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Posted: 2/24/2009 5:34:24 PM EDT
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I was looking for something I can use for all my medical gear and need a back pack that can open up to expose my equipment. I was thinking of a Blackhawk Stomp 2 but its too expensive. The other option I think I'm going to go with is the Maxpedition Falcon 2 or the BlackHawk Special Operations Medical Backpack.
http://www.optactical.com/blspopmeba.html http://www.midwayusa.com/viewProduct/?productnumber=129426 Anyone use any of these? Any recommendations? [email protected] |
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How much medical equipment do you have?
I'm a big fan of TSSI's M9 assault aid bag, I can keep a good amount of stuff in there, though it doesn't have nearly the carry space of the STOMP II bag I've been issued. The STOMP II is almost too big, and if there's space in my bag OCD takes over and makes me put something in it; the M9 limits that effect a bit so my aidbag doesn't weight 80 pounds. |
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How much medical equipment do you have? I'm a big fan of TSSI's M9 assault aid bag, I can keep a good amount of stuff in there, though it doesn't have nearly the carry space of the STOMP II bag I've been issued. The STOMP II is almost too big, and if there's space in my bag OCD takes over and makes me put something in it; the M9 limits that effect a bit so my aidbag doesn't weight 80 pounds. I carry more then the average medic. Usually carry enough to do minor surgery in to the field but I can crack a chest too if I needed |
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How much medical equipment do you have? I'm a big fan of TSSI's M9 assault aid bag, I can keep a good amount of stuff in there, though it doesn't have nearly the carry space of the STOMP II bag I've been issued. The STOMP II is almost too big, and if there's space in my bag OCD takes over and makes me put something in it; the M9 limits that effect a bit so my aidbag doesn't weight 80 pounds. I carry more then the average medic. Usually carry enough to do minor surgery in to the field but I can crack a chest too if I needed Are you a physician serving on a tactical unit? Just wondering what you need field surgical equipment to do a thoracotomy for? I have a good friend who is a physician and Reserve Officer serving on a local SWAT in his day job and a military doc in his other life and between him, my PJ and 18D buddies none of them carry stuff like this in their medical rucks. Think about your tactical field care needs. I'm not saying if you are a physician that you could not need these items in some very rare circumstance, but in the field with limited lighting, no real surgical suction, limited or no access to a difibrilator with internal paddles are you really going to open someone's chest and cross clamp their aorta or something like that? |
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How much medical equipment do you have? I'm a big fan of TSSI's M9 assault aid bag, I can keep a good amount of stuff in there, though it doesn't have nearly the carry space of the STOMP II bag I've been issued. The STOMP II is almost too big, and if there's space in my bag OCD takes over and makes me put something in it; the M9 limits that effect a bit so my aidbag doesn't weight 80 pounds. I carry more then the average medic. Usually carry enough to do minor surgery in to the field but I can crack a chest too if I needed Are you a physician serving on a tactical unit? Just wondering what you need field surgical equipment to do a thoracotomy for? I have a good friend who is a physician and Reserve Officer serving on a local SWAT in his day job and a military doc in his other life and between him, my PJ and 18D buddies none of them carry stuff like this in their medical rucks. Think about your tactical field care needs. I'm not saying if you are a physician that you could not need these items in some very rare circumstance, but in the field with limited lighting, no real surgical suction, limited or no access to a difibrilator with internal paddles are you really going to open someone's chest and cross clamp their aorta or something like that? I have worked with a tactical team and will do anything in the field for my team. I know of someone that has opened a chest in the field and so would I. I would open their abdomen too if I had to. With that in mind, I try not to delay transport. I can provide the highest level of care which is why I have all that gear. I'll also be in the reserves in the next 2 or 3 months as a Major (O4). I wont let anyone on my team die with out doing everything I can. Just the way I am 
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Are you a physician serving on a tactical unit? Just wondering what you need field surgical equipment to do a thoracotomy for? I have a good friend who is a physician and Reserve Officer serving on a local SWAT in his day job and a military doc in his other life and between him, my PJ and 18D buddies none of them carry stuff like this in their medical rucks. Think about your tactical field care needs. I'm not saying if you are a physician that you could not need these items in some very rare circumstance, but in the field with limited lighting, no real surgical suction, limited or no access to a difibrilator with internal paddles are you really going to open someone's chest and cross clamp their aorta or something like that?[/quote] I have worked with a tactical team and will do anything in the field for my team. I know of someone that has opened a chest in the field and so would I. I would open their abdomen too if I had to. With that in mind, I try not to delay transport. I can provide the highest level of care which is why I have all that gear. I'll also be in the reserves in the next 2 or 3 months as a Major (O4). I wont let anyone on my team die with out doing everything I can. Just the way I am
[/quote] I understand. I'm certainly not saying a physician can not have use for this type equipment in the field. However it's still just overall a pretty rare occasion if only faced with small arms fire on persons wearing body armor such as is commonly incountered in a civilian LEO situation. That is why I was wondering if you were actually a doc and what AO you were going to be working in. Certainly as you probably know some folks post here talking about carrying damn near an entire emergency department in there aid bag but with no clue how to use half of there equipment they have and the only training they have is they took a first aid class once and have there little CPR card. So I was just trying to figure out who was posting. My 2 doc friends one an O3 the other O5 (just retired) both carry STOMP II's. They use some other misc. small bags to supplement as needed, such as this NARP bag The STOMP II is a really big bag and both of these guys bags are heavy as hell because of the shit they carry. Mine is not close to the weight of these guys bags. Their bags suck to carry. Another really good resource from a lot of experianced operators is get on the lightfighter web site. There is a Tactical Medicine web forum in there and a good search function with more topics on medical rucks than you want to read with plenty of reviews and pic's. Good luck in the reserves sir. |
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