Posted: 12/4/2025 2:28:35 PM EDT
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| I had my first experience with RE today, spent a ton of money, but Jamie was excellent in helping me adjust my large order. I still need to add some things and was wondering, is their brand of bandages and other supplies good to go? I assume someone is producing them for RE. They sell NAR and other brands, but are the RE branded items quality as well? |
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Originally Posted By taliv: I’ve certainly spent $$$ there Well, my first aid was half-a$$ed to begin with and needed total resupply due to age anyway. I'm trying to clear stuff out, so for Christmas I'm gathering a bunch of the Milwaukee tool bags that came free with various tools and I'm filling 4 of them for my kids - making them an auto emergency kit: flares, lights, bungee, duct tape, gloves, small tools, so they can call me and I walk them through something easy, without waiting for AAA. My daughter went to change her tire, 10:30 at night, empty parking lot. She had the spare out, but couldn't get the tire off. I was 10 minutes away and just hit it with my M18 inflator. Still, she was ready to tackle it. I'd like to give them each an inflator, but we'll see. Anyway, I decided to add a First Aid kit for them. Mostly small booboos, but they go shooting, etc., so some items that either they can learn to use, or can have on hand for someone who knows what to do. I'm pushing training on them and am actually going to take some courses myself. So, that's what led me to RE. I'm just looking for some chest seals and a few other things and their brand is not only less expensive, but has the items I want. |
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I've purchased a number of things from them. Put kits together for my car, house, ATV SXS, Range Bag and wife's car. I used the pelican cases from Harbor freight for a few of them. Then clear lure cases for everything else. Using those you can print labels for each cell stating what's in it and how many, so you can quickly check and top off if items have been used. |
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Originally Posted By swampfoxoutdoors: I've purchased a number of things from them. Put kits together for my car, house, ATV SXS, Range Bag and wife's car. I used the pelican cases from Harbor freight for a few of them. Then clear lure cases for everything else. Using those you can print labels for each cell stating what's in it and how many, so you can quickly check and top off if items have been used. Thanks I know RE is good to go. I'm trying to understand if their RE product line is as quality as others. I actually did grab the Apache cases from HF, wondering what the heck I would do with them. One is set aside for just this purpose! What are the clear Cure cases. I like to see things and am very color coordinated, so I bought the clear color sided bags RE had on sale, 4/$18. I figure they'll fit in a large bag I plan to use for a home kit as well. |
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These are the ones I was referring too. Amazon Link I think RE and NAR are sister companies. And the products that I have purchased with the RE brand has been great. |
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Originally Posted By swampfoxoutdoors: These are the ones I was referring too. Amazon Link I think RE and NAR are sister companies. And the products that I have purchased with the RE brand has been great. Perfect. Thanks! |
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Thanks. I usually research the crap out of stuff, but shot from the hip with RE, so good to hear. Once I get my kits broken down, I’ll see what pack I want for my range bag. It has to be fairly compact, like that Tasmanian Tiger Small IFAK, because I want it on our cart for family trapshooting. That cart fills up quick with ammo, food, etc. |
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Here is some of my kits. I’m by no far an expert on this. I have 18 yrs Vol. Fire / First Responder and 3 yrs EMS as a EMT-b and 10yrs coroner in a small rural county. These are idea I’ve stole from EMS and other departments and constantly evolving. Car kit for deployment as a First responder/ emt. Scene use. Attached File Attached File Attached File |
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The kit is also in my car but meant for me and my family and meant to be more of a grey man deployment as gay as that sounds. Thought process is if we are out somewhere and something goes down bad I wanted this to be for my family sustainment and now scream “hey that guy could help us”. Idea is more for having to ditch the car and go on foot and to have something that can blend in with crowd of people on foot. The bag also has other items in it too. Batteries, cables, head lamps, solar panel, GPS very basic survival items like fire starter etc.. Bag is daughters old book bag. Attached File Semi clear bags are - red zipper bleeding control - blue is airway - yellow stabilization - lure case meds and boo boo kit Attached File I try to keep that bag kinda empty so we can plus up whatever items the family has and needs to throw in it. |
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Thanks @swampfoxoutdoors , I did ok so far. A few questions/comments: - what is the black puck container? - can you specify what that wrapped gauze is? - what's in the bright green wrappers? I have the rest of the items...and bit more. I do like that Medication pack. I know, it's cheaper to put together, but being sealed in that kit makes it hopefully lousy and easier to find in the kit! |
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This kit is for my Kawasaki Mule on the farm. The farm has my family and 2 uncles and their spouse on the property. Some of the farm is leased to a friend of mine who is also in the dept. So this is meant to be grabbed by me or the friend and used while EMS is coming. Not as organized. Just open and dig through. lol Attached File Attached File |
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@swampfoxoutdoors where did you get those colored bags? I am a visual person and love color coordination. I have larger ones for my home kit. And, you are spot on with that, see a bag, "that guy can help us." My daughter witnessed a car drive off the road, as she called 911, she saw a passerby stop, and exit his car with a backpack. She later told me, "A guy with a backpack jumped out to help. He must be military or something, but he looked like he could help the guy." That led me to my grey man conversation at family Thanksgiving |
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Originally Posted By SwiftyMorgan: Thanks @swampfoxoutdoors , I did ok so far. A few questions/comments: - what is the black puck container? - can you specify what that wrapped gauze is? - what's in the bright green wrappers? I have the rest of the items...and bit more. I do like that Medication pack. I know, it's cheaper to put together, but being sealed in that kit makes it hopefully lousy and easier to find in the kit! Black puck is a pocket BVM.  Pocket BVM (Bag Valve Mask) Wrapped cause would be for cuts or any other wounds. The green is npa.  How to Insert a Nasopharyngeal Airway (NPA) #studentparamedic |
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Originally Posted By swampfoxoutdoors: Black puck is a pocket BVM.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4moD_ramN8Wrapped cause would be for cuts or any other wounds. The green is npa. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/om5KwG-dPMUOriginally Posted By swampfoxoutdoors: Originally Posted By SwiftyMorgan: Thanks @swampfoxoutdoors , I did ok so far. A few questions/comments: - what is the black puck container? - can you specify what that wrapped gauze is? - what's in the bright green wrappers? I have the rest of the items...and bit more. I do like that Medication pack. I know, it's cheaper to put together, but being sealed in that kit makes it hopefully lousy and easier to find in the kit! Black puck is a pocket BVM. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4moD_ramN8Wrapped cause would be for cuts or any other wounds. The green is npa. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/om5KwG-dPMUThanks. Ok, so that's just plain gauze? |
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Originally Posted By SwiftyMorgan: Thanks. Ok, so that's just plain gauze? Yeah I like them sealed for storage like that so they stay clean. On the kits EMS provided us as first responders they were in paper packs and just got nasty looking from riding in the car for years and not being used or rotated out. |
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Originally Posted By SwiftyMorgan: @swampfoxoutdoors where did you get those colored bags? I am a visual person and love color coordination. I have larger ones for my home kit. And, you are spot on with that, see a bag, "that guy can help us." My daughter witnessed a car drive off the road, as she called 911, she saw a passerby stop, and exit his car with a backpack. She later told me, "A guy with a backpack jumped out to help. He must be military or something, but he looked like he could help the guy." That led me to my grey man conversation at family Thanksgiving Those clear bags with colored zippers came from Amazon. Was like 20 of them for $10. They are pretty cheap made. And just so happened to have the colored zippers. I was going to hit them with some spray paint initially on one side but never did. I stole tha idea from our EMS. Our statpack jump bags has individual cell bags inside that are color coded and labeled similar. This is what the have on the county med units. Statpack |
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