Pocket EDC Trauma Kit | How I Built It
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- A true pocket trauma kit. This is a kit that I built to my specifications for use in on-body carry in a pocket. My intent with this kit is to have more substantial medical capabilities on my person, and be able to treat some major trauma in a compact and very straightforward platform. Enjoy!
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So thankful for this video. The kit has been in my front jeans pocket for several months now and has remained intact. I replaced your sharpie with a decompression needle, and instead fit a mini sharpie sideways between the celox and the folded gauze. I have a small iodine prep package and have blue gloves instead of black.
Update: I used the H&H mini compression bandage instead of the Celox rapid and it fit perfectly. The mini compression bandage is very similar thickness to the S rolled gauze
Hey, there... Man, I'm so glad I put this kit together yesterday. I was able to fit a SWAT-T and a CPR mask in there as well... Very snug fit, but it all goes in there... Fits just right into a cargo pocket, with a Gen7 right along side it.
Today at work I was able to help defuse an fight between two guys, one brandishing an ice pick against the other, ready to put holes in the other.
The closest work-provided first aid kit was on the other side of a city block sized building, and is basically just an oversized booboo kit... Nothing to deal with MARCH trauma. To make matters worse, my blowout kit was a quarter block away in my trunk.
Thankfully the 2 guys were broken up before it turened bloody, but as I had this EDC on me I felt a sense of relief knowing I had imidiate access to a trauma kit if SHTF and I had to patch up a major puncture wound.
Anyway, thanks for the solid build idea. I'll be making a few of these to give away to coworkers and family.
Cheers, hopefully we never have to use them, right?
Hey Dave! Great to hear from you as always! I’m so glad that you found the video useful, I’m glad you put together a kit, and I’m REALLY glad you didn’t have to use it! Lol. You’re right though, since carrying this in my pocket everyday it definitely adds a level of comfort and preparedness that I didn’t even know I was lacking. Good for you, Dave! All the best my friend!
This is an absolute amazing video that should be getting more views. You have a lot of good insight and information, along with what I see as the most compact and efficient EDC Trauma Kit on TH-cam so far
Great job on the kit.
The Celox z-fold is $40, Hyfin Vent seals $16, s-rolled gauze $5, Soft Wide Tourniquet $38, Gloves & Sharpie are cheap.
This is perfect for me. I walk around in cargo shorts 90% of the time and when I’m at work I wear BDU’s that have pockets where this can just disappear in. I’m definitely going to have to build one out like this. Thank you for sharing.
Just a suggestion. You don't need an Israeli bandage or pressure bandage because your TQ will work like one paired with gauze (NOT CRANKED HARD). So your good there. I would add some folding trauma sheers to the kit so you can cut the clothing, gauze, or gorilla tape. I would have 1 vented chest seal and if you need 2 then throw in a tiny bit of gorilla tape folded to create an exit chest seal with the bag. 1 roll of gauze is good, I would pack either one of them. Gloves are good. Also snakestaff systems created a TQ that's 50% smaller than a regular TQ so you actually could pack that in the bag as an extra (sometimes 1 doesn't work). No sharpie needed imo.
So you'd have
1 chest seal, 1 gauze, 1 TQ, 1 pair of gloves, 1 trauma sheers, and a bit of gorilla tape for improvised exit chest seal. All that in a same sized bag you currently use.
But yours is great too! Just what I would do
Been carrying a gun for years but only in the past year or so did I start EDCing a trauma kit. Problem I ran into was it quickly grew into something too big and it started being left behind a little too often. This is very similar to what I’ve had to pare mine down to.
Right on!
I’ve gone for a lighter kit (as I’m in UK). Most medical aid is relatively close/quick. (1)SWAT-T as it’s light and less expensive. (2)Space Blanket. (3)Aspirin for heart attacks. (4) compressed gauze for wound packing. I need to add some chest vent thingys, a blue inhaler and try to get some low dose epipens (anyone can administer but you need a prescription to get them). That covers most life threatening stuff. Want a plaster? Walk 10 minutes to a shop! 😂
This is brilliant, I've tried ankle rigs and hate how much they bulk out but this will just look like a big wallet in my back pocket. I'll probably add a small cuts kit to it but looking forward to building one.
Excellent kit! I would just add a small mylar blanket. Super important!
Thank you for making this important video easy to understand and implement. I would definitely buy this as a kit from you. I would add a mask and some alcohol or iodine prep pads. I would change the color of the gloves to blue or purple for a kit to sell. 🙂
I love the thoughtfulness of the wound packing
Thanks, David!
As an EMT and EDC nerd I think this is a great set up... It has just about everything you need (- TQ). I been looking for a good set up while I am in shorts (in pants I have an ankle kit). And I think this plus a TQ in my sidecar holster should do the trick
I can't agree with you more Sean. EVERYONE should have a good first aid kit. I also keep some Quick Clot in my kit. No excuses guys and girls, get your first aid and trauma kits together now!
Amen brother!!!
Great set up! My only hesitation is the black gloves. In my experience, olive drab, brown, purple, or blue gloves are a lot better for blood sweeps than the tacticool black nitrile gloves. I do carry black talon gloves by NAR, but I make sure to always have blue gloves or green gloves on me at all times for blood sweeps. It is just easier to visualize blood.
Absolutely, I mention that in the video.
Nice kit. I don't know squat about trauma other than how to cause it. Lol. I need to learn though
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Hey Sean. Absolutely I would buy this. What you have is simple and at hand and the life you save could be your own. Even with basic training (sucking chest wound could be interesting. Like your story about the cyclist I took a call for a woman who jumped off a balcony at a hospital and pinned herself to the ground via a small hedge she landed on. Trees will get you man). That Ziploc bag is amazing. I am going to go looking for them online. Have never seen them for sale in Australia. Your knife, flashlights and pen videos are great. But heck, your first aid videos are just amazing. Thank you Sean for these videos. Your ideas and suggestions are brilliant. Please keep it up.
Thanks so much for watching Wiggle! I appreciate your support and your kind words. That jump from the balcony call is wild! I think you’re right, the biggest threat to human life are all these trees. They’re out to get us! Lol. I plan to do more medical videos in the future, I have one filmed and at least a few more planned. Thanks again for watching! Cheers mate.
Excellent video! I really appreciate the thoroughness. Thank you sir!
Excellent idea to have a kit like yours that's unobtrusive enough to carry daily! Great job, thanks!
Thanks JJ! Always good to hear from you. Thanks so much for watching!
Would a Nasopharyngeal airway fit instead of the Sharpie?
Yeah, you could fit an NPA in there. I tried putting one in and it was a bit challenging to get it in without causing kinks and keeping the kit flat. But yeah, you could absolutely adapt the contents to whatever works/fits, the possibilities are endless!
Awesome kit brother! Greatly appreciate you sharing your knowledge!!!
Thanks brother! I appreciate the kind words, thanks for watching!
awesome Sean need to build one
Thanks so much for watching! They are fun to build that’s for sure!
Awesome video! Very informative 👏 I made one of these and started carrying it in my pocket, please make more videos like this 😁
How much does this first aid kit weigh? I got that it's 5.5" x 4" W x 0.75" Thick
Gloves: Nitrile Gloves (Black)
Sharpie
Hemostatic Gauze: Celox Gauze
Non-Hemostatic Gauze: NAR S-Rolled Gauze
Chest Seal: HyFin Vent Twin Pack (2)
Tourniquet
Very cool kit definitely good to have good medical gear especially someone like you who has the training to use it all another great video Sean keep up the good work
Thanks brother! I always appreciate hearing from you my friend!
Old videos,… but great stuff!
Nicely thought out. I'd definitely consider buying one.
Hey, thanks brother!
Do you think you could put a SWAT-T in there in lieu of the big sharpie? Maybe carry a mini sharpie instead of a full size one to save space?
Hey Dave! You could definitely put a smaller sharpie in there if you wanted to, but a SWAT-T wouldn’t fit without sacrificing other items. I did try that as one option, although I don’t necessarily recommend a SWAT-T as a primary TQ. Is a SWAT-T better than nothing? Hell yeah it is! Lol. Actually most of the small trauma kits I found online use a SWAT-T which is why I built this to supplement my SOFTT-W. But hey, if you had a SWATT, some QuikClot & some chest seals you’d be FAR more prepared than 99.99% of people, so no harm in that whatsoever. Thanks for watching as always, I appreciate the support. All the best, and enjoy the rest of your weekend!
@@GearedTowardGear1 Totally. I keep a CAT in the car trauma kit and 1 in each BOB and home med kit. I keep a SWAT-T in my EDC bag, just looking for a more compact oh shit kit for a pocket or ankle carry.
Oh, and hell yeah I'd buy this kit pre-made, would be great for personal use and for gifting.
pov_dave - right on brother! Hell yeah. It sounds like your far more prepared than most!! You’ve got a lot of your bases covered just with the stuff you listed. Smart man!! 👊👊👊
Really liked the video. I am impressed with all you got in that bag. With the tourniquet and that you are prepared for a trauma. Sure in a true save a life kit it doesn't have everything but for a non certified person that is a great kit and even for someone certified to have on body at all times. This is great because I don't think other than tourniquet there is anything you could use that would open you up to litigation.
Yes would definitely buy it if available at a reasonable price.
Thanks, Rick! It’s a nice balance between having just enough, but not too much. And you’re right, it’s all fairly basic stuff that doesn’t take much training or practice to become proficient.
Badass trauma kit brother!!
I need to build a similar kit!
I have first aid kits everywhere. But nothing like this. Love it! Excellent job 👊👊
Right on, Bj. Thanks for watching brother. Loving your new channel logo by the way. Don’t forget about me when you become famous. 👊👊👊
Swat tourniquete could be used for presssure.
Nice set up as cool bag when needed....Good stuff....
Thanks, Scott! And thanks for watching. All the best.
Just thought of something, in a real pinch, could you could use the bag itself for a chest seal? if you could easily rip it in half and had a little duct tape on you, you could use the tape on 3 corners of the bag over the wound and it would be a better than nothing vented seal, right?
Yes sir! Absolutely. Someone else mentioned the same thing about adding some duct tape to the kit. You could definitely create a makeshift chest seal out of this bag! You could actually make 2 based on the size of the bag. 👍👊🍻
Finally getting around to watching this Sean, great kit that will extend the golden hour. If available at fair price I would be interested although I pretty much have everything but the chest seals on hand.
Hey John, thanks so much for watching! It sounds like your already pretty well prepared my friend! Grab you a set of chest seals for around $16 and call it a day!
A nice addiction may be some flat folded medical tape or duct tape
If that kit could fit a Rats TQ as well, I would definitely be interested.
You could probably figure out a way to fit one in there by removing and rearranging things to fit your needs. Someone else suggested a SWAT-T tourniquet. I personally don’t recommend the RATS (or really anything other then the CAT & SOFTT-W) as a primary tourniquet, but I also realize that a RATS can be fairly compact to carry, and I’d much rather have a RATS than nothing at all that’s for damn sure! But yeah you could totally adapt the basic concept to fit your needs and build a kit that suits you. Thanks so much for watching. All the best!!
Absolutely love this kit. Could you pull the s roll gauze and squeeze in a swat t?
Very good video. Enjoyed it and it was thought provoking.
Thanks, Robert! I appreciate you watching!
I’ve never really understood why people choose to EDC a tourniquet over something like a pressure bandage where you’re more likely to use it and it can cover any part of your body and not just limited to a ligament. Too me it just seemed like half the equation. People are always saying in their TH-cam channels “if you carry a gun you better carry a TQ.”
Honestly that bag caught my attention ahead of anything haha. The kit looks good, my new favorite EDC medical item is a T3 Israeli bandage which I actually got after doing some training with a guy from the FBI. The T3 has a plastic sheet for a chest seal as well as extra gauze. It's kind of ridiculous how handy they are. You and I have discussed TQ's before but again I'd consider a SWAT-T if enough data starts coming out showing they're effective. But as we discussed if you can only have one a SOFT-T or CAT is preferable. The SWAT-T may be a bit thick as a roll to fit but I think it may squeeze in. I keep those NAR z-rolled compressed gauze in my kit. An NPA would make sense to me just because I'd feel better leaving a patient with an NPA than just in the rescue position. But overall I think you have a great little kit set up. If I were to add one thing it'd be Benadryl because my brother has allergies and Benadryl has helped immensely in conjunction with his Epipen when backpacking to get him to help. Awesome video Sean!
Hey Roman, thanks for watching buddy. Those T3 dressing are great. They’re definitely versatile and space saving. I’d prefer to have dedicated chest seals and dedicated pressure bandages but if you’re short on space I think the T3 is great. And you can always use it as your backup chest seal as well. I tried to squeeze a SWATT in there and couldn’t make it work. I don’t know that there will ever be research showing the SWATT as a good self-applied TQ, but for buddy aid or as a backup I think they’re great. And they’re versatile. I’ll be doing at least 4 medical videos over the next month looking at a few products and going through my “jump bag” backpack kit. Stay tuned!
That all sounds great to me, Sean! I agree the SWAT-T will likely never be great for self aid unless they modify it a lot. I need to buy some new TQs soon, the ones I have right now are nearing expiration. They see a lot of sun and getting beat up in bags or on belts. My SWAT-T is the only one yet to see any damage or use at all, haha. Keep up the good work! -Roman
Hey GTG, I still think this is the most efficient and best kit for EDC and I am planning on building it and carrying it in one of my big cargo pockets. I am thinking about substituting the Celox Ribbon with a dedicated pressure bandage like the H&H mini compression bandage (super small packaging for what it is). Have you tried this and do you think the space will still be snug if I replaced the celox with a pressure dressing?
Nice video. Love the kit!
Thanks! I appreciate it.
Nice kit, man. I like that you go with Celox. Mine is very similar to this but I found the Rescue Essentials pouch called like "plain clothes carry trauma pouch". Small black clamshell for like $12. Beacon pocket size chest seals fit really well too. Nice video and kit though.
I like to put kits together yours is A well thought out kit thanks for sharing ATB and God bless..
Hey, thanks so much for watching and for the kind words! It is fun to put kits together that’s for sure, I certainly enjoy doing it. All the best.
I like it. 👍
Thank you for this video this is precisely what I've been looking for as it follows my personal doctrine of EDC which is "whatever it takes to get to my car." I feel like the biggest problem with most EDC is they try to create something that can fit in a pouch not a pocket. I wonder if the trade off of having a slightly larger bag like a 9X6 be worth the extra items you might contain like a nasal or a rat tourniquet?
Which Celox is included in this kit? There are several varieties, and I can’t identify the one that fit so perfectly in this kit.
Well done Sean!
Thanks, Bubba!! 👊
Also have you ever considered creating a small like five or six page booklet to slide in the bag so people can read and apply if you are the one that requires aid. Basically a page dedicated to how to use each item but made Into something that will fit into your lsak?
Nice kit! You can add a H&H mini compression bandage.
Why do you think that celox gauze is better than others?
Good small lightweight trauma kit. A big full trauma bag does you no good if you left it home because it's to big and awkward to carry around.. This one you can have on you no matter what.
Thanks, Timbo!! I appreciate you watching as always. Did you buy that lottery ticket yet? Lol. 👊🍻
@@GearedTowardGear1 lol..no I didnt
You need to get into the purse game, Sean. Imagine the capabilities ;) Recently I have gone completely "non tactical" for my EDC FAK, the video from Skinny where he shows the cop shooting the home owner really got me thinking as far as the compressed gauze goes, seeing him trying (and failing) to unfold it under stress. Thanks for sharing!
Oh I think I could really stand out with the right purse. It’s really all that’s lacking from my EDC, Lol. There’s always a chance (or certainty perhaps) that under stress our fine motor skills will be compromised and anything could become difficult to employ. I often find that police officers show us the most poor examples of how to do things (if you want to see poor muzzle discipline or being unaware of your backstop just watch some of those types of videos). It’s hard to know exactly how one would react, and I’ve certainly never been on the battlefield or in a combat scenario, but I have had the fortune (or misfortune depending on perspective) of using this sort of equipment in very stressful and chaotic environments, while bouncing down the road in an ambulance, etc. As far as compressed gauze goes I’ve only actually unfolded it fully twice and neither were for wound packing. When I have used it to pack wounds I’ve used it just as it comes out of the package, still folded, which made it quite easy to get all of that material into a small hole, for example a guy once who took a .32 ACP round to the lower neck which struck his subclavian artery. Anything thicker than compressed gauze or something similar would have been very challenging to pack with. There’s certainly other ways to do things and we can improvise when needed, but I personally feel much more equipped with something like compressed gauze as opposed to using something not purpose built for wound packing.
@@GearedTowardGear1 Indeed, seeing those police cams from the us can be a bit shocking at times. But I guess since they are more frequently in hostile situations, and they actually wear a camera, that's the footage we get to see the most of. Gang shootings have a lot of collateral damage, there was an article about x number of children getting killed that way, so I guess the criminals don't worry much about the backdrop either. On the .32, you stuffed the square block in the wound, or maybe I am lost in translation. Currently I edc a triangular bandage for packing, as grabbing a corner and starting to stuff seems fairly simple.
The Prepared Norseman - oh no, I fed the gauze out of the package in a continuous strip and simultaneously packed the way you typically would, I just didn’t unfold it fully. As it comes out it’s about 2” wide, if you want the full 4” width you have to manually unfold it which I didn’t do and that made it much faster and easier.
@@GearedTowardGear1 Thanks for clearing that up! The cop mentioned had one of those tear open packs, just put the entire square on the wound as he could not find any ends to pull.
The Prepared Norseman - interesting. Sounds like I need to see this video! I’ll do a video on the s-rolled gauze. It’s super easy to use and finding the end isn’t something I’ve ever heard of or experienced being a problem. For most of this stuff I tend to follow the philosophy of “slow is smooth, and smooth is fast”. I used to see it all the time in EMS, a paramedic would miss a vein 3 times trying to start an IV, or take 3 attempts to intubate someone because they were rushing or stressed. I’m not implying this was the case with the officer in the video, but I’ve always found that going a little slower and more deliberately actually makes things go faster and proper. One good example is a video of a soldier packing a neck wound in a helicopter, I’m not sure if you’ve seen that video. He is moving at a steady but deliberate pace and doing a great job of packing the wound. I’ve seen it go the opposite way many times when people are stressed or they haven’t trained enough with the gear they use, and US law enforcement is notorious for not having enough training. As a matter of fact, cops tended to make up a good portion of the students that attended many of the firearms and medical courses I’ve taken or taught.
Do I need to have both celox gauze and the s roll gauze ? They don’t sel me the s roll gauze and I just got a mini h&h bandage
No, you don’t necessarily need both. For me the main thing is having some sort of wound packing material, and Celox is great for that. Combined with an H&H, some chest seals and a TQ you’re pretty good to go!
Geared Toward Gear is it wise to fold the chest vent? Or is it supposed to stay flat?
They’re not folded. Well, the package is folded in half because it contains 2 chest seals, but that is how it is packaged from the factory. You unfold it, then it’s perforated so that you can tear the two seals apart. The seals themselves are not folded - it’s basically designed like a bi-fold wallet. It’s packed in the kit just as it comes from the factory.
Ideally you’ll want to keep them flat and not fold them.
Really nice kit
Thanks, Rodney!
Great kit. 👊
Thanks Jordan! 👊🏻👊🏻🍻🍻
With a mini roll of duck tape the lock sack could be your chest seals.
100%. I prefer to avoid improvised devices if possible, but you’re absolutely right, it would totally work. In my early days as a medic I used a petroleum gauze package and cloth tape to make a chest seal twice before my service started carrying commercial chest seals.
Even with chest seals I keep duck tape so if I need to I can make more.
Have you made updates to this kit?
I've got a very similar setup, with a few slight contents changes ( australia has less cool stuff available ) what size bag did you use? Thanks for sharing 👌
Hey thanks so much for watching!! The bag is the 4” x 6.5” sized loksak I believe.
i don't have much on me day to day (asides form a cut kit) and from watching this, aswell as your other videos, i reaised; Carrying a SWAT-T and those 2 types of packing gauze i could do everything that a CAT, isreali, triangular bandage and quickclot power does.
Perhaps not as well (and i'll still keep all the aforementioned things on my work belt) but we don't have much in the way of shootings here in the uk and it's so much more compact that i'd actually carry it on me.
Also, how well do you imagine the torn loksak with some tape would perform as an improvised chest seal?k x
Which size alocksak bag did you use? Seems to be the smallest you could possibly make it with the chest seals.
Hey Zak, thanks for watching! The size of the bag is 4” x 6.5”. It came in a 4-pack with three other various sizes, but the 4 x 6.5 worked perfectly for this.
LOKSAK - aLOKSAK Element Proof Bag 4" x 7" (2 Pack) www.amazon.com/dp/B00UTK5RCC/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apan_i_E2HEM988CT9WJ65CQC7Y
Awesome kit. I’d be interested in buying one for EDC. Where did you get your tourniquet carrier
Thanks man! I’m going to try to encourage a retailer I’ve worked with to build & sell something similar to this. Or at least let them see the video and have them run with the idea if they want to. I did consider buying bulk and building like 50 of them to sell for basically just my cost + shipping but I ain’t got time for that! Lol.
The tourniquet carrier is from Phlster holsters. It’s called the Flatpack Tourniquet Carrier. www.phlsterholsters.com/shop/flatpack-tourniquet-carrier/
Awesome video man. Maybe add few feet an duct tape. That way you can use the water seal bag ith the tape as another chest seal if needed👍
Hey Brutus, thanks so much for watching. Duct tape is certainly not a bad idea. A very useful product for sure. Hopefully I wouldn’t need more than 2 chest seals but you never know! Thanks for the suggestion! All the best. -Sean
My pleasure. Yes hopefully you never need 1 but better to have it in case. Keep the videos coming😎👍.
Brutus Buckiz - amen to that! The videos will keep on coming my friend. I have a couple more medical videos coming, some knives, an EDC pen showdown, some pretty fun stuff. Thanks again for watching! 👊
Hello. Extremely interesting. I do have a downsized basic trauma kit with basic first aid kit in the car. And always carry an oversized first aid kit in my edc bag always on my body. But the mentality is different here and no private citizen can carry a gun in the street, so it would be considered suspicious to carry a trauma kit on body. At best i would be considered extremely paranoid. At worst it might be asked what i was planning that might require such a kit. I don't know anyone else that carries more than a couple of band--aids on them. Good health and stay safe.
Hey Rhino thanks for watching my friend!! Always good to hear from you. It sounds like for your needs and for your location you are well prepared having a basic trauma/first aid kit in the vehicle as well as the first aid kit that is in your on-body EDC bag. That makes you more prepared than probably 99.99% of people in the world. Cheers my friend. All the best to you!
@@GearedTowardGear1 One thing i do carry that i don,t see often in first aid kits is a venom pump for wasp and bee stings. I am allergic and have found this usefull many times to reduce the risk of a large reaction. Also my wife has fragile ankles and often sprains them so i carry in the car a couple of packs of instant cold. All the best my friend.
RHINO 54 - my guess is the reason you don’t see the venom pumps as often anymore is that they are no longer recommended (they’re actually strongly discouraged) for snake bites. For something like a wasp or bee sting however, I don’t see why those pumps would cause any harm. If it works I see no reason not to use it! Instant cold packs are a great thing, I’ve used them quite often. In my medical/trauma backpack I keep a few of them.
@@GearedTowardGear1 Hello again. This is one of the reasons chatting on you tube is great. Thankyou for the info on the venom pumps i would never have known that they are no longer recomended. We only have the common viper to worry about here and that is only dangerous to infants and people with heart or respiratory issues. I have no medical training apart from basic cpr in an emergency, otherwise don't touch and call for help. I think too many uninformed people do more damage than good by trying to help when they know nothing. Apply pressure if bleeding but never move the patient unless they are in imminent danger. That is just common sense but often forgotten in the heat of the moment. Thanks again for the info.
RHINO 54 - RHINO 54 - This might be a very long comment, lol. It sure is fun to chat that’s for sure. And I’ll tell you what, I learn so much from other people in the comments which is why I love it so much. So many people out there with great ideas, recommendations, and people who are frankly smarter than I am.
The National Institute of Health in the US and the World Health Organization did a lot of research into the efficacy of different treatments for venemois snake bites, and believe it or not the treatment is simply to imobilize the area where bitten (such as an arm or leg) with a splint and call for help. I haven’t done any research into bee/wasp stings as far as using a suction device, but logically I don’t see any reason why it would cause any harm.
And your totally right, some people I think get caught up in the heat of the moment and try to do too much. It’s well intentioned, and they certainly mean no harm. For example, I often would arrive on the scene of bad vehicle accidents where bystanders had pulled victims out of car windows paying no mind to the idea that the victim might, and in some cases did, have cervical spinal injuries. But as you said, in most cases it’s someone doing what they think is helpful in the heat of the moment. And fortunately in the US we have laws (Good Samaritan Law) that protect people who are acting in good faith and simply trying to help, even if they make things worse.
One thing I firmly believe in, is that basic first aid, CPR, and trauma care should be a mandatory course in all public high schools in the US. We require certain health courses, but none teach practical skills. Imagine if every person who graduated from high school and entered the workforce, college, etc. was trained and certified in basic medical care?
Top secret info: I’m currently in the process of becoming an officially certified teacher to teach at the high school level in my state of Texas. It’s something I’ve wanted to get to and running for a while. Specifically, I would teach an emergency medical technician curriculum to high school seniors as an elective course they would be able to choose to take over a semester. It wouldn’t be mandatory, but those who took it would graduate as a state certified EMT, a course typically reserved for the college level, and could immediately enter the workforce with a career in Emergency Medical Services. It wouldn’t be my new full time career, rather I would essentially be an adjunct teacher, maybe 10 hours a week. Hopefully everything works out and I can make it happen.
Lastly, remind me where you live? I know you’ve told me before but I have forgotten. My apologies.
Sorry for writing an entire essay. Lol. Cheers my friend! Always good chatting with you.
What size bag is this?
@@mr.alanmurphy1169 this one is listed as 4” x 7” - you can get them on Amazon, just search for “aloksak 4x7”
Nice video! Haven had any first aid training since the 90's when I was in the Norwegian army. Not sure where I can get training here in the states, to get update first aid training!
Hey TOJO, thanks for watching! I didn’t realize you were Norwegian. I am also Norwegian (not native, but that is my family heritage). The best place to start would be the American Heart Association website. They offer some great First Aid & CPR courses that are not expensive and only last 1 or 2 days. I used to teach those classes for the AHA.
@@GearedTowardGear1Cool did not know your heritage comes from Norway! I will look in to the first aid classes!
TOJO - yes sir! I have some extended family in Oslo, some in Bergen, and a few near Alesund I believe. My great grandfather immigrated from Norway to Minnesota around 1920.
@@GearedTowardGear1 that is cool. I was born in Oslo and grow up there
55$... In Europe the Celox Rapid alone is more expensive.💀
I would definitely buy that if it were available. What are you thoughts on pre-built kits like ltcreed.com/collections/medical-kits/products/edc-pocket-trauma-kit, darkangelmedical.com/pocket-d-a-r-k-jr-trauma-kit-ifak-med-kit/, or darkangelmedical.com/d-a-r-k-blue-line-trauma-kit/? Those are kits I've considered buying. I've also thought of making my own kit to include nitrile gloves, Z fold gauze, a SWAT-T, and an H&H mini compression bandage.
I think the Dark Angel kit is a better value for what you’re getting. I do like the pouch that the LTC kit comes with. The only thing I would add to both would be either a CAT or a SOFTT-W Tourniquet. The main problem I find with the small edc kits is they almost always include a SWATT Tourniquet to save space which makes sense, I just don’t think they’re good as a primary TQ. They’re difficult to self-apply, but at the end of the day I’d rather have someone carry a SWATT than not carry a TQ at all. There’s nothing wrong with either kit necessarily, although you could probably build your own for less money, you’d just have to find something to store it in that works for you. Sorry for such a late reply btw, for some reason TH-cam put this comment in my “Likely SPAM” folder which I hardly ever check.
It might be good to note that some people need to be told that they need training in the use of these lifesaving items unless they are carrying this kit for a trained person that might hopefully be on scene. Not trying to be a smart arse, just sayin'.
Hey, Bruce - thanks for watching! It’s always good to hear from you. I did mention the training aspect, probably toward the end, I don’t remember exactly when I said it (I know the video was pretty long, lol.) But you’re right, training is important. I essentially said that the skills required to use these specific items are all considered to be basic skills that don’t require much training (or certification), but that you should get some training. And you bring up a good point about training in general. I may just do a video in the future talking about training on certain types of trauma gear and techniques, as well as some training resources. And I’d never take it as being a smart arse, but you did give me a good idea for a video! All the best!
This is a great little kit!
But dear god, please do NOT cut someone's clothes with a knife. You WILL give them lacerations.
I carry a ResQMe key ringed to my belt loop. It's small, light and is good for cutting clothes.
Do you know what size loksak that is?
It’s somewhere around 4.6 x 7.8 - here’s the link to amazon. Loksak Unisex's aLOKSAK Waterproof Bag, Black/Clear, 4.63 x 7.81 www.amazon.com/dp/B00UTK5RCC/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_gI4.Eb0Y3BWMJ