Where To Start With Medical Preparedness and First Aid Kits
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- Опубліковано 15 кві 2022
- In this video, we run through some of the basics for not only building out a first out kit but the steps to take to build your medical cache and build up some medical resiliency. We take this step by step from a basic trauma kit all the way up to a "go bag" for trauma and medical treatment.
Now is the time to start preparing. Waiting until disaster strikes or someone is injured to start assembling a kit is a bad plan.
Feel free to contact us if you have questions regarding purchasing or building out medical or trauma kits.
Stay vigilant!
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This is the video that I have been waiting for. Pulls all the critical stuff together at each tier. I'll be sharing. Thanks dude. 👍
Awesome. Glad to hear it is helpful. Thanks for the feedback!
The one addition to a medium size kit be it an IFAK or car kit is a compact headlamp, if you are dealing with an emergency at night you need to see what you are doing and you will need your hands free.
New here. Excited to see this video. I need these types of videos.
Awesome! Glad is has been helpful.
I find this channel fiew days a go. He need to grow!! Great job!
Thank you!
You could still use the “A” in paws for things like bacitracin / triple-antibiotic ointment, etc. to have in your kit.
Yeah for sure. Those are good to have in a first aid or trauma kit.
Burn Care cover and saran wrap till you get to the burn care center.
Main thing with 3rd degree burns is to cover to prevent infections.
Yes, the main thing with burns is to keep the area clean, prevent hypothermia, fluid resuscitate if within your scope to do so, and treat any secondaries.
@@SixEcho some of the burn specialists actually used to get mad with those putting on those burn gels because that was extra work for them. Now they have to flush it out first before they could treat the burn.
@@bdogg20101 I can see that. All of those burn gels are meant for very superficial burns to help moisten the area and ease a little bit of the pain. They are not at all intended to go into open wounds or severe burns. Like you said, that would only complicate the debridement and cleaning of the burn later.
I work from home, but we go camping semi-frequently. We have a trauma, paws and basic 1st aid kit in a plastic container that we can take with us when we leave the house for any length of time. We also keep a small basic first aid kit in the kitchen and one in each vehicle and can throw in a backpack for hiking and biking. Specific for us, we also keep a blood glucose monitor kit.
Awesome! Sounds like you have put some thought into you kit and tailored it to for your families needs.
Also, cheap plastic boxes and ziplocks are underrated for medical storage. Economical and functional. 👍🏼
Stay safe!
Thankyou. This video is outstanding.
Glad it has been helpful!
Thank You, much needed info.
Glad it’s helpful!
Brilliant video. Where i live we get the cheap thrown together first aid kit. The better equipt kits is super expensive. Had too build a semi ok kit for everyday use.
Yes, you get what you pay for. But there are still some good economic ways to begin getting better prepared.
@@SixEcho there where some of the products youve shown like the quick clot torniquet those are hard too find items.
like the content and demeanor on which it was delivered... new sub keep em coming!
Awesome! Thanks for the sub!
Great video! We both carry a first aid kit in our cars, plus one for each of our bags for camping / bug out. I love the idea of the ankle kit. In the car kits we both have a cheap blood pressure cuff and an oximeter, so if we come up on an accident and render aid that we can relay to 911 as much important info as we can. in our camping back pack we actually got a suture kit off of amazon just for any server cuts to hold us over to get to a hospital. she has nursing training I took the first responder course in the army (not a medic, the course was combat life saver). thanks again Great Job! I seen the EMT patch Thank you for what you do
Thank you for the feedback. It sounds like you have out some thought into your setup and tailored it to your needs.
Highly recommend the ankle kit as a way to carry and even conceal the extra stuff.
Stay safe out there!
Great tips! I am going to get some things together.
Good deal. Stay safe!
Excellent!!!
Thank you!
I've seen another video that has the majority of what you covered in one roll up pack which I particularly liked, but hers had a pocket "how to" tucked inside as well. Might consider adding that to your list. Great info. Thanks for sharing.
The How-To can be useful for sure. I’m a bigger fan of knowing how to use the gear well before the emergency but where they come into play is on the less severe injuries to use as a reference guide. So I can still see a good reason to have them. Thanks for the input!
Link for this video please?
Great video!
Appreciate the feedback!
Great video!!! I would add Paper & pencil to write down vital signs and patient info.
Also… tape-silk &/or paper tape.
Absolutely. I didn’t add that because that wasn’t strictly medical gear…but you’re absolutely right. Pen and paper are super valuable assets.
I've had medics put a pelvic binder on me after being struck by a car while on the side of the freeway. Shattered hip. I was bleeding internally due to bone fracture slicing some vains. It help slow the bleeding and stabilize blood pressure but boy it hurt when they had to put in on.
Wow. I've had to apply these things to people but have never had a lot of these items used on me in an emergency. So I like hearing from people that have actually gone through it as a patient to see how the treatment was perceived and what the pain was actually like. Glad you are alright and still around to talk about it. Thanks for sharing the experience.
@@SixEcho thank you sir, and yes I'm glad to be alive thank God. These paramedics did not sugar coat it. They straight up told "we are going to do something, it's going to hurt, but we must stop the bleeding". You just have to put something in your mouth to bite. It's only for a couple seconds. But it's a very very sharp pain. I enjoy your videos. Making my own kit. I hike a lot. Keep up the great work.
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Thanks!
. great video
Thank you!
Need to let us know where you get some of the stuff
Buy from a reputable dealer. We have a lot of this on our website at sixechosystems.com
The Live The Creed kit I mentioned is available on their site at ltcreed.com/
North American Rescue also has lots of other options as well… narescue.com
An alternative term for IFAK in civilian use could be '1FAK'
So could I use just a gauze and a rap around bandage for pressure I am getting turnaquit soon
Depends on the situation if a tourniquet is warranted or not. But if a tourniquet is needed, the gauze isn’t going to stop the bleeding.
@@SixEcho yeah iv been looking for alternatives because I'm on a budget
Will chest seals lose their effectiveness if left in a hot car?
Those seals do start to get a little nasty after several years. They seem to hold up fine in the heat at least for a short time. I don’t have any hard fast numbers to tell you how much heat for how long they can endure. Maybe that’s a test that we should perform this summer…
Ja. I'm Phoenix az. I thought most practical to keep in car. But..its blazing hot.
We recently tried to locate good trauma supplies, and had difficulty finding items not made in China, especially suture needles&thread. Any suggestion for made in USA supplies?
I don’t have a list off hand. For tourniquets, the CATs are made in USA. I believe Quikclot is still manufactured in the USA. The SWATT can’t be used as a pressure bandage and is made in the USA. And our Kicker ankle kits are made in the USA as well! All of these are available on our website.
There are also some USA gauze companies but they are not well known and typically have contracts where they are making gauze for a specific user. A quick google search shows some USA manufacturers for sutures but I can’t find the sutures for sale anywhere. Sorry I didn’t have better information for you.
@@SixEcho Went to your website; both kits I wanted to order are OOS. Any idea of timeframe for OOS emergency med kits to be available?
Also - forgive me for not starting with: Thank you for your timely and very helpful response!!!
@@BT-qk4ic Yes....supply chain.... lol. We actually are restocking the Maverick and Responder bags within the next week. Not sure which bag you are looking for but I do have one Grey Maverick in stock currently. If you are interestd in it, shoot me an email at info@sixechosystems.com and I'll get you hooked up. Otherwise, we will get some of the bags restocked just as soon as we get our shippment in.
@@BT-qk4ic Absolutely! Happy to help!
It’s interesting. Read through all the comments and not one person, not one mentioned training. It doesn’t matter what you spend on a kit, if you have little to no training or if trained, don’t keep this up to date - skills by the way are very perishable, then all the kit in the world is not going to help. On the flip side, you also see so many comments, not here but elsewhere of people buying everything but the kitchen sink and items way way above what they’ve been trained to use or legally can use.
Yes, training is a big deal. Which is why we released out training video before our supply video. ua-cam.com/video/_eMdbE0bvFM/v-deo.html
I think there are a lot of basics that people should know that you don’t have to be professionally trained for such as tourniquet application and taking a blood pressure. This isn’t rocket science but people should understand the basics and practice. But I completely agree that people shouldn’t be sticking needles in anyone until they are trained to do so. And the big part of the training is knowing what NOT to do or when or when not to do something. Not the actual skill of doing.
The music is too loud. Hurt my ears when wearing ear buds.
Noted. We will make some adjustments for future videos. Thanks for the feedback.
wow glad you were keeping it cheap. not
If you are looking for economy, check out the video we did in stocking your own kit: ua-cam.com/video/lGosRAAqfAw/v-deo.html
A tourniquet is ONLY for EXTREME ARTERIAL BLEEDING!!
Yup, tourniquets are for massive hemorrhage.
@@SixEcho you and everyone else tells the untrained public to carry 4 or more tourniquets like they just gonna need that many. Most people don’t know you will loose the limb if you go putting on a tourniquet for more than an hour. It’s overkill for most unaware people to think they go straight for a tourniquet.
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There are all sorts of better options than IFAK lol. Trick is, getting the industry to accept it as common terminology so we all know what people are talking about.
@@SixEcho true I'm new to your channel but like the information and want to thank you for sharing your knowledge and experience with us regular folks... yes the information helps but nothing takes place of hands on training ... thank you for all you have done and will do in the future... as far as the industry adoption of a term pick one and run with it and people will copy you lol stay safe frosty and free... thanks again
A tourniquet should be your absolute LAST choice for controlling bleeding, not your first. As a former Fleet Marine Force Corpsman for 7 years I've only applied 1 tourniquet. When you apply a tourniquet and it stays on for any amount of time you are almost promising that person they will have a limb amputated.
Bruh
This is an older train of thought. They have proven that tourniquets can be left in place for hours without permanent damage. Studies show that a tourniquet can be left in place for 2 hours with very little risk of any permanent damage due to the tourniquet. A tourniquet in place for 6-8 hours and longer will have more of a chance of having permanent nerve and tissue damage.
Here is one study on tourniquets: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2660095/#__sec2title
Here is a case report on a tourniquet applied for 16 hours and the limb was salvaged:
apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/ADA627896.pdf
Depends on the bleed, if it's a cat hem you get that tourniquet on ASAP. Absolutely no problem as long as it's applied correctly and it's on for less than 2 hours before you get to a surgeon.
Funny how things have changed over the years. I remember when I was young the TQ was touted as a guaranteed limb loss (and granted, the small diameter, rope or wire style TQs would definitely do more nerve and tissue damage than modern CoTCCC approved TQs), yet after lots of experience in Afghanistan (& now LE even), most recommend applying a (CoTCCC approved) TQ when in doubt, and then let the medics, ER docs, or trauma surgeons decide when to convert / remove it. Numerous lives (and limbs) saved thanks to new guidelines.