I will do what ever it takes to save a family member. General public, go beyond your your training and you are asking for a lawsuit.The big question is once you have put your all encompassing med kit together, can you compently use the items in the kit?
I will do what ever it takes to save a family member. General public, go beyond your your training and you are asking for a lawsuit.
Maybe I said it wrong way, I agree 100% with what you are saying. If it is a shtf situation and in bfe anything where you need 98% of stuff at gunshows wont do you any good. If you have a critical patient in the type situation they sell kits for, you are just prolonging the problem. Basically all a guy will be able to do in that stuation is controlled some bleeding, try to prevent infection and may spint. I am just a basic EMT and laugh at all the crap they sell at shows. They have no idea what will happen when they sew up that dirty cut.Again, can you use EVERYTHING in your bag competently and proficiently? I have no idea of your skill level. You may be able to. But like I said, I see so much wasted crap at gunshows or online that will benefit no-one. I am an ER doc, and I'm not gonna be able to place an endotracheal tube (even in a family member) and then bag them w/ an ambu-bag for some unknown amount of time. Are you bagging too fast? Too slow? What do their blood gasses tell you? Oh, that's right, you don't have ABGs available because you're in some field with zero hope of EMS finding you. Now that you have them tubed, you gotta control the hemorrhage from their brachial artery. How you gonna do that? Your hands are busy bagging your loved one and you can't stop to place the tourniquet because then there is no ventilation so they keep bleeding. What about oxygen delivery? Wait, I don't have any oxygen because I just got this bag out of my truck....Now there's been about 1 to 2 liters of blood loss. It's time to start an IV. Can you do that? You need to give fluids....do you have any? Saline, Ringers, D5? What is the correct fluid to give?
Powerman, I'm not singling you out brother, I just posted to your quote. You may be totally competent to do all of those things and to that I say awesome!!! But we all need to really, critically think about what we *really* need in our kit, what can we *really* do if in that situation.
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