Posted: 11/15/2024 7:23:07 AM EDT
| Just wondering....of all the equipment you take into the field, does that include a first aid/trauma kit? It seems to me that gear is filed under "I hope I never need it, but glad i have it if/when disaster strikes." |
| I have an IFAK and a booboo pouch with added steri-strips in all of my outdoor gear (hiking / hunting / range / ski packs) and a larger trauma kit in all of my vehicles. Hope to never need any of it. Same feeling as with smoke detectors, fire extinguishers and air bags. |
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I carry a basic boo boo kit and then have a pouch with compressed gauze, quick clots, an Izzy, shears, TQ, tape and some other stuff. I had to use the big one once when I was gutting a deer in 2021. In a hurry to gut while pulling on the butt out I managed to run my hand into the knife i was holding in my other hand and had some pretty good arterial bleeding. Probably squirts of at least a foot. Probably 1/4" of the knife tip came out of my palm. Fortunately the blade edge was facing the back of my hand otherwise I would have completely split the webbing between my thumb and index finger. Quick clot granules burn but they work. I had to jam it in with my fingers at first because the blood was pushing them out. Then the gauze and Izzy wrapped as tight as I could with one hand. Couple hours in an ER and 7 stitches. It was fun getting all those granules scrubbed out. I'm much more careful when gutting a deer now. I also carry the quick clot gauze now too. |
R.I.P. Betty. You were a great doggo
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Originally Posted By Wils91: I carry a basic boo boo kit and then have a pouch with compressed gauze, quick clots, an Izzy, shears, TQ, tape and some other stuff. I had to use the big one once when I was gutting a deer in 2021. In a hurry to gut while pulling on the butt out I managed to run my hand into the knife i was holding in my other hand and had some pretty good arterial bleeding. Probably squirts of at least a foot. Probably 1/4" of the knife tip came out of my palm. Fortunately the blade edge was facing the back of my hand otherwise I would have completely split the webbing between my thumb and index finger. Quick clot granules burn but they work. I had to jam it in with my fingers at first because the blood was pushing them out. Then the gauze and Izzy wrapped as tight as I could with one hand. Couple hours in an ER and 7 stitches. It was fun getting all those granules scrubbed out. I'm much more careful when gutting a deer now. I also carry the quick clot gauze now too. Buddy, ditch the granules and get combat gauze or similar. Less burn, easier to clean. Pro tip, easier to pack the wound if you throw a TQ on first. Once dressed you can slowly loosen and remove the TQ, if appropriate. |
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Originally Posted By NotIssued: Buddy, ditch the granules and get combat gauze or similar. Less burn, easier to clean. Pro tip, easier to pack the wound if you throw a TQ on first. Once dressed you can slowly loosen and remove the TQ, if appropriate. Yeah, I have combat gauze now in my kit. That was my first and last experience with the granules. |
R.I.P. Betty. You were a great doggo
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