Fred1diver

didn't take it as bashing, I guess I didn't read the top of your post and just jumped at the list. I hope you were not offended, I just mentionned what I was told in my refresher.
I can now see why you would need a syringe, good idea, same goes for the duct tape, at first thought you were using it mainly for dressing wounds (seen it before).
keep up the good work

shoggoth80

Add some super glue for closing up anything a bandaid can't cover. Some butterflies would be a good addition. Decent scissors and tweezers. Get a nice outdoors kit (can be had for something like $13-25), and add a few personal touches to it. Having a zippered/weaterproof carry case is good too. Add some Popsicle sticks to improvise a finger splint, medical/electrical tape. The cotton stuff from tampons will work well with just about any tape to make an improvised bandaid... I had a boss who did that to cover up a pretty nasty cut on his thumb once. If you are out in the woods, just about any kind of injury will slow you way down. Even a headache will mess with you if you are carrying any kind of load (like backpacking). I'll also mention keeping spare water, and perhaps saline solution in your car, and even perhaps some higher calorie, high sugar foods in case of blood loss, or even if you travel with someone who is diabetic (hard candy, chocolate etc.).

DJKnightmare

Duct Tape ... nuff said.

Tankerblade

Nah i didnt take it as a bashing, i just believed i should have explained myself a bit more and their purpose a bit for.


There are alot of good items listed. What would your guy's opinion on making a list that would be a sticky? a listed First aid kit that could be a guide that people can base their kits off of??

4.3L XJ

I am going to add my .04 cents.

I am a former paramedic. The water is a good idea, forgot about that. But for liability reasons, we gave nothing for pain unless it was morphine under doctors orders. The reason is that a person can have a sensitive stomach and the ibuprofin or any other pain killer could cause a complication that could get you into trouble. We now have a society where we administer heavy duty pain killers for a hang nail. You are better off keeping the aspirin for yourself and sticking with emergency first aid. You will never be liable for that under the good samaritan laws.

NewXJaddict

I almost did the EMT Paramedic thing....went through the whole course in school and liked it. The actual state test thing was after I graduated. I thought more and more about it, got scared and gave up. 2 reasons really 1. Deliverin babies.... I just can't see myself holding down lunch doing something like that. 2. Bodily fluids and such blood and things don't bother me its the bodily waste that would bother me if someone went into a seizure or something.

SO yeah, I chickened out!

Now I work at a hotel where I sit on my butt and do a whole lot of nothing.

NewXJaddict

Thank's for all the suggestions. Much appreciated.

4.3L XJ

Never had to deliver any babies. You just drive like h*** to the hospital and let them worry about it. The excrement thing does happen though. It is not the ones with the seizures, its the diabetics that have been in a coma for days or alcoholics that are really gone. Back in the day, we did mouth to mouth. Nothing like having someone puke in your mouth.

Troth

Ok so for the reord im an Oregon and national EMT and a firefighter. walmart and cheap premade grocery store first aidkits wont help you with much more than a little booboo or minor cut. Check out Wilderness first responder kits from the wilderness institute of nols. you can to alot with this little 8X5X3 kit. I was behind the first car that behind a semi that plowed into a minivan going 55 mph and all I had was this kit. I did enough to satbleize the 2 ladies for fire to transport. just remember you could have an emt kit but not know how to use it. I recoment the wilderness first responder course NOLS just google it for the kit and classes and Gloves! BSI (body substance Isolation) is the most important and the rescuer is the most important because youre useless if your injured

Camrynz

x2

DELCOZRT

Don't no how detailed ya want to go but this is a link to some very good ones my friends on another forum put together.
I post on this forum as 1.S.1.K
http://zombiehunters.org/forum/viewt...p?f=43&t=25671

Note:
The forum is a disaster preparedness forum, the zombie thing is a metaphor for natural disasters.

shoggoth80

Zombie Squad kicks ***. Lots of good information to be had there.

NuclearCowboy

just a little bit of everthing

caged

add a tick kit

tomcarey88

tourniquet an gauze, thts what uncle sam makes me carry every were ,x2 on super glue,are medics even keep it in their bags