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  • CavCop

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    Might be preaching to the quire here, and hope most have a small medical kit in their vehicles. If not I highly recommend having something, even if minimal. As summer starts to arrive, more vehicle crashes, shootings, heavy equipment accidents and other things happen. Make sure you and your family have some basic first aid on hand. Police and others can take too long to respond. Feel free to share this video with family and friends, because it’s better to have and not need, than need and not have.

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    leVieux

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    Even with Medical (Physician & Surgeon) licenses, I no longer carry ‘’medical items’’, but could do a tracheotomy with my pocket knife and a ballpoint pen.

    OTOH, the recent FDA ‘’OTC’’ release of intranasal NARCAN spray, w/o any prescription, may make a tiny bottle of NARCAN an EDC item.
     

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    OP's kit is minimal and adequate.....he does need to add a sharpie.......

    Any time you apply a tourniquet it should be marked with the time it was applied.....it can also have other possible uses....

    Our local cops do carry Bullet Wound Kits and Narcan.....

    As far as packing wounds.....you don't pack head neck or chest wounds......

    IMHO........licensed medical professionals have a duty to respond if they witness or first on the scene......
     
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    2ManyGuns

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    My $.02, I do not have any formal training, and I am not qualified to do anything major. I do carry a small first-aid kit, to use with minor injuries, if you are NOT trained, do WHAT you can if you are first on the scene, within your LIMITS.

    I will give this example, many years ago in the early AM hours in Flatonia, I came upon a wreck where the driver had been thrown from his vehicle when he had rolled it exiting I-10 to Flatonia. He was barely conscious and was trying to move. It was a cool morning, in the 40s, I grabbed my blanket that I keep in my truck, covered him, calmed him down, and got him to stop moving as I called 911. This is what I was capable of doing, there was no external bleeding, but I suspected internal injuries from the severity of the accident and damage to his truck. I knew enough that moving him alone was something I should not do, local PD/EMS arrived in five minutes or so.
     

    leVieux

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    From many years EXPERIENCE at various levels, the most usual, important, and effective action an untrained or slightly trained person can do in most out-of-hospital medical ‘’emergencies’’ is to clear and support the AIRWAY.

    I suggest that non-medical people forget about tourniquets and gimmicks and focus on airway. Then call 911 asap.

    In the very rare case that a tourniquet may actually be needed, one can esily be improvised. The recommended first aid for bleeding is direct compression just to the heart-side of the evident bleeding.

    I have personally stopped hundreds of bleeders.

    So, my answer is to carry an airway aid, like a small pocket mask & a nasal airway, neither of which requires much ‘’training’’.

    Remember the ‘’ABC;s’’: Airway, Breathing, then Circulation. The « B » is for breathing.

    Large studies reveal dismal ultimate event survival for out-of-hospital cardiac arrrest, no matter the skills & equipment of the ’’First Responders’’.

    OTOH, anyone going to an actual battlefield or naval engagement should follow their military training. If one is an actual EMT, ParaMedic, etc. on an ambulance, you shouldn’t need my advice. Indeed, folks like me often LEARN from ICU Nurses and ex-Military Medics, who usually have tons of hands-on event experience.

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    Chewbacca7685

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    A different perspective: situational awareness; scanning for danger and seeing it before a problem occurs.

    I feel like this is a lost art. Everyone is so focused on being REactive but forget to be PROactive.

    It also makes me think about tunnel vision. They used to give us a fun little drill where they’d drop us off in the woods with a preset perimeter to search for casualties. The new guys would spot a casualty, approach immediately while trying to assess the nature of the injury but fail to keep an eye on surroundings. Instructor would pop out and “shoot” one of em and now their squad has a mess. I got shot doing this once after establishing care. The only saving grace was getting to lay there while they carried my fat ass out of the woods.

    A little off topic but anyway, good times.


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    From many years EXPERIENCE at various levels, the most usual, important, and effective action an untrained or slightly trained person can do in most out-of-hospital medical ‘’emergencies’’ is to clear and support the AIRWAY.

    I suggest that non-medical people forget about tourniquets and gimmicks and focus on airway. Then call 911 asap.

    In the very rare case that a tourniquet may actually be needed, one can esily be improvised. The recommended first aid for bleeding is direct compression just to the heart-side of the evident bleeding.

    I have personally stopped hundreds of bleeders.

    So, my answer is to carry an airway aid, like a small pocket mask & a nasal airway, neither of which requires much ‘’training’’.

    Remember the ‘’ABC;s’’: Airway, Breathing, then Circulation. The « B » is for breathing.

    Large studies reveal dismal ultimate event survival for out-of-hospital cardiac arrrest, no matter the skills & equipment of the ’’First Responders’’.

    OTOH, anyone going to an actual battlefield or naval engagement should follow their military training. If one is an actual EMT, ParaMedic, etc. on an ambulance, you shouldn’t need my advice. Indeed, folks like me often LEARN from ICU Nurses and ex-Military Medics, who usually have tons of hands-on event experience.

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    I’m certainly not in the camp that thinks a tourniquet is the most important thing to carry(although I do have a couple in my bag), but people should be cautious about using improvised tourniquets. Sure they can work, but it needs to be something with a windless. The people who say “I’ll just use my belt” are going to have a bad time if they ever have to depend on that to live.
     

    leVieux

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    We all, as ‘’civilized’’ people do share a duty to others.

    In any case of imminent life-threat, one is morally obliged to render some assistance.

    The type and degree of that assistance will naturally vary with the situation, surroundings, and capabilities of the person.

    ’’Legal problems’’ encountered by REAL-LIFE ’’Good Samaritans’’ have been greatly exaggerated here and elsewhere.

    Help another in distress, please.

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