Which First Aid vehicle packs

[Luckyleaf]

My first aid pack needs updating and probably replacing, what do you use ? Any good suggestions ?

Thanks in advance

[penfold]

It might be worth having a look at the arb-aid trauma kit. Heard good reports about them.

[Commando]

Quickclot bandage/sponge or similar product is a must!

[Luckyleaf]

commando.....ex bootneck ?

[Commando]

Never an ex, always a former!! Once a Marine....Ha Ha

[Luckyleaf]

Lol the old ones are the best !! I joined 1990 left 98 you ?

[Commando]

Sprog! 83-05 :-)

[Grass hopper]

I got bits and bobs ( big blood stoppers ) form S.P Services in the UK they know there stuff

when it comes to first aid. I was dealing with a lady called Kully (MAD).

Hope this helps , some times it better to make up a kit and have a few extra bits in stock that buy 1 complete.

[Luckyleaf]

wow just missed the falklands the only old sweat I know whos done that lenght of time is Mr Gilby and he is still going !!

[Andy Collins]

The Arb-Aid kit is a good kit, I carry one on site every day. It is on the expensive side, but what price if someone is bleeding out? But it is a question of where do you stop? A Defib unit? Before I got the Arb Aid kit, I had a paramedic kit, with a lot of the necessary gear as the Arb Aid kit, but only £26 from recollection. Now i know forces guys are trained to manage very serious injuries with a very portable kit, but we ain't forces, and don't have the back up. All we have to do is stem the flow of blood until help arrives.

FTR I won the Arb Aid kit in a raffle, would I buy one? I doubt it, good as it is, I could get all the paramedic kt I have, place it in a Pelican case, and spend the left over money on another 1st aid course (or beer).