First aid kit questions

[Skydivesnake]

Well I ordered some Olaes bandages and some other bits and bobs from http://www.rescue-essentials.com/

Order placed 3pm 7th Jan, got the package 12th Jan.

All pretty low hassle, good prices, $4.99 flat rate shipping and good customer service (one item was out of stock and they contacted me for my preference on what to do). I got an 8% discount using the coupon code 'undead' which I found on the web.

Would use them again...

[Excaliber]

I had discussed tactical trauma training with an exhibitor at the Plano gun show last weekend. He recommended Lonestar Medics as a good provider for such training in the DFW area. I don't know anything further about them, but will be contacting them in the next week or so.

I'd be interested in hearing from anyone who has experience with them.

[Skydivesnake]

I had discussed tactical trauma training with an exhibitor at the Plano gun show last weekend. He recommended Lonestar Medics as a good provider for such training in the DFW area. I don't know anything further about them, but will be contacting them in the next week or so.

I'd be interested in hearing from anyone who has experience with them.

I wonder if there is enough interest on this forum to have a group training session arranged - I'd be up for it...

[sjfcontrol]

Me Too!

[CC Italian]

After reading this post it really got me thinking. I do carry a small medical kit in my car and house at all times but I really have little experience with emergency wound care. My brother is an EMT and he is going to give me the crash course on tourniquets and the like and set me up with a trauma kit. He said the same thing some of you guys said about duck tape and quick clot, great stuff. He also basically said the same as TAM. Tourniquets are used as a last resort when an artery is severed. He has been a fireman for more then 10 years and he said he has only used 1 tourniquet on a person in all that time. He said the person is usually dead before they get on location if a tourniquet is needed. This is why it is so important for people to know how and when to use them. He also said what TAM said, "direct pressure on the wound works well". This is what he recommended first. He said if a tourniquet is used you only have minutes before permanent nerve and muscle damage is done to your limb, or worst case scenario you lose a limb.

[ELB]

... if a tourniquet is used you only have minutes before permanent nerve and muscle damage is done to your limb, or worst case scenario you lose a limb.

I was taught this in the past also, but there is new thinking on this. You might find this thread interesting. The Dr. Meade in the thread is an ER physician who is also member of a SWAT team and a medical director for at least one EMS.

First-Aid-EMT-and-Tourniquets-Hemostatics

[OldSchool]

... if a tourniquet is used you only have minutes before permanent nerve and muscle damage is done to your limb, or worst case scenario you lose a limb.

I was taught this in the past also, but there is new thinking on this. You might find this thread interesting. The Dr. Meade in the thread is an ER physician who is also member of a SWAT team and a medical director for at least one EMS.

First-Aid-EMT-and-Tourniquets-Hemostatics

Yes, current thinking is hours, not minutes; on the other hand, a femoral artery is indeed just minutes. The better risk must be obvious. military training is not hesitant on tourniquets, but the most important thing is to always tell the next person handling the patient.

The one thing that can't be carried in the kit? Clear thinking at trauma time. Preparation is everything.