What do you have for a first aid/trauma kit?

[JasperFrank]

"Our class, they pointed out, once you start rendering aid, you Are obligated to continue aid until relieved, or you physically are no longer able to render aid."
I got that also in the CPR classes, and for some stupid reason I always volunteered to be the CPR person. Nope... not anymore. and at the last placed worked at, the question was asked, who wanted to be the CPR person. Full day with pay for two hours training! No one else... also... volunteered. The one co-worker that was of concern, had denture breath that could remove paint. So management had to take the classes.

 

[Balazar]

When I'm running my chainsaw, I have chaps on and there is an IFAK on them with a tourniquet, Israeli bandage, clotting gauze, sucking chest wound patch, scissors, nitrile gloves, a sharpie, nasal nasopharyngeal airway, elastic bandage, and a cap for my water bottle and salt packet to to use my water bottle as eyewash. All of that fits into a small IFAK pouch with molly loops. the tourniquet is in a velco pocket on the outside for quick deployment. I keep IFAK's like this in each vehicle, the tractor, on my hunting saddle, my chainsaw chaps/suspenders, next to my workbench and in the kitchen next to the fire extinguisher. If there is an emergency, band aids and antiseptic are useless. Everyone should have some basic emergency response training. That first aid kit that came in your Audi is useless in a car accident. It's for scraped knees and period cramps.

 

[paulsharvey]

"Our class, they pointed out, once you start rendering aid, you Are obligated to continue aid until relieved, or you physically are no longer able to render aid."
I got that also in the CPR classes, and for some stupid reason I always volunteered to be the CPR person. Nope... not anymore. and at the last placed worked at, the question was asked, who wanted to be the CPR person. Full day with pay for two hours training! No one else... also... volunteered. So management had to take the classes.

They also no longer recommend breaths, just chest compressions, if its solo. I guess they have found 1 person can't keep up more than just a couple minutes of compressions and breaths.

 

[Torvy]

Some of these ideas are great. Be sure you know how to use/dispense the stuff in your kit.

Getting caught with distributing prescription drugs isn't good either.

Prevention is the best first aid.

 

[CalG]

4x4 gauze
a couple triangular cravats
a couple rolls of cling
Good tweezers and a small hand glass.

Always in the truck,
Lots more in my work vest ;-)
(ski patrol)

 

[JasperFrank]

Some of these ideas are great. Be sure you know how to use/dispense the stuff in your kit.

Getting caught with distributing prescription drugs isn't good either.

Prevention is the best first aid.

I think practice is the best first aid. And I don't how exactly how you do this, but I sometimes, I just practice, in a fake sort of way. On just me to see if I have every thing and if I can do it. It feels silly some times.
But I do find that my kit is out dated. So that gets changed out.

 

[D&D]

Here’s an interesting local incident, wrap with guaze or?

Man Flown to Trauma Center After Shooting in Waldorf, Police Investigating As Self-Inflicted - Southern Maryland News Net

On Sunday, August 11, 2025, at approximately 7:51 p.m., police, firefighters and emergency medical services responded to the parking lot of Bunker Hill Liquor Store and Tavern located at 9800 Bunker Hill Road in Waldorf, for the reported shooting.

smnewsnet.com

 

[LittleBittyBigJohn]

They also no longer recommend breaths, just chest compressions, if its solo. I guess they have found 1 person can't keep up more than just a couple minutes of compressions and breaths.

At my last refresher they went back to doing breaths.

 

[Balazar]

Here’s an interesting local incident, wrap with guaze or?

Man Flown to Trauma Center After Shooting in Waldorf, Police Investigating As Self-Inflicted - Southern Maryland News Net

On Sunday, August 11, 2025, at approximately 7:51 p.m., police, firefighters and emergency medical services responded to the parking lot of Bunker Hill Liquor Store and Tavern located at 9800 Bunker Hill Road in Waldorf, for the reported shooting.

smnewsnet.com

Castration band and cauterize? This is how natural selection works.

 

[Jstpssng]

Prevention is the best first aid

Agreed.

When I was contract cruising I was on my own; I'd leave town with my dog for weeks at a time and never had anybody to check in with. That put the honus on me to be safe.
One day I was the first outsider on the scene when a hiker had taken a bad fall. By the time I got there he was diseased deceased... his sightless eyes staring at the sky.
For a long time after that if I was thinking about doing something dicey, a vision of those eyes would appear in my mind and I'd think "let's find a better way." We were down in Vermont on crusty snow and I was skiing quite a bit on my anowshoes so as we headed down a steep hill I decided to take them off and wade the snow. 100 yards later we came on a beautiful scenic vista... overlooking a cliff I probably would have gone over if I'd still been on snowshoes.

At my last refresher they went back to doing breaths.

The instructor of the course I took this spring said the same.