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As a rule of thumb, I think your first aid kit should be divided into 2 groups: booboos and do what you have to to get to a hospital.
Make your own: that way you'll know whats in it and how to use it.
As a rule of thumb, I think your first aid kit should be divided into 2 groups: booboos and do what you have to to get to a hospital. (This comes from my survival thinking: most situations resolve themselves within 24 hours, I forget the citation. So what I have to survive with is 72 hours of gear.)
Booboos: stuff like bandaids, neosporin, splinter removal, ibuprofen, my personal RX,
Hospital: guaze pads and wraps, vet wrap.
This is my personal, always on me small kit.
I carry a fully stocked first responder kit in my truck.
The military and civilian sector are going away from the use of quick clot due to the damage it does to the skin and flesh around the wound. Pressure bandages and tourniquets are the real way to go. That why I recommend a tampon or maxi pad shoved into the wound with an ace wrap around it. They fill with blood and become their own pressure dressing from the inside and you can wrap the ace wrap tight enough to make a tourniquet effect, along with the black electrical tape above the wound and nearest joint for more of a tourniquet if need be.
The military and civilian sector are going away from the use of quick clot due to the damage it does to the skin and flesh around the wound.
Here are my picks for the essentials.Just curious what you all bring for first aid kits. Any recommendations on kits?