This might seem like a ridiculous topic to some but this hits way closer to home for me than some. There is a man that I know who accidentally shot him self 7 miles off the dalton highway crossing a stream in his left shoulder on the first year I hunted big game. A quick response from his partner was all that kept him good enough for the staggered drag/care back to the road and 2 hour wait on the side of the highway for a helicopter. I am glad to say that 17 years later you can hardly tell the incident happened to him, but everyone who does know him takes their remote medical preparation a hell of a lot more seriously ever since.
I live in a very rural area. Proper Coms and IFAK, never leave home with out it. Keep larger kits with heart starter at home, in my boats and cars. Life is precious. More people should practise and carrie them. I also carrie a large trauma kit any time I'm out in the woods working with chain saws or brush clearing together with phone and radio.
Great video Desert Dog. As a medical professional who has spent a lot of time taking care of trauma patients I think your advice is spot on. Though trauma shears do look cool...especially the coyote brown folding ones with matching belt clip...look so good with the stethoscope, cargo pants and too tight monogrammed scrub top...
Great video topic! Way too many people don't have even the basics. I can personally speak to the difficulty of trying to save someone post-gunshot wound with no medical equipment /first aid items available.
Great vid. Here are two medical-related things I like to keep in mind for hunting/shooting/camping/hiking in remote areas. One of these suggestions makes sense and the other is hilariously paranoid: 1) Know where the nearest hospital is. Before stepping off, make sure everyone has the nearest hospital saved on their phone's Map app. A paper map with directions is nice too in case of battery failure or network failure. Make sure everyone understands how far the drive is to the hospital, which direction, and check for road closures too. It may be better to drive a severely injured person to this hospital ASAP than to wait hours for remote rescue. 2) Speaking of driving and shooting in the woods, and this is rare in the USA: don't carpool with the guy who drives a manual transmission car. I worry about this way, way too much because my daily driver is stick. I never offer to drive my friends to the remote, outdoor shooting range because if I get shot or break a leg or even just dislocate my right arm, none of my friends can drive me in my stick Tacoma quad-cab pickup to the hospital. I make up for this stinginess in driving by offering lots of gas money and snacks though.
As somebody who has driven my manual transmission Tacoma once with a broken collar bone and once while violently ill on a mountain road in a snow storm, I can confirm both were horrible experiences. Probably not as paranoid as you may think.
Good video subject Desert Dog. Too many hunters/campers/outdoorsmen don’t think about this and usually don’t even have as much as a bandage with them. Have a great weekend!
Haai DD A quick true story about a FAK. Every where l travel, l always carry one & often get comments from friends or clients , they jokingly call me Doc. We were working at a remote Power Station in Kenya & one of the guys badly lacerated his hand on a sharp machinery edge The power Station First Aid kit had been typically pilfered, little in it. They don't make fun of me anymore. Cheers.
Great topic. It’s hard to find the Goldilocks of IFAKs, and yours looks fairly complete and well thought out. It’s useable even if you don’t have a pair of scissors or something sharp the TSA can get their panties bunched up over. The only thing I would add is an ASO brace. I had the opportunity to extern at Camp Pendleton during my medical training, and we saved a lot of people from washing out from ankle injuries during their basic training. Enjoyed this video immensely
Great video D.D. Now on to the Tom Foolery; you should also have: a 15 cubic foot O2 bottle, nasal cannula, bag valve mask, and plenty of Thiamine for the early morning hangovers...
This will be one of your least popular videos. It shouldn’t be. It’s easy to think this stuff is superfluous, until you actually live through something where you needed it, or someone you care about needed it.
This might seem like a ridiculous topic to some but this hits way closer to home for me than some. There is a man that I know who accidentally shot him self 7 miles off the dalton highway crossing a stream in his left shoulder on the first year I hunted big game. A quick response from his partner was all that kept him good enough for the staggered drag/care back to the road and 2 hour wait on the side of the highway for a helicopter. I am glad to say that 17 years later you can hardly tell the incident happened to him, but everyone who does know him takes their remote medical preparation a hell of a lot more seriously ever since.
Great recommendations. I've personally seen that a hit to an extremity can be a life-threatening situation.
I live in a very rural area. Proper Coms and IFAK, never leave home with out it. Keep larger kits with heart starter at home, in my boats and cars. Life is precious. More people should practise and carrie them. I also carrie a large trauma kit any time I'm out in the woods working with chain saws or brush clearing together with phone and radio.
Great video Desert Dog. As a medical professional who has spent a lot of time taking care of trauma patients I think your advice is spot on. Though trauma shears do look cool...especially the coyote brown folding ones with matching belt clip...look so good with the stethoscope, cargo pants and too tight monogrammed scrub top...
Great video topic! Way too many people don't have even the basics. I can personally speak to the difficulty of trying to save someone post-gunshot wound with no medical equipment /first aid items available.
The advice on communication is spot on.
Great vid. Here are two medical-related things I like to keep in mind for hunting/shooting/camping/hiking in remote areas. One of these suggestions makes sense and the other is hilariously paranoid:
1) Know where the nearest hospital is. Before stepping off, make sure everyone has the nearest hospital saved on their phone's Map app. A paper map with directions is nice too in case of battery failure or network failure. Make sure everyone understands how far the drive is to the hospital, which direction, and check for road closures too. It may be better to drive a severely injured person to this hospital ASAP than to wait hours for remote rescue.
2) Speaking of driving and shooting in the woods, and this is rare in the USA: don't carpool with the guy who drives a manual transmission car. I worry about this way, way too much because my daily driver is stick. I never offer to drive my friends to the remote, outdoor shooting range because if I get shot or break a leg or even just dislocate my right arm, none of my friends can drive me in my stick Tacoma quad-cab pickup to the hospital. I make up for this stinginess in driving by offering lots of gas money and snacks though.
As somebody who has driven my manual transmission Tacoma once with a broken collar bone and once while violently ill on a mountain road in a snow storm, I can confirm both were horrible experiences. Probably not as paranoid as you may think.
Great points on both!
Interesting point! My Taco is auto, but I still have one car that's manual. It's a good theft deterrent.
Better to have and not need than to need and not have. Great video
Great video. I’ve Ben researching trauma kits for hunting so this was a timely video. Thanks!
Excellent video Desert Dog. I appreciate you sharing your experience with us sir. I personally learned a lot. Best regards. Leo
Good video subject Desert Dog. Too many hunters/campers/outdoorsmen don’t think about this and usually don’t even have as much as a bandage with them. Have a great weekend!
Great kit! I’d just ad a eye dressing.
Haai DD
A quick true story about a FAK. Every where l travel, l always carry one & often get comments from friends or clients , they jokingly call me Doc.
We were working at a remote Power Station in Kenya & one of the guys badly lacerated his hand on a sharp machinery edge
The power Station First Aid kit had been typically pilfered, little in it.
They don't make fun of me anymore.
Cheers.
Thank You
You need a portable electrocardiograph
Try the small KardiaMobile unit. Size of a credit card, just need your cell phone .
Another good video
Thanks Desert Dog Cheers 🇨🇦
Awesome video and thank you for the reminder on safety
Great topic. It’s hard to find the Goldilocks of IFAKs, and yours looks fairly complete and well thought out. It’s useable even if you don’t have a pair of scissors or something sharp the TSA can get their panties bunched up over. The only thing I would add is an ASO brace. I had the opportunity to extern at Camp Pendleton during my medical training, and we saved a lot of people from washing out from ankle injuries during their basic training. Enjoyed this video immensely
Very good, useful video, DD. Thank you.
Try Medical Gear Outfitters for supplies and kits
I have same special bandages for my dog included like a paw bandage.
No folding helicopter in there?! 😉
Good advice as usual. Thanks for sharing!
Great video D.D. Now on to the Tom Foolery; you should also have: a 15 cubic foot O2 bottle, nasal cannula, bag valve mask, and plenty of Thiamine for the early morning hangovers...
Ok, the hangover remedy is useful. Especially the night after a group pheasant hunt.
@@desertdogoutdoors1113 So. you've been to Winner SD?
@@desertdogoutdoors1113 Oh man pheasant camp hangovers bring back a lot of good memories! 😂
Iodine tablets! Bahaha 😂 Still sold for water pukeification.
Great video!👍
I carry an IFAK on my belt every hunt.
I really insist on carrying an x-ray machine. While I prefer MRI, x-ray is much more compact.
Xray is definitely more compact.
Food for Thought, and don’t put it on the back burner.
This will be one of your least popular videos. It shouldn’t be.
It’s easy to think this stuff is superfluous, until you actually live through something where you needed it, or someone you care about needed it.
The RATs tourniquette is the way to go.