Specialized IFAK for my dad

[joshrunkle35]

You ask for an IFAK in your title (which, by definition, is a trauma kit aimed at battlefield injuries), then in your last line ask for a kit "in case of emergency while at home or away."

I think you need to better define if this is a medical (ie, meds, needles/syringes if needed, maybe some minor trauma gear) or a trauma (quick-clot, TQ, big scary bleeding and airway things) kit before we can really recommend something.

Like Skintop911 says, needs of the patient dictate needs of the kit. i wouldn't include zofran in a trauma kit, likewise I wouldn't put a TQ in with a kit full of tylenol, insulin and a barf-bag.

IFAK stands for "Individual First Aid Kit". The original title is appropriate.

[KingCobra]

When people are using blood thinners they can sometimes have problems stopping blood flow when they get cut. There are products out that work well like Quik Clot. I have used them in the past with good results overall.

You referring to the quick clot pepper looking stuff? if so, I would suggest "combat gauze", it's a gauze with "quick clot inside" because quick clot by itself if hard to vacuum out of a would, especially if it burns the would and sticks.

[Caduceus]

IFAK stands for "Individual First Aid Kit". The original title is appropriate.

Actually, it stands for "Improved First Aid Kit" in the Army, versus "Individual First Aid Kit" in other services.

www.usamma.amedd.army.mil/assets/docs/IFAK.pdf

Either way, the IFAK is a trauma-oriented kit. It's not a medicine-oriented kit. Which goes back to my first post - what is he trying to aim this towards?

[lunchbox]

You referring to the quick clot pepper looking stuff? if so, I would suggest "combat gauze", it's a gauze with "quick clot inside" because quick clot by itself if hard to vacuum out of a would, especially if it burns the would and sticks.

I think he ment combat gauze/quick clot. I take blood thinners and keep CG/QC in kits, stashed and tucked all over.

[brown3345]

Yep, that's the stuff. We have used that with decent results in the past.

I think he ment combat gauze/quick clot. I take blood thinners and keep CG/QC in kits, stashed and tucked all over.