted)
Shackles, snatch block, recovery straps, compressor, plug kit (behind/under seats)
Basic tools
Additional flashlight
Extra socks, underwear, long johns.

 

I carry a small basic first aid kit. However I do carry a separate bag with some juice, some glucose tablets and icing in a tube since my son and Mom are both type 1 diabetic.

 

With my work being in ems, it is very easy for me to get supplies and cool items. i store all my easy access supplies behind my driver rear seat. just the simple stuff like trauma shears, gloves, dressings, bandaids for an example. i also carry many of the same supplies plus more in my portable first aid in my toolbox for camping/exploring.

 

This looks VERY SIMILAR to the kit I carry. It's a throw-back to the years I spent as an EMT. (No IV fluids or cric-kit, but I'm pretty well equipped at the BLS level...)

 

This is what I carry http://www.buyemp.com/product/l-a-rescue-first-call-in-bag1 Minus a 02 bottle. I used to have some collars but they broke from catching the clip on the back of the seat!! Guess I will have to get some more.

 

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