Dave_M
09-18-12, 01:11
So, many of us have, ‘blow out kits’. However, most of them are either totally inadequate to serve their purpose or far too large to be something easily transportable on a rig. Is there an, ‘in between’ someplace?
I think so, and so do others. One can buy something like this rig but it’s going to cost a penny or two. As usual, it’s less expensive to DIY but can be a pain. Here’s my answer:
Several years ago, I bought a ton of Spec-Ops M16/AR mag pouches. At the time they were pretty high-speed, but, in say, the last decade or so, they have been replaced with better pouches. As it stood, they were not relegated to hold mags (though they held four each waaay back when) but for random range stuff like spare mags or parts holders or speedloaders or whatever random crap I had.
Most of those mag pouches remained as holders of random crap. One of them has been relegated to, ‘low-pro gunshot wound pouch’.
Before this came to be, I had a dedicated GSW kit which, while more full of medical gear, was too large and cumbersome to be carried on first line gear (IE: my belt rig). Here’s a small pic of modifications made to the standard:
(Left is stock pouch, center is stock pouch full of mags, right is modded pouch)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v11/DavePAL84/projects/blow001.jpg
I cut off the side-tops of the pouch (they were in the way when it was opened), painted the buckle red to indicate medical gear, and also did a red paracord wrap around the top webbing for the same.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v11/DavePAL84/projects/blow002.jpg
Eyelets were put on either side of the pouch for reasons which will become clear here in a bit.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v11/DavePAL84/projects/blow003.jpg
An ATS medical insert was used for the body. This insert allows for the contents on the pouch to be pulled out en masse (with one hand if necessary) and held together with elastic.
In the ATS insert I have the bare minimums and basics:
-latex gloves
-NPA and lubricant
-Celox and plunger for penetrating wounds
-Decompression needle
-Izzy bandage
-(2) HALO chest seals
Will this be enough for a squad? Absolutely not. Will this likely be enough for a single gunshot? Perhaps. Where is the tourniquet, one may say? Attached through the eyelets with rubber bands on the side of the pouch.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v11/DavePAL84/projects/blow004.jpg
Depending on the pouch placement, the tourniquet can be reached from either hand if it comes to that.
Here’s what it looks like on the belt:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v11/DavePAL84/projects/blow005.jpg
Yes, with this pouch and contents it takes up the horizontal space of a double or triple magazine pouch but no more. When it lays flat it appears that either the draw of the medical pouch or the pistol hinders each other but that is only the perception as the belt is laying straight (and not around a body).
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v11/DavePAL84/projects/blow006.jpg
And yes, I was forgetting something vital when taking these pictures. Here are the scissors (which fit nicely and out of the way into the webbing behind the pouch)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v11/DavePAL84/projects/blow007.jpg
I think so, and so do others. One can buy something like this rig but it’s going to cost a penny or two. As usual, it’s less expensive to DIY but can be a pain. Here’s my answer:
Several years ago, I bought a ton of Spec-Ops M16/AR mag pouches. At the time they were pretty high-speed, but, in say, the last decade or so, they have been replaced with better pouches. As it stood, they were not relegated to hold mags (though they held four each waaay back when) but for random range stuff like spare mags or parts holders or speedloaders or whatever random crap I had.
Most of those mag pouches remained as holders of random crap. One of them has been relegated to, ‘low-pro gunshot wound pouch’.
Before this came to be, I had a dedicated GSW kit which, while more full of medical gear, was too large and cumbersome to be carried on first line gear (IE: my belt rig). Here’s a small pic of modifications made to the standard:
(Left is stock pouch, center is stock pouch full of mags, right is modded pouch)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v11/DavePAL84/projects/blow001.jpg
I cut off the side-tops of the pouch (they were in the way when it was opened), painted the buckle red to indicate medical gear, and also did a red paracord wrap around the top webbing for the same.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v11/DavePAL84/projects/blow002.jpg
Eyelets were put on either side of the pouch for reasons which will become clear here in a bit.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v11/DavePAL84/projects/blow003.jpg
An ATS medical insert was used for the body. This insert allows for the contents on the pouch to be pulled out en masse (with one hand if necessary) and held together with elastic.
In the ATS insert I have the bare minimums and basics:
-latex gloves
-NPA and lubricant
-Celox and plunger for penetrating wounds
-Decompression needle
-Izzy bandage
-(2) HALO chest seals
Will this be enough for a squad? Absolutely not. Will this likely be enough for a single gunshot? Perhaps. Where is the tourniquet, one may say? Attached through the eyelets with rubber bands on the side of the pouch.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v11/DavePAL84/projects/blow004.jpg
Depending on the pouch placement, the tourniquet can be reached from either hand if it comes to that.
Here’s what it looks like on the belt:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v11/DavePAL84/projects/blow005.jpg
Yes, with this pouch and contents it takes up the horizontal space of a double or triple magazine pouch but no more. When it lays flat it appears that either the draw of the medical pouch or the pistol hinders each other but that is only the perception as the belt is laying straight (and not around a body).
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v11/DavePAL84/projects/blow006.jpg
And yes, I was forgetting something vital when taking these pictures. Here are the scissors (which fit nicely and out of the way into the webbing behind the pouch)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v11/DavePAL84/projects/blow007.jpg