Skills & Gear To Save Lives
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- Опубліковано 30 тра 2020
- A tactical paramedic discusses classes and gear that can enable the general public to save lives and make a difference.
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"...and what classes to take." Well, cleric would be a good start.
i played a cleric in one of my dnd campaigns and saved the party form getting wiped
Need to find a way to go out as lore of the grave... Don't think technology, nor ethics would agree with that though
In dark souls 2 it was good
😂😂😂
If you want to keep your options open choose a Necromancer
I was a Medic in the Army and not being a bystander who does nothing is one of the reasons I chose that MOS.
In my opinion, every able-bodied person should be trained as a First Responder with CPR, AED, and Stop Bleed skills.
Our soft society today doesn't understand the limitations of professional emergency care to arrive in time.
@@warrenharrison9490 Even if a person is 1 mile from the closest EMS, a person can bleed out in seconds.
Depending on the incident major/permanent injuries and instant death can happen before they can even leave the station or whever they are located.
Can a non-EMS professional LEGALLY pack a wound ??
@@kevinj4517 Emergency vs non-emergency?
There's all kinds of situations but in an emergency, it's Airway, Breathing, Circulation, except where CAB. Depending on the wound and severity then stopping the bleed might be priority. Here, bandaging the F out of it until it slows or stops is faster until the person is transported to a hospital and surgery.
Non-emergency then the wound is small and unlikely to cause severe problems.
Legally, if something goes wrong and one is not trained and certified they can be sued. Moronic thing, is that too many are sue-happy even if you saved their life.
@@kevinj4517 Yes. Non professionals are quite well protected when acting in a medical emergency.
I'm a fan of boo-boo kits for your little kids. Put it in their school backpacks and get them in the "be a solution" mindset. Buddies and I used to do that for our little ones. Give them some cool boy/girl bandaides and such, and teach them how to use it.
Thats a really cool idea, Ill keep that in mind. Thanks.
At my school we are required to go through a very basic and simple stop the bleed and CPR training to graduate
Awesome I wish that was the case here
Same, but my school does it in 8th grade. You have to pass it in 8th grade before you move on to Highschool.
Adam Rodgers Same. Everyone had to take a CPR class like learning to use a homemade TQ, how to brace an arm, etc.
My school covers CPR In health class. Since the school was virtual I doubt that anyone learned proper CPR. I am a lifeguard so I a required to maintain certification for CPR and AED for professional rescuer (basic life support).
I always carry my face mask and gloves In public. They are so small and compact there is no good reason not to carry them.
It's cool you mention John Lovell
Dude. I appreciate the practical, simple, yet highly effective approach to your videos. I love prepping for scenarios that are actually common and not zombie nerd bullshit.
This is BY FAR the best video on the channel so far. With all the detailed and specific videos, it was hard for me to see the bigger picture. This video fixes it and is a perfect wrap up!
The plastic from a cigarette pack can be used as an occlusive dressing. Tape 3 corners and leave the 4th alone.
Former navy corpsman
From what I was teached 2 weeks ago on Advanced CPR, from the studies the “4th corner alone” is not effective as taping someone who is sweating and moving causes the rest to tape off.
There is special kit with some kind of air ventilation (I don’t know the name, but looks like a rectangle with not-inhaled balloon-like part ). So to sum up I was told to do full 4 corner dressing with some kind of sterile foil.
I also heard a credit card works
@@jameson1239 no because the credit cart isnt flexible enough.
Hooyah HM's. FMF?
@@williamhoffman8724 yes
Thoughts on replacing equipment regularly and if the trauma items have expiration dates? I had a hyfin chest seal edc in my pocket for a year and I replaced it because package tore. Used it for training purpose and the adhesive had melted into the back plastic. Going to replace them more often if I keep going the pocket route.
I'm no expert at all, but my own humble experience is the two factors pressure and temperature play a big role in storing adhesive bandages. When my kit was packed very tightly and squeezed or if it went through temperature change during the seasons (the few degrees of room temperature change from winter to summer can already mess the adhesives up, not to mention storing it in the car/garrage), I had the same problem you described.
Respect bro, I carry a tourniquet and my pistol every where I go , and like you said if you see something help out ,don't just stand around or walk away,
A tourniquet should be the last thing you use,applying Pressure should be the the first thing you do
@@elisscaliving5864 apply pressure to slow the blood loss at the source. Slapping a TQ on does not solve everything
Lol You should still carry a tourniquet ,if you can't get the training on how to use a tourniquet then leave your pistol at home ,because that shows your selfish and don't care!
Twitch, that is wrong and is no longer the case in instances with life threatening extremity bleeding.
@@elisscaliving5864 interesting because the military says tq first then assess and treat. Civilian ems seems to be adopting many of the military ideas
As a new concealed carrier I have been doing a lot of research into what I should carry first aid wise and your video is a huge help!
Thanks for all of your videos! I really liked your closing comments and suggestions. 👍
Great video. I work for a federal land management agency and work by my self all the time usually in the middle of nowhere. I always carry a full trauma pack in the rig, but not always close to it. I work on old cabins so I always carry an ankle trauma rig everyday just in case. Thanks for the great vids.
Don't lose your ankle!
May I ask what's in your ankle trauma rig?
@PrepMedic Love your content. Really helpful for paramedic school. Can you do more videos on knowledge and skills. For example, CPAP (asthma exacerbations, COPD, CHF), ALS algorithm, ECGs (cardioversion), etc ?
I agree with your comment regarding first aid training agencies. Generally I have found that the topic breadth they teach is at the lowest end of the scale and there is more emphasis placed on legalities (yes, some is required); essentially their business mantra is to protect their organization and drum up repeat business.
It would be nice to get a written listing of the equipment that you described.
Skill summary:
CPR: 30 Compressions, 2 rescue breaths under 1 minute. Make your compressions hard.
Bleed Control: Pressure goes on wound.
Also how to use triangle bandage. you'll have more uses with it compared to buying expensive gear.
Peace comrades!
Your videos are the most realistic and helpful by far.
In my TCCC courses, they showed us how to apply a SOF T Tourniquet as a junctionional tourniquet for those areas where you cannot put a tourniquet. So in the groin area and neck area. You do require an object to add to that junction artery.
EXACTLY what I was looking for, thanks!
I wanna tell yo how much I like your channel, what an inspiring job you do! I developed interest for first response/medic skills just recently, and although I am surrounded by first responders/ nurses/ caretakers in my family and circle of friends, I am at this moment of life where I just can't wrap my mind around how little we teach our everyday-joe-citizens about all this stuff, how little I know about it myself, just like most. How could it take me so many years to sit down and really inform myself on what should be clear to every schoolkid? And what a luck, what big help it is to be able to look into a channel like yours that's there and available when needed, when that knowledge-gap is felt painfully and acutely, and when people wanna address that problem. Would I have to pay money, make time in my schedule, drive to some insitiute and take classes, I probably wouldn't have the motivation to do it. But the buildup of knowledge through your channel here confirms my wish to contiune to deepen my skills much further.
You, my man, are kinda like the menthal first responder to my education-gap emergency :-D arriving with help through spreading knowledge just in time. So, thanks for that!
Dude. Great video. Keep it up! Really thankful for your videos and what your doing.
Greetings from Loveland colorado. Your content is my favorite. I have spent plenty of money on kits you have suggested. I watch your stuff multiple times and still find useful information. Lucky for me I have collected med kits for years so the money I spend my wife does not care. She also picks up supply’s when she see a deal on med supply’s. My wife got her nurse license just to be helpful if we need it. Thank you sir for all you do for us. Love all trust a few and do harm to no one.
Lol you live in the same city I work. Thanks for the support brother.
Love your videos. This one had a black shirt, black room, black gun, black tourniquets & black ankle kit.
Really love your channel! Keep up the good work!
The LTC pocket kit is great I've been carrying it since I saw your video on it and also the Vertex bag is also great
This is the video I've been waiting for.
Love your view on not being the jackals taking a video...well said...im a proactive person myself, being an ironworker/welder over 30 years, I've saved a few lives, watched people die on the job and on the road traveling...thanks for all you do
You would be happy to know due to your videos I was able to get a soft-t-wide I carry in a cargo pocket always :) I'm working on getting something I can commit to carrying for more pressure bandages .
Good program, I agree with you about Red Cross, I teach bystander CPR and I do not encourage mouth to mouth, the reason is that mouth to mouth can prevent quick response. Because people are not very comfortable even more so now.
Stop the Bleed is free in most places in the states. My local blood bank offers classes about every month, sponsored and taught by people from the local med center.
Exactly!! I've never been a bystandard and never understood how someone can be...
I have bunch homemade kits. It's expensive either way. But the home made ones you can buy pieces over time to build. I started with basic bandages kit like the large refill bandage kits with gauze and bandages and tape. Bought big multi bandaid kit plus bought some bulk iodine tubes, antibiotic cream, burn creams, a&d ointment, lidocaine pain patches, alcohol preps, gloves, bandage scissors, and a pimple popping/dental kits,(has multi tweezers and tools to remove splinters and thorns) otc mini packets and mini bottles of OTC like aspirin, Tylenol, Motrin, midol, allergy, stomach and anti diarrhea. Also 1 ounce saline bottles. Then add snake bite/ bee sting, epi pens (allergic to bees and hornets). Bought bulk supply of tourniquets I got 28 pack from big supply company but they are high quality combat ones that and bulk quick clot packs were most expensive items. I bought chest seals too. I thought about suture kit but decided against it. Why? 1 it's been years since I sewed someone up. 2 nothing to numb the area that would work unless a tattoo ointment. I went for zip tie sutures and medical staple gun. Yeah staples are painful but faster than suture. I have 25+ years medic and hospice/Palatine care. What I did with all "that junk" as my son in-law calls it? I made 7 major IFAKs or as I call them OSUFU kits (Oh Sh*t U Effed Up). Ok 4 of the 7 big kits were for family bug out bags. Those I have vacuumed sealed in 12x24 bags. I also added an extra zip lock bag to put stuff in when cut open. Each one carries 4 tourniquets, 2 chest seals, snakebite/bee sting kits, quick clot, otc mini bottles, 4 mini saline bottles, basic first aid manual, rite in rain notebook sharpie and basic bandages with scissors and pimple/dental kit I also added mini manicure kit with clippers and scissors. Took some finagling but I managed to fit all that in a 12x24 vacuum seal bag that can be folded in half and is about inch in half thick. It weighs about a pound and worth every ounce. In my daughter's I added some feminine hygiene essentials in separate package I was able to fit 48 pads in and vacuum sealed it to point that it only quarter inch thick. I also added some of the towelettes that add water/saline and expand them. Few things I can't remember are in them too. Out side pack I have everything labeled and clearly marked plus checklist of what's in them. The vacuum sealed bags insure they stay dry no matter what. Also labeled expiration dates for everything. I created mini basic ones for scrapes so quick to reach with pill packets instead of bottles. I also made couple child friendly for us just in case and friends as gifts.
I created 2 heavy packs each for vehicles adult and child friendly. One for house not vacuum sealed but in large fishing tackle box.
We live in BFE Florida. EMT or FRs are 30 minutes to 2 hrs out they have to travel 30 minutes 2 hrs out . What has happened? Son in law thought I was nuts until he cut himself 0n thigh with skill saw. Tourniquet was his best friend 45 minutes to ER fom job site by pick up. Brother is on blood thinner bad cut on his arm. Quick clot is his friend. Snake bite kit neighbors kid pygmy rattler. Chest seals? Hunting trip idiot tree hugger with out blaze orange during deer season. Guy with my bro n SIL was combat medic but was using our truck. Told them, "Big Mama is an effing genius!" Various camping and lake needs but those are the highlights. So far have not had to staple or suture anyone.
Thank you very much for the awesome and utterly didactic videos.
Your perspective on carrying a knife is spot on. If you're interested in impact weapons that aren't marketed as weapons, I would highly recommend Mean Gene leather. Stay safe!
Informative, as ever, many thanks, Roland
Great video! Many Thanks!
Great information, thanks for the video!
Glad you mentioned that part about using improvised TQ's I've had so many people saying belts are best things you can use and I've told several people its a terrible idea and frankly just glad someone with the credentials can clear it.
People are idiots tbh
You'd be better off with paracord and the knowledge to make an improvised windlass, but at that point just buy a damn tourniquet
Paracord is a really bad TQ. You need at least 1.5 inch width of fabric to prevent severe tissue damage and lower occlusion pressures to a point that bleeding control is possible.
@@PrepMedic Good to know, thanks
@@PrepMedic could you do multiple wraps of paracord to get the needed width, or would it not tighten evenly enough?
Great, informative video brother. Thank you!
Dude! ......I love you. Your channel is fuggin' awesome!
Started getting some of these supplies and learning about some of the basic first aid because I work in a large industrial area that takes at minimum 5 minutes before any aid can be available. I have a tourniquet, z-gauze, roller gauze, cohesive bandage, and gloves in my bag at all times just incase I need it. When I'm in my office I have asprin and glucose gel in my desk with some gauze because I work with a few diabetics and larger folks with heart issues. This was just the start to the rabbit hole I have gone down to the point I'm even looking at taking some TCCC classes and volunteering as an EMS for my city(they have a training program).
I have a larger bag in my car because I see accidents all the time on the road and usually if it is bad enough there are several injured people and I have space in my car to hold enough supplies to help several people if need be. Last week I saw three in like 45 minutes and luckily everyone was alright but I felt great that I was prepared.
Thanks for the overview
NOLS Wilderness first aid is a great first aid course
Thank you for the info.
Great video. You mentioned not being a huge fan of the AHA and Red Cross first aid courses, and insisting focus on CPR and Stop The Bleed. The two FA/CPR/AED classes I was considering are those. Do you have a recommendation for an association that covers what you believe to be the crucial parts for civilian first aid and CPR?
This video is golden.
Hey Sam,
great vid and great channel in general. Thx a lot, that u share that many information with the public. Love your work.
I want to comment on ur view of car-first-aid-kits.
I live in Germany and everybody must have a first aid kit in their car. You get fined, if yout get into a police control and don't have one. In addition, everybody has to do a first-aid-course, if they want to get a drivers license. Also we have the offense of "Unterlassene Hilfeleistung", which means that you will be charged, if you see an accident and do not get in and helpand your own health is not in danger.
So in generell I think that you are right if you say that a first aid kit in your car in to far away, if you don't drive. But if you do not EDC a basic FAK, having a first aid kit in your trunk is great in case of a car excident, weahter one is involved or just passing by. I kinda missed that clarifikation:)
Keep up the awesome work!
Very good video I love the points
great video Sam! discovered your channel recently when i started shopping for a tourniquet. i did some medical training here in the netherlands but for some reason most instructors seem to be afraid to teach us any serious life saving skills like tourniquet use and wound packing. been watching your videos on it and they are absolute gold. very clear instructions and plenty of background behind the how and why. finally found a TECC class locally after some serious searching and will be taking it soon. thanks for all your content, keep em coming!
@@appelsenperenboom nice! thanks!
@@basr7373 succes, hopelijk heb je het niet nodig
Hey! Check out mediccallifesupport (nl) deze geven ook geavanceerde cursussen. (alleen nu ff niet)
@@odkeky awesome! bedankt!
Why would they be afraid to teach citizens life saving skills? That sounds absurd.
Very well done video.
Love this channel !
Great video just one thought to add. I would recommend carrying things like chest seals and decompression needless even if you are not trained how to used them. You never know when you are going to happen upon a situation where someone is present with the training but not the gear and you can hand yours over.
Let me preface that I, in no way, wish to critique or imply that I'm any more knowledgeable about what scenario you happen to encounter next than the next guy and all is meant with sincere hopes of the best for you and yours.
While I do agree that your scenario CAN happen- most trained for use of decomp. needles (tension pneumothorax situation, etc) will likely have them and generally aren't the easiest things to get ones hands on if not "qualified". Of course, we both know that this is easily skirted, so why not for the "just in case" situation as stated? the likelihood of someone misdiagnosing a tension pneumothorax and in the heat of the moment/panic using it when unnecessary/contraindicated can (& likely will) lead to disasterous outcomes (I've seen this scenario several times unfortunately while I've never seen the need for a Decomp Needle needed & not had- again, not that it CAN'T happen, just cost/benefit analysis).
I do think the idea of an "extra" chest seal for the opportunity one runs into someone needing and not having one could be very handy in some pre-EMS mass casualty instances (think 2 needed for each thru & thru of a triage red victim)- they don't take up much space and if caring concealed I've always been of mind that one should at least have any potential "counter" to such harm inflicted (this is by no means accurate- there is NO "counter" to GSWs- there's luck & reaction competency)... However, I can easily see a case for better use of the space for the things one is trained/always competent in (chest seals are *cringe* the "easiest" makeshift necessity aside from splinting/bracing) and "official" chest seals have exp. dates/'wear' easy if carried EDC/etc.
If thoughts are carrying as IFAK- seals are good option as take up little space and chance of using it causing harm is QUITE minimal (although, again, with the needle- you're likely to be victim & FAR more likely that, in panic/chaos, a likely good intentioned bystander see that needle/red cap & "just do anything to help" & far diminishing likely positive outcome of already awful situation for yourself/environment.)
So continuing your thoughts on more gear= more help (which, yes yes & yes) might I recommend that space be dedicated to things ALWAYS short on hand: be it packing gauze, hemostatics, tape, pressure dressings, TQs, aclohol wipes, steri-strips, etc.
Again, no insult or anything the like meant in my comment- your team/togetherness mentality is truly what makes the difference in outcomes & I don't wish to dissuade you from that mentality in any sense. Just offering my bit of knowledge from my experiences in similar situations in hopes of help. Hope all's well!
Incredible info!!!
Sam, you are spot on and remind me a lot of myself. Thank God there are guys like you and me out there who are willing to be there when needed and go the extra mile.
Last point might be the most important of it all💯💯
Really nice and very useful information👍
Great video. Nice, cool shoes too. 👍🏼
19:00 yes, this. This is why most of us in these lines of work do what we do.
I am a gunsmith and a professional shooter. Although I have not been around a tragic issue, I am looking to get some basic training ( beyond really great videos ) to aid in such things.
The little bit of range shrapnel I've been hit with made a good bleed but I controlled it.
Well, I'm going to look so stupid wearing shorts this summer.
So Honest Outlaw and you are from IA? Pretty awesome seeing people from my little mentioned home state succeed. 🔥
hey seeing as the current curriculm from the red heart association and such are lacking when it comes to medical care and civilian use maybe you could make a video on that or make your own course to help people be informed and more able to deal with situations that would require first aid. just a thought. Hope you have a great day & Safe Travels! PrepMedic!
Is it possible to get the source of the study about improvised TQs from 4:30 ?
👍🏾👍🏾Excellent video and good information. Thanks😀
I’m 16 and have trained for this stuff and chest decomposition needles because I live in a really bad are
As a protest medic (particularly, I provide care to anyone injured who needs/requests it), I know that I'm probably not your intended target audience, but I'd like to say thank you for all your videos. From the moment I decided I wanted to become an EMT to now, you've been an invaluable resource, and while I hope I'll never have to apply any of this, it's better to know and not need than need and not know.
Unfortunately there's an extremely large amount of misinformation to work against (absurd things like using cayenne pepper as a 'coagulant' because people claim its 'heat' cauterises burns, using milk as an eye rinse for tear gas, etc.) so having an evidence-based (video) source for first aid/BLS/TCCC/stop the bleed skills is amazing, and I'd recommend your videos to anyone who wants to learn (especially the parts about knowing your limits regarding training and capabilities).
2:14 thats funny the only thing I have used my stop the bleed kit on was a chain saw accident on my neighbor.
My school is training me in October for first aid defib and cpr
Shoutout to a fellow Coloraodo person with good info!! Shit happens quick here.. Thank you for your suggestions..
Excellent!!!
Is that a Church of EBM patch on that body armor, in the background!? Hahaha nice! Dr. Fisher is an awesome guy 👍
Yessir!
Thanks for the warning about Amazon knock offs. I was just looking at the website you recommended. Could you please put together a list.?
Hi, Love your videos. Do you have a reference to a clinical paper that covers your comments about compression only CPR being as effective as compressions and breaths? I am a First Aid Trainer for St John Ambulance in the UK and this is a common question from learners on my courses. Thanks.
Could you do a video on ( what you would carry in a airport and plane) when you travel
My hunter safety course touched on tournequet use. The instructor mentioned a hunter who was found with his dog huddled next to him. He had his belt in his hand but bled out before he could apply it as a tournequet.
Yeah…. Belts simply don’t work for TQs even if he got his belt on he still would have died
@@PrepMedic I've been meaning to get a tournquet before next hunting season ( September).I need to up my first aid kit, too. Right now it's more of a boo boo kit.
Props for the St. Fisher church of EBM patch!
You taught us tourniquet application and wound packing on extremities where TQ is not applicable. But how do I stop the bleed on a chest or head wound (gunshot, stab etc.)?
You need to go watch the wound packing video again, he does talk about those, but in general you DO NOT pack chest wounds. Head wounds you also don't really pack, more wrapped with gauze using a lot of caution around the neck. You really need to do in person training as it's hard to teach without getting some hands-on.
Well spoken!
I am a certified TKD and KRav Maga instructor. Another great self-defense item is a tactical pen. Great for people in school or if you go anywhere that you cant take a knife or firearm. The tactical pen that I care everyday I can also care it pass a TSA check point in my backpack as a normal pen.
Even just a steel-barreled Zebra pen as advocated by Ex-SEAL Clint Emmerson.
I really liked all of the content in this video. I have one little problem. Towards the end you talked about not being a bystander, intervene.
If it’s medical situation I would immediately. Even though I am CC Permitted. I often wind up on Federal Properties where it is illegal to carry.
Therefore,, as much as I’d like to wear 24/7, I can not. If I come across someone being beaten by men or teens under 65, my chances of surviving an intervention are slim. I’m 72. One thing I’ve learned in several different safety/rescue/FA Training ie.. rescue diver, dive master, 22 yrs military etc.. is so not attempt a rescue unless you are absolutely positive you can perform it without further endangering the victim or putting your own life at risk. I just feel it would have been more realistic if you had recognized that not everyone who watches this has your train or is as physically fit as you are
Would be cool to watch an introduction about the purpose of those items and how to use them. But I suggest, they teach that at these courses...
You couldn't have given any better advice then you did. I mean absolutely perfect and even politically correct 10 out of 10 bro 👍 I've been a prepping for awhile. Watching all kinds of different people and topics and found you being one of the last things I need to do should have been the first but I'm extremely squeamish with blood and guts but you have been awesome I'm so glad I found ya
I strongly recommend that you read Blade Warrior by Matei F.
Phenomenal channel Sam, I’m Canadian our first aid covers cuts, burns and breaks, stop blood loss, CPR and the use of AED. Is it not the same down there?
It is but depends on the training some include it others are a quick and dirty one
@@sunnydeng9263 I am a volunteer ff with medical first responder and tourniquets have never been covered. Always found that odd.
What about NOLS Wilderness First Aid course? They also teach a paramedic and EMT courses.
Hey Sam,
As a german, there is a sentence in the video, which I am not sure to understand correctly.
At @8:36 I understand you saying, that if you put a chest seal on a sucking chest wound there is a big risk to cause a tension pneumothorax. More, than if you don‘t apply such.
Is that correct? That is completely the opposite to what I learned about that (which is fairly basic). Or are you rather referring to a less proper application of a chest seal?
Maybe there’s also somebody from the community who may help me with my confusion.
Thank you very much in advance!
Didn't realize you're in Colorado.
Welcome to Colorado!
Wow, I didn’t know an improvised TQ was a terrible idea. I’ve always carried my CAT on me with HH compressed gauze.
Thank you. Im just looking for basics I'm not planning on going to a warzone. But I drive every day. I work around cnc machines and farm equipment so I just want the basics and I wanna do it in a way that isn't cringe. Like I don't want a tacticool bag I want a bag that even if it's me in an accident someone else will see that bag and realize hey that's the bag with the reall emergency shit in it.
Doesn't have to be too tacticool, you can have basically just a plain black IFAK, I'd probably want a patch with my blood type and like "MED" as big and obvious as possible
Excelente info como todo lo que compartes, sería fantástico si lo hicieras en menos tiempo, saludos desde Mexico 🇲🇽!!
Scenario that comes to mind this night.
Someone fell into a broken window, cuts of one arme in the upper femur region a little bit under the shoulder. How can I stop the bleeding. Should I put a tq on it? Should I put a Israeli bandage on it? Ore both because I think the tq would go off because of the little space of hold from the,, short limb"
Hope you can help me
By the way. Great video
Does the vented chest seals compared to the non vented chest seals prevent tension pneumothorax? Or decrease likelihood of development?
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23940861/
Conclusion: Both vented and unvented CSs provided immediate improvements in breathing and blood oxygenation in our model of penetrating thoracic trauma. However, in the presence of ongoing intrapleural air accumulation, the unvented CS led to tension PTx, hypoxemia, and possible respiratory arrest, while the vented CS prevented these outcomes.
Great points about pepper spray and stun guns/tasers. I am a self defense instructor, and I teach that they don't work like you see in the movies. For civilians, pepper spray should be used as a distractor deterrent while you make your escape. Be aware of the wind and don't try to touch the attackers afterwards. For stun guns and tasers, leave them to the professionals who are trained how to use them for compliance during an arrest. Over confidence in the effectiveness of either can cost you your life. There are even more cons to consider, but that book does not need to be rewritten here.
Great video. Well done. Which specific Vertx do you have in the video?
The Gamut 2.0
At risk of being called pathetic, I want to ask how you deal with this stuff mentally. I did a basic first aid course for the work place and I have been assisting our neighbourhood watch if there are any injuries. We got a call from a man panicking and saying his wife is bleeding to death. I was stupid and assumed he was just panicking and she had a cut on her face or something.
I get there and there is just blood everywhere, sprayed up the wall onto the ceiling, she had had an argument with her husband and tried to kick him in frustration, she missed and her leg went through a window.
She was already pale and non-cognitive but still awake so we did what we could but it was bad and it was late, she was ruled dead shortly after paramedics got there, some other gentlemen with more experience had come and taken over and were performing CPR for 15m while I was just trying to keep the husband and their kid away and calm.
I still can't go to any more callouts, the blood everywhere is just burned into my brain and I just have no idea how people do it.
Where do you insert the ARS needle?
I have seen DoD data stating 4-5th IC space Anterior axillary line, my clinical instruction said 4th-5th Midaxillary line.
2nd ICS mid-clavicular line and if there is body armor 4-5th ICS mid-axillary, however, that is what I've been taught. Cheers.
to avoid the tension pneumothorax, wouldn't a "vented" chest seal help avoid that while preventing sucking chest wound?
True, the chest seal he mentioned in the video was a vented seal, but if improperly used it could problems.
Sam, thx for great content! Question: how can I find a list of TECC or TCCC instructors in my area? You and your peers reference CoTCCC wisdom a lot (rightfully so), but I cannot find anything near me (even checking Red Cross, NREMT, etc). Any tips on how a civilian doing volunteer SAR can find such a class affordably & nearby? Praying for your recent family emergency, too. God bless.
There are a bunch of great Facebook groups where you can likely find some instructors near you.
I’m a sophomore in high school. Can you make a video on carrying medical equipment (IFAK) for a student?
Take a standard first aid course and if your active outside wilderness first aid as for equipment you can buy small first aid kits online either ST. John ambulance and the Red Cross both have first aid kits for sale