https://youtu.be/wWVne7cUrm8 - TQ

https://youtu.be/lhSsztkQnAA - Chest Seal

https://youtu.be/oaVLSsIxT4Y - NPA

https://youtu.be/XieRLnynqhA - Wound packing

https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/NNHTN18ON6NM?ref_=wl_share

Products and videos to some basic good medical gear.

https://darkangelmedical.com/training/

Solid training, solid kits, classes available across the US.

Double post that wound packing video. Fuckin sticky it. Stick the goddamn gauze into that wound until you literally cant anymore. Then wrap it in more roller gauze, Then saran wrap it *loosely. I cant tell you how many people i trained as a tccc instructor that was like "i put one fingers worth of gauze in its good right?"

I had to wound pack my own leg twice a day for about a month after getting bit by a brown recluse

wound got necrotic and they had to cut a good deal of tissue out

Navy medical gave me a load of gauze and basically said have fun.

I bet you put in about 2 feet of gauze in that abscess

I put a lot in

pulling it out was the worst

Every time I’m packing a wound I’m just thinking “please stop bleeding” lol

but I had to do it to keep from healing over the abscess

I have a stockpile of combat gauze

Yea its not fun and that was relatively small and took a ton 5.56 tumbles and is basically a huge asshole to medics

and ultimately the wound I was packing was very small. I can imagine packing a gunshot wound is gonna take a shitload

It does literally 2-3 rolls sometimes 7.62 has massive hydroshock but 5.56 tumbles and travels wierd

Yes it does.

doesn’t the type pf round also make a difference? like fullmetal vs poly vs hollow point

Yes

I was in during the switch from granular quikclot now that shit would ruin your life while saving it.

I hate granular

Gotta surgically remove every grain like getting shwacked wasnt insult enough.

I find them in militia ifaks often so check em

Gotta make sure there’s actual medical gear in them first

Lmao too true

The old dip, lickies ans chewies

Switcharoo

I worked with a corpman whos marines went into his medbag and found pringles and caprisun. True story

Lmao

The essentials

Calories to replace the blood

I cant praise saran wrap enough either. Theres no rules to this shit and keeping debris out is a must

For real infections will kill you

Yea and it stretches and self sticks so you can do loose wrap and call it good for evac

Take the full roll and cut it in half with a knife put one half in your med kit and the other in the ifak if you have room

That’s smart. I’m going to do it

Its also really important that your teams medic or the RN/EMT knows stuff about you. A patch with blood type and allergies or just sharpie it on the ifak. It also helps to have a copy of health insurance paperwork in your admin pouch

Obviously I have my EMT-B but I’m currently working on my BSN

Actually let me correct myself, put it in a bag and shove it in a pants pocket. The cops will remove your vest and pack before admission to the hospital if it ever even makes it there. And thats great bro.

Im more preaching to the others who arent as medically educated as you are.

People don’t focus enough of medical

Maybe I should get medical insurance

write the info on your arms with sharpie

^^ hitler reference?

nah. just have had glucose/panic and had to write what I took for it on my arms so people would be able to treat it

my niece has to do this for allergies

always keep a sharpie for any number of reasons

@Fartfignewton what good is medical insurance during the boog

what good is medical insurance now

who knows

haha it was a joke mostly

thinking about trying to get tricare to cover boog related injuries

Is there a place that sells a pre made IFAK that has good, relevant non Chinese supplies?

Skinny medic

Dark angel

👍

Anyone think about pain control? That's how the government would try to get you back in the system with addictive stuff.

For me knowing how to do rehab stuff in advance, stretching, injury rehab exercises etc, is key.

Look at all our vets dying from opiates, not a good solution for anything medium to long term.

Opioids are a major issue here in Maine

The process usually looks like this:
-old person gets an injury cuz they’re old. Now they’re prescribed opioids. Idiot grandchild steals them and gets hooked

-working class guy gets hurt on the job (construction, etc) and he gets prescribed and hooked on opioids

So few people can pass a drug test here that dome companies fly in employees from the Midwest

A little late to the convo, but I have my blood type on my dog tags. And even for non-military, there are websites you can use to get dog tags made. They don't check to see if you're military or not. I've used Grunt.com before.

I'm gonna tatoo my blood type on my forehead

Smart man

Hows maine, dude? I've been thinking of moving there from cali, I've heard the gun laws are improving

Constitutional carry (18-20 year olds need concealed carry permit. 21 and over don’t)

Only capacity restrictions are when hunting

Castle doctrine on private property. Duty to retreat in public

But there’s the opioid epidemic like I said. Really sad times.

Taxes are kinda retarded but not as bad as some other states

They’ll probably get worse before they get better

Cold. Snow. Poor air quality. Hard to become a millionaire. (Limited economy)

(Air currents dump all California air pollution in Maine)

I’ve lived in Cali Florida missouri and Maine and Maine is my favorite state. Despite its shortcomings

@BazookaJoe

Of all the NE states Maine is the only one I would consider living in.

I mean, its sounds awesome. Believe me, I've lived and served all the rich country club left wing, and money does not make you happier. Ait pollution is pretty bad in cali anyway, and the snow and history/sailing culture sounds nice

Fishing here isn't that great as well

Too many people

Lots of fishing and hunting here

Lots of basically every outdoor activity

I forgot to list that cuz it’s so normal and second nature I forget that other states aren’t like that

Everyone should look into nijmegen foot taping

@Itcilis I can’t view pinned 😢

Perms might be screwy

https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/NNHTN18ON6NM?ref_=wl_share

Ooo

Thank you

Np

I see the list...I have seen several premade kits, IFAKs...is it it cheaper to build your own or get a prefab? I see pros and cons to both.

I only build my own since I have a shit ton of supplies and I like tailoring mine to what I want to have.

I even got some fancy XStat 30

Holt shit those are bad ass! But fuck they are expensive!

I “tactically acquire” them

Tactical acquisition of government assets lmao

Yes yes