Originally Posted by
acjones20
I'm an ER doc...so I'm biased, but here's my opinion FWIW. I have a VERY limited first aid kit in my truck. It basically has some quick clot, a tourniquet, a nasal airway, eye wash, some splints and lots of kerlex. The more training you have the less s**t you need. A backpack full of stuff you bought off the internet isn't going to help you if you don't know the basics. Take an EMT class or even first responder. Learn the basics of assessment. The most that you can expect to do in the field (without complex instruments and meds) will be to stop bleeding, do a jaw thrust on someone that needs an airway to keep their tongue out of the way, splint fractures or rinse something out of someone's eyes/wound. I don't get excited about having Benadryl, a ton of bandages, Tylenol etc in my first aid kit. That's not stuff that you are going to save a life with. Make sure their airway is open and functioning, they are breathing, and that blood is going 'round and 'round and not on the floor and you have done 90% of what you can do outside of a hospital.
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