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by Afff_667
Mon Jan 03, 2011 1:04 pm
Forum: General Gun, Shooting & Equipment Discussion
Topic: First aid kit questions
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Re: First aid kit questions

There are some good suggestions/comments on items and training needed to treat GSW already listed plus some mentions about first aid kits or simply adding Izzy bandages and Quikclot, for example, to augment regular first aid kits.

I strongly recommend that one keep the serious GSW items separate from the boo boo kit items. You don't want the potentially lifesaving items lost, taken, contaminated, etc by someone simply looking for a bandaid or an aspirin. The GSW kit should be used only to treat that level of injury, so don't put anything else in there. Again, only those items needed to treat GSW (or other related major trauma) should be in that kit. This keeps that particular kit smaller and easier to have handy. Keep the boo boo kit behind the firing line.

I also recommend that folks wanting to provide a higher level of trauma care consider and plan how to treat himself/herself. Sure, you want to be able to help someone, but the life you save may very well be your own!! Too often the casual first aid course focuses on helping others. Keep the GSW stuff handy or actually on you and in a place where you can get to it with either hand.

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