Wednesday, September 21, 2011

What first aid kit for TEOTWAWKI?

TOTWTYTR brings it.

This is a really, really good idea for a second range bag.  Hopefully nothing goes wrong, but if it does, it goes really wrong, really quick.

I also think that with as many EMT folks who are also gunbloggers, a (say) one-hour first aid refresher at a blogshoot is a particularly useful idea.  It won't make the rest of us EMTs, but it will give us an idea about what to do if something goes really, really bad.

RTWT, and bookmark it.

4 comments:

  1. NotClauswitzSeptember 21, 2011 at 3:34 PM

    I have a kit somewhat like that in each of the bug-out-bags, and included in it is/are packets of QuuikClot.

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  2. Dave HSeptember 21, 2011 at 4:07 PM

    If you're truly preparing for TEOTWAWKI, the biggest thing you need is knowledge. Most first aid kits and classes assume you're just keeping a victim alive until the paramedics arrive. (I took a range first aid class taught by a paramedic. He said in his job, his problem is to keep you alive long enough to make you someone else's problem.)

    In a TEOTwhatever scenario, the paramedics ain't coming. It's all on you.

    This discussion thread links to several sources of free downloadable books on handling medical emergencies when professional help or supplies aren't available. One is written for ship captains when they're facing emergencies at sea; others are for missionaries and people going WAY out beyond the confines of civilization.

    http://nyshooters.net/forum/showthread.php?3213-Fixing-boo-boos-after-civilization-falls

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  3. NorthSeptember 21, 2011 at 4:59 PM

    I have a lot of that in my outdoor range bag, which doubles as a partial BoB.

    http://northwest1524.blogspot.com/2011/05/outdoor-range-bag.html

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  4. PaladinSeptember 21, 2011 at 5:50 PM

    I've found that I seldom do anything "a little bit" :)

    http://thereluctantpaladin.blogspot.com/2009/08/how-im-preparing-home-base-medic-pack.html

    This one doesn't travel with me, of course. I have more compact kits for the vehicles. This is my "holy-crap we're screwed" kit.

    +1 on the suggestion to gain as much knowledge as possible in addition to just "stuff". A couple of really good books are "Ditch Medicine", "Where there is no Doctor", and "Where there is no Dentist". Of course, "hands on" usually trumps book larnin' but books are a damned sight better than sitting around with your thumb up your... :)

    Practice your skills before you need them. For example, if you bother to keep a suture kit for God's sake practice stitching some pig feet or a banana before you find yourself needing to stitch up your better half.

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