Day 18: What to put in a small medkit…
Medical Kits: Medical kits, they can be daunting and overwhelming. You can also get a hand by buying a pre-created medical kit that was thrown together by someone who has no idea what they're doing. When it comes to medical kids I like them to be purpose-oriented. I like them to fit the vehicle and the scenario. What do I mean by this? Well you probably don't need to prepare for ankle sprains if you're always in the car. You also probably don't want to carry a c-spine neck brace if you're hiking. So it might be wise to put all of your car accident equipment in a large bag in your car with a detachable or smaller hiking appropriate medical kit that you can keep on your person. In Afghanistan we had a small medical kit that would fit on the back of our belt that had blood stopping equipment in case we got shot. When we went out we used a larger kit called an IFAK, that had more blood stopping equipment in it.Some people also kept basic personal items like really large Band-Aids, aspirin and maybe allergy medicine in these kits. Then we kept a larger bag either on a dedicated medics back pack in the squad or in the vehicle. This was for larger incidents. The vehicles themselves had a very large kit or backup supplies like IVs and heavier equipment for stabilizing people to move. This method for planning should be easy to replicate in your home. If you have small children, Band-Aids are great. If you have bigger adults, Band-Aids are kind of worthless and just take up space. I do however like large knee skinning Band-Aids for kids and adults because if an adult actually needs a Band-Aid they are cut pretty bad. So when creating a kit like this, try to think of the mechanism of injury or what injuries might be caused while driving, hiking, farming, whatever, and make your medical kit fit that need. Try to think of the things that might happen while hiking and put that in your hiking kit. Try to think of long-term medication and stabilizing tools and keep that big kit in your house. In the end nothing beats education.
if you don’t have time to make the perfect survival medkit don’t worry…
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