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Posted: 8/17/2016 2:10:18 PM EDT
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Just for you or your whole department? If just you, then go make friends with the fire guys. They might hook you up.
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Posted: 8/17/2016 5:17:00 PM EDT
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It's just for me. We're a very small PD so a lot of gear is self supplied.
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Posted: 8/17/2016 7:34:18 PM EDT
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Buy
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Posted: 8/17/2016 8:42:18 PM EDT
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I buy. I know everything in my kits, and they are all set up for me.
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Posted: 8/17/2016 9:25:11 PM EDT
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I put my kit together so I could tailor it for my needs. Always seems that there are things in a pre made kit that I don't need and I always seem to be able to
My kit, which rides attached to my duty bag, in a rip off type small med kit bag, in the front seat contains: 2-CAT's, Cito gauze, an Isreali bandage, a chest seal and a Nasal Pharengeal airway. I have been trained on the use of all of this stuff for SELF rescue (Nasals suck!!!). This is not a minor injury type kit and is for the use on me, for me, by me (or by/for another officer). I also carry a CAT on my vest. J- |
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Posted: 8/18/2016 5:22:03 PM EDT
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Just for you or your whole department? If just you, then go make friends with the fire guys. They might hook you up. Try this first, they will probably have most of the stuff you want and will just give it to you. |
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Posted: 8/20/2016 12:18:55 PM EDT
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I say build AFTER you take a tac-med class or two. A real eye opener and cuts through the crap.
Check with your state's tactical officers association NTOA.org Until then, grab the basics and treat them well. Open it up and INSPECT the contents each month. You'd be surprised how some of the packaging gets damaged going from your truck / locker and into your patrol car every day. I always say better to have it and not need it.........but at least be familiar with what you put in there. DON'T forget a headlamp or pen-light... |
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Posted: 8/20/2016 3:10:17 PM EDT
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If you are building strictly a kit for GSWs you may want to build your own kit. It doesn't take much. Fire Depts can load you up on a lot of cheap dressings, but it will likley be just bulk 4x4s and kling.
Rescue essentials sells a lot of good kits though. I just can't find one that is %100 complete. When you add hemostatic combat gauze and a CAT tourniquet you've just bumped up the price about $60 to whatever kit you buy. Probably this kit, plus a boo-boo kit would be a good setup:http://www.rescue-essentials.com/mutual-aid-trauma-mat-kit/ |
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Posted: 8/20/2016 4:16:03 PM EDT
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Do you guys do aided cases often? Most hospitals will have a spot for EMT to restock their bags. Hit that for some basics - 4x4s, cling, triangle bandages, etc.
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Posted: 8/20/2016 4:25:05 PM EDT
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Build. Very unlikely that a kit has the specific items, brand/ type/ size that I want. Buy extras of everything figure out what you like/ what works by actually opening it up and trying to use it. Repurchase what you like and build a kit
A kit won't know what size nasopharyngeal airway you take. Buy a pack and stick em in |
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Posted: 8/21/2016 8:32:55 PM EDT
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Bought kits are full of crap. Most of which you will never use. The stuff you DO use is never there in enough quantity to make them worthwhile.
Get with the fire/EMT guys as already stated. If you can't, buy some decent compression bandages and PROFESSIONAL medical supplies off the internet. Alternatively, you could date an ER nurse. 
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Posted: 8/21/2016 9:10:03 PM EDT
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Bought kits are full of crap. Most of which you will never use. The stuff you DO use is never there in enough quantity to make them worthwhile. Get with the fire/EMT guys as already stated. If you can't, buy some decent compression bandages and PROFESSIONAL medical supplies off the internet. Alternatively, you could date an ER nurse. This is true for the prefilled jump bags but there are some decent pre-made trauma kits out there now. |
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