Posted: 9/10/2007 7:06:12 PM EDT
| I am looking for a top line home first aid kit that could cover most situations. Can anyone send me in the right direction? |
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Build your own customized kit. You want page 2: www.redcross.org/disaster/safety/fdsk.pdf Add in a stethoscope, blood pressure cup, and an old time glass thermometer. Learn to take vital signs in a first responder or EMT course. They also teach CPR/AED and first aid. Once you do that, start on meds. Look at "FIRST AID": www.vnh.org/ |
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Stock your kit with what you are trained to use. I have never seen a prefab kit that fits my needs. Take a first responder (40 hours) or EMT-Basic class (120 hours). There is enough in those courses to stabilize patients and treat life threatening injuries. Doesn't do much good to have materials you don't know how to use. A chest tube and intubation, for example, are not skills you should be attempting without proper training and continued practice. |
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bad link above: redone; redcross emergency preparedness checklist arfcom aid info link to army combat lifesaver material WHAT HAPPENED TO ALL THE MEDICINE AND FIRSTAID RELATED STUFF ON THE "ESSENTIALS GUIDES AND FICTION FORUM"? I CAN'T SEEM TO FIND NEARLY AS MUCH AS I BELIEVE THERE ONCE TO HAVE BEEN... i know the SHTF when we underwent some forum restructering a few weeks ago... but there are med/firstaid related threads going on in both the SURVIVAL DISCUSIONS forum, and GENERAL OUTDOOR DISCUSION forum, and here in the SURIVAL GEAR forum, and this subject could even be appropriate, if anyone ever posted anything in the NEW PRODUCTS forum, it's a bit difficult to keep track of all the good links and pertanent information in all the different threads... i would like to move to vote, that the as yet unused forum which has set totally dormant since the inception of the new forum structure, entitled "NEW PRODUTS FORUM" be transformed into the "FIRST AID AND OUTDOORS/SURVIVAL MEDICINE FORUM" or that an aid forum be created, it would certainly have more relavence than several other topics, which have been granted forums. if i am out of place in suggesting this i appologise, it just seems to make a lot of since to me... |
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For a purchased kit, Adventure Medical is one of the best companies with a kit for any budget. Good FAK review for building your own kit linkage |
| i picked this book up at a local books-a-million, but paid a little more. i haven't had time to read through it yet, but in skimming the chapters and contentes, it seems to be a very well though out and well written complete guide. the authour of "medicine for the outdoors" paul s. auerbach says first off in the book that it will not make you a backcountry doctor, but it may help you save a life. it's complete even with sections on bleach purification of water, edible and toxic wild plants of north america guide, and many many other useful bits of information in adition to being a very complete bachwoods medical guide... |
Contact your local volunteer fire department or rescue squad. If you strike out there, your local EMS service should be able to tell you. Community colleges or Vo-Tech's in your area should know too. Hope this helps. |
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This is a kit I built a few weeks ago. I keep this in my Jeep so I do not have to worry about carrying all of this stuff around. Wound Wash Wash Applicator Hand Sanitizer Cotton Balls Q-Tips Benadryl Anti-Itch Cream Anbesol Neosporin Imodium Benadryl Allergy Astringent Solution Powder Gas-X Sudafed PE Tylenol Cold Dramamine Instant Nail Glue Pepto-Bismol Tums Advil Asprin Ibuprofen Lubricant Eye-Drops Compound Benzoin Tincture Swabstick Povidone-Iodine Solution Ammonia Inhalant Solution Alcohol Swab Latex Gloves Ace Bandage Tweezers Blister Block Sticks Digital Thermometer Various Sizes of Band Aids First Aid tape Sport tape Duct Tape Liquid Bandages 2nd Skin Moist Burn Pads Maxi-Pads Triangle Bandages Various Size Gauze Pads Sheers Pictures for those that want to see what it looks like; Bandages Meds |