Best personal first aid kit recommendations please?

[felixthelogchopper]

get the gauze bud. u apply that 1st then the ffd

 

Gauze is better if he can get it in the pouch but granules are better than nothing.

[^TANK^]

Will the 6” Emergency Trauma Dressing (ETD) not do the job desertrat0201?

 

"The ETD is essentially an ACE bandage, a tourniquet and a trauma dressing all wrapped into one. They've taken elements from the C.A.T. tourniquet, the typical sports (ACE) bandage and the traditional camouflage combat dressing and rolled them into one more efficient, more compact package.

 

The Israeli bandage has a built in tension bar that applies continuous pressure to the wound, allowing the bandage to act as a stand-alone field dressing, sling, pressure dressing and mild tourniquet. It is ideal for head wounds, because it can be wrapped very easily. Directions on how to use the bandage are printed on the back of the package."

[morten]

Training should reflect the risk & type of injury. So I believe we should not only use CATs or similar , but equally & prehaps more importantly be trained in there use

 

[Dan Earp]

Will the 6” Emergency Trauma Dressing (ETD) not do the job desertrat0201?

 

the etd or ffd (first field dressing) will hold up to a pint of blood. by the time youve got your self together and started to apply it you would of lost a fair amount already. the gauze that i have is pretty much the same size as anormal gauze, the only difference is that it clots the blood aiding you some more time. placing the ffd on top would be enough even for a severed limb til you got down on the ground place a second dressing then the emergency teams should have feet on the ground to sort you out.

If you was to hit an artery it would spirt out like water from a garden hose on jet mode. for those moments id have a quick clot gauze and ffd if i havent already gone in to shock.

[Dan Earp]

Will the 6” Emergency Trauma Dressing (ETD) not do the job desertrat0201?

 

the etd or ffd (first field dressing) will hold up to a pint of blood. by the time youve got your self together and started to apply it you would of lost a fair amount already. the gauze that i have is pretty much the same size as anormal gauze, the only difference is that it clots the blood aiding you some more time. placing the ffd on top would be enough even for a severed limb til you got down on the ground place a second dressing then the emergency teams should have feet on the ground to sort you out.

If you was to hit an artery it would spirt out like water from a garden hose on jet mode. for those moments id have a quick clot gauze and ffd if i havent already gone in to shock.

 

and from what you linked, a tourniquet is to be placed above the wound not on or under it. itll do no good. anything above an inch (unless its been changed) will also cause more of the limb etc to die. if you havent done a course in how to apply one id leave it alone, as applying it can cause further injury or death.id and just pack the wound stemming the blood flow.

 

a good and cheap quick clot gauze would be from Z-MEDICA a quick clot sport mesh bag that is for temporary external use. You only have to control the situation til the medical professionals arrive. i guess theres others out there but its just a case of looking.

 

o dont buy any military quick clot. its far stronger and if not applied directly into the wound it will burn through skin, giving you more problem

[Dan Earp]

http://www.rei.com/product/770185/z-medica-quikclot-sport-50g

 

something like this, have a look around as i got mine for about £9

[Pedroski]

Not being funny, but how many normal people, even with first aid training, would have their wits about them enough to apply a tourniquet to themselves with blood pumping out like a hosepipe on jet mode while dangling in a harness?

[Dan Earp]

Not being funny, but how many normal people, even with first aid training, would have their wits about them enough to apply a tourniquet to themselves with blood pumping out like a hosepipe on jet mode while dangling in a harness?

 

Thats why i said not to bother with a tourniquet unless uve recieved the correct training, and to just apply the gauze and ffd

[^TANK^]

and from what you linked, a tourniquet is to be placed above the wound not on or under it. itll do no good. anything above an inch (unless its been changed) will also cause more of the limb etc to die. if you havent done a course in how to apply one id leave it alone, as applying it can cause further injury or death.id and just pack the wound stemming the blood flow.

This is what I bought.

 

6? Emergency Trauma Dressing (ETD), Israeli bandage,FirstCare,First Respondedr, | eBay

[Dan Earp]

This is what I bought.

 

6? Emergency Trauma Dressing (ETD), Israeli bandage,FirstCare,First Respondedr, | eBay

 

aye the strap is just to secure the pad on to the wound, instead of trying to wrap a bandage around it. think there use of the word tourniquet is to be use lightly.

 

but what you bought would do the job for everyday injuries bud