I would go a step further and suggest both a headlamp for general hands-free use, and a penlight for pupillary response and other tasks. Extra points if they work with AA or AAA cells. Everything should run on the same battery tipe (oxipulsimeter, blood pressure monitor, lights...)
@@davidleavitt835 1) Take the headlight and pass part of its headband under the handle of this first aid kit 2) Pass the body of the light above the pouch handle and through the "loop" of its own headband 3) Pull tight to secure the light 4) Use the strap+buckle that secures the pouch to its velcro base to keep the headlight from bouncing around and snagging on everything
Great video on first aid kit . The pencil is a propelling pencil, when led wears down pull out the white part & led from front & push the white plastic led holder in the back end of pencil. Cheers from Australia Dave
Nice kit. I like the waterproof case, and everything seems well organized. For the meds you added I would include some 81mg aspirin, for heart attacks or strokes.
i carry a surviveware medkit with a recon medical bleed kit plus chest seals when i go out camping or hiking serious areas. the surviveware is my fave non-trauma kit company, their style of organization is the best labelled and easiest to restock or direct someone elses use ive ever come across.
I checked on the combine dressing: These multi-layered and highly absorbent pads make for the perfect wound care solution. The combine dressing is most commonly used to pack large bleeding wounds after initial bleeding has been controlled, however they are useful in other scenarios as well.
Great kit and great review! I bought a similar one about a year ago, and added the following items: a mini headlamp, some waterproof paper, an alert card, glucose tablets, rehydration salts, hemostatic powder, eugenol ( for toothaches) and activated carbon pills (for food intoxication). For those to fit in, I reduced the amount of bandaids and gauze pads.
Awesome kit! I bought the non-waterproof kit, large kit which is basically the same, but includes a 50-piece mini kit which I wanted for the bike. This kit is probably one of the top 2 or 3 best IFAKs on Amazon IMO, and although all might need items added, there is plenty of room to make these ideal for individual needs.
Just a comment on your med envelopes. I prepare similar pill envelopes of meds for all my kits but in each little baggie I also include a slip of paper with med name, dosage, what used for (ie nausea, pain, allergy, etc) and expiration date. You may know what that color/shape of pill is but not every grabbing the kit will. I like to pack the little individual pill bags with the maximum dosage allowed per 24 hour period so I know if I give one away or anyone else uses it they cannot easily overdose on whatever it is
It is not a bad little kit for those with basic or not first aid trainning. FYI that piece of folded plastic with the airway valve and face printed on it is called a face sheild. You were correct that its use is for protecting both people well proforming CPR. Just thought you should know😁
I would have added a small headlamp, my thoughts on one that would fit is the Petzl-e+LITE, it is tiny, just larger thn a box of regular wood matches WITH headband, uses lithium batteries (long shelflife) and has several brightness settings (one red).
I am a South African and I have purchased two survive ware products. Very happy with them. I got the small first aid and the larger survival/first aid combo kit. Both are very good quality in my book.
you can remove the tip of the pencil and put it in again in the white circle down , so that it will push another tip up . so u don't have to use a sharpener
I like the pencil they chose I may well add some of them, you always have a sharp end with those ones. (Plus when I was a wee kid, I was well jealous of the since I didn't have one...)
Glad I watched to the end. Was just fixing to comment that “there’s usually always enough room for a SWAT-T”, and then, bang, you brought it out. Good job and nice kit. Thanks!
Definitely add a tourniquet. But I'd say that's at least a hundred dollar kit or less. Not a bad deal. Actually shocked to not see meds, ointment or hydrocortisone in this one
I agree. This is a pretty good kit, for the price. Seems to be put together pretty well. I liked how they include multiples of alot of the stuff, such as the eye patches. I did notice that there are no face diapers 🤗. Great review.
One more point about tourniquets, people that actually know how to use them probably wouldn't trust one that comes in a Chinese kit. In my opinion, the lack of medicines and tourniquet are actually a plus since it makes the kit cheaper and, you showed those can be added without issues.
I get these tiny pen lights at my Dollar store. Nothing fancy just a tiny pen light that runs off of button cells.. I stick one of these and all my first aid and survival kits.. just one setting on and off.. but they are extremely bright for a tiny pen light with button cells
Never have I heard of them used as splinter probes lol. I can sorta see it, if its the thicker ones. I love that being able to pull it all out that way though!
Pretty cool little med kit. Always look forward to a new vid of yours dropping. If you ever get the chance, I’d love to see you do a review of otbarchitecture’s “utility belt survival kit system” from their eBay store.
I agree with the price tag personally I'm not sure I could build one like that cheaper than $100 maybe if I was able to order it cheaply from Amazon and as always thank you for your superb presentation and I like this kit.
Not a bad little kit. It doesn't seem too expensive. It has a nice case. You are paying a price for the case and the organization. First aid supplies are relatively inexpensive
You pretty much covered it all with what you added, but there were two other things you might want to add. I would have added a pack of Kleenex, a couple of Tampons and some female sanitary pads. Those last two are great for wounds, especially the tampons for gun wounds, but also if the person you suddenly needs them the trip your on can turn south really quick. I unfortunately know that from personal experience. Why she didn’t pack those personal items when we portaged two days in a canoe in Algonquin park I’ll never understand. My family always said that if you are still talking to each other after you spend a week in Algonquin, then your meant to be together. Lol
Tampons are great for absorbing blood, but not for applying pressure, which is the primary method of stopping bleeding. If you have the time to prepare (as one does when making a first aid kit), there are better solutions such as pressure bandages (Israeli, etc.) and hemostatic gauze. The Kleenex tissues or antibacterial wet wipes would be a great addition though.
@@Inko_Inko The idea of using a tampon for a gun wound is a valid. Actually tampons have been used for gun wound dressing for years. Of course pressure is required, pressure plus a tampon in the wound saves lives. Tampons will expand and fill the cavity left from the bullet or knife. This creates provides pressure in all directions. Of course you also need to apply a pressure bandage over it, but with that and the tampon inside the wound applying pressure outwards, you have greatly improved the odds of survival for the wounded person. The tampon is also used in those situations where you cannot compress the wound. DARPA put out a request for companies to design an infield dressing for bullet wounds. The item that they would use as a base line was actually a tampon. They wanted something that would work better. The final winner was one that had small sponges in a large injector that when used the small sponges would expand and stop the bleeding. So they took a perfectly good 25 cent tampon and replaced it with a $500 copy that didn’t do as good as a job as the tampon. Lol. Pretty typical of the military.
@@maureenstrang6130 sorry but I’m not understanding your reply. I’m old so I often don’t understand when people use acronyms in their answers. Drives my kids crazy. But I learn, hence my asking you. If I offended you, I’m Canadian so I apologize for everything, please don’t take it that way. It’s just that no one ever includes women products 8n their survival kits. Women do make up half our population.
Very nice kit but I would leave it in that plastic bag that it comes with for extra protection. I don't have problems with medication coming from China because most of our medication comes from China. Trying to put a kit like that together yourself will cost quite a bit of money and lots of time finding all those little pieces one by one. Most people who are working 9 to 5 don't have time to put these things together. I'm a retired Carpenter 6 years ago. When I retired I sold 50% of my equipment and 99% of it was made in China. After many years of using it everything was still in perfect working shape.
A small flash light would be very handy.
I would go a step further and suggest both a headlamp for general hands-free use, and a penlight for pupillary response and other tasks.
Extra points if they work with AA or AAA cells. Everything should run on the same battery tipe (oxipulsimeter, blood pressure monitor, lights...)
@@VictorGarciaR while I agree with the need for a light, how would you put a headlight in there?
Amen
@@davidleavitt835
1) Take the headlight and pass part of its headband under the handle of this first aid kit
2) Pass the body of the light above the pouch handle and through the "loop" of its own headband
3) Pull tight to secure the light
4) Use the strap+buckle that secures the pouch to its velcro base to keep the headlight from bouncing around and snagging on everything
@@VictorGarciaRI can actually visualise this working Thanks for this mate. Nicely communicated. 🙂❤ Cheers!
Great video on first aid kit . The pencil is a propelling pencil, when led wears down pull out the white part & led from front & push the white plastic led holder in the back end of pencil.
Cheers from Australia
Dave
Nice kit. I like the waterproof case, and everything seems well organized. For the meds you added I would include some 81mg aspirin, for heart attacks or strokes.
Thanks
do you realise heart attacks and strokes leave you too dead for an aspirin to revive you?
i carry a surviveware medkit with a recon medical bleed kit plus chest seals when i go out camping or hiking serious areas. the surviveware is my fave non-trauma kit company, their style of organization is the best labelled and easiest to restock or direct someone elses use ive ever come across.
I checked on the combine dressing:
These multi-layered and highly absorbent pads make for the perfect wound care solution. The combine dressing is most commonly used to pack large bleeding wounds after initial bleeding has been controlled, however they are useful in other scenarios as well.
Great kit and great review! I bought a similar one about a year ago, and added the following items: a mini headlamp, some waterproof paper, an alert card, glucose tablets, rehydration salts, hemostatic powder, eugenol ( for toothaches) and activated carbon pills (for food intoxication). For those to fit in, I reduced the amount of bandaids and gauze pads.
Awesome kit! I bought the non-waterproof kit, large kit which is basically the same, but includes a 50-piece mini kit which I wanted for the bike. This kit is probably one of the top 2 or 3 best IFAKs on Amazon IMO, and although all might need items added, there is plenty of room to make these ideal for individual needs.
I finally got the correlation of kit bashed survival. We used to use that term when putting multiple kits together to build models.
You got it!
I remember propelling pencils from the 1970.
The ones I had I gave to my nephews in the late 1980’s
Have a good one.
Just a comment on your med envelopes. I prepare similar pill envelopes of meds for all my kits but in each little baggie I also include a slip of paper with med name, dosage, what used for (ie nausea, pain, allergy, etc) and expiration date. You may know what that color/shape of pill is but not every grabbing the kit will. I like to pack the little individual pill bags with the maximum dosage allowed per 24 hour period so I know if I give one away or anyone else uses it they cannot easily overdose on whatever it is
Exactly what I have done. Also helps if law enforcement takes a look or someone else is using the kit.
It is not a bad little kit for those with basic or not first aid trainning. FYI that piece of folded plastic with the airway valve and face printed on it is called a face sheild. You were correct that its use is for protecting both people well proforming CPR. Just thought you should know😁
The tourniquet should be added on the outside of the kit for quick access in an emergency. That's what the loops on the bottom are for.
I'm not usually a big fan of attaching things to the outside of kits, but yeah that's an idea.
I would have added a small headlamp, my thoughts on one that would fit is the Petzl-e+LITE, it is tiny, just larger thn a box of regular wood matches WITH headband, uses lithium batteries (long shelflife) and has several brightness settings (one red).
a small flashlight actually can help to see how the eyes respond to light to ascertain possible head trauma
I am a South African and I have purchased two survive ware products. Very happy with them. I got the small first aid and the larger survival/first aid combo kit. Both are very good quality in my book.
you can remove the tip of the pencil and put it in again in the white circle down , so that it will push another tip up . so u don't have to use a sharpener
You can use the triangle bandage as a tourniquet too.
I like the pencil they chose I may well add some of them, you always have a sharp end with those ones. (Plus when I was a wee kid, I was well jealous of the since I didn't have one...)
Tweezers, headlamp and magnified glass. Good job on video.
I look forward to your videos more than anything else on RUclips. Keep up the amazing work! Thank you so much for the content. Ryan
Glad I watched to the end. Was just fixing to comment that “there’s usually always enough room for a SWAT-T”, and then, bang, you brought it out. Good job and nice kit. Thanks!
Thanks!
Reading glasses for wound inspection, or am I just old? You'll need a Sharpie to write on the patient forehead the time you applied the tourniquet.
Great video! I always enjoy watching! Your “add-on’s” were the perfect additions! Thank you for another in depth, well thought out video!
I add blood stopper to all my first aid/trauma.. kits ..2 pack of blood stopper powder $5 Walmart camping section!
Good morning brother from Syracuse NY everyone and thank you for sharing everything you got plus information
Good morning!
ThankS for doing these! It saves me money and I get to watch over and over to get ideas!
Thanks
Your kit add-in's were perfect ......
The cpr shield is in case they vomit when resuscitated
Breaths are not required anymore. Chest compressions are enough.
Definitely add a tourniquet. But I'd say that's at least a hundred dollar kit or less. Not a bad deal. Actually shocked to not see meds, ointment or hydrocortisone in this one
Great review and well thought out add ons. I would have tried to add saline irrigation as well. Cheers Stu
Okay yeah, that one sure does look a lot better than a whole bunch of others out there in the same price range.
Nice find and thanks for the review.
Overall, I say that this is a very good basic first aid kit that would be excellent for the car, your backpack for hiking or camping.
I agree. This is a pretty good kit, for the price. Seems to be put together pretty well. I liked how they include multiples of alot of the stuff, such as the eye patches. I did notice that there are no face diapers 🤗. Great review.
Even a tiny little light would be good for checking pupil dilation.
One more point about tourniquets, people that actually know how to use them probably wouldn't trust one that comes in a Chinese kit. In my opinion, the lack of medicines and tourniquet are actually a plus since it makes the kit cheaper and, you showed those can be added without issues.
I get these tiny pen lights at my Dollar store. Nothing fancy just a tiny pen light that runs off of button cells.. I stick one of these and all my first aid and survival kits.. just one setting on and off.. but they are extremely bright for a tiny pen light with button cells
The splinter probes are called lancets.
Yeah I just couldn't remember the name right then
Never have I heard of them used as splinter probes lol. I can sorta see it, if its the thicker ones.
I love that being able to pull it all out that way though!
Perhaps you could review the north American Rescue Solo IFAK?
its remind me of the first aid kit from Uncharted Supply Co first aid kit on how the label goes
Pretty cool little med kit. Always look forward to a new vid of yours dropping.
If you ever get the chance, I’d love to see you do a review of otbarchitecture’s “utility belt survival kit system” from their eBay store.
Well stocked kit for the price Eric
I agree with the price tag personally I'm not sure I could build one like that cheaper than $100 maybe if I was able to order it cheaply from Amazon and as always thank you for your superb presentation and I like this kit.
Not a bad little kit. It doesn't seem too expensive. It has a nice case. You are paying a price for the case and the organization. First aid supplies are relatively inexpensive
I'd like to see a review of the Camillus Knives Les Stroud - Survivorman Trek Team Survival Kit.
I'll see what I can do, thanks
One Flashligth or hadlamp is very important.🔦🔦🔦🔋
You pretty much covered it all with what you added, but there were two other things you might want to add. I would have added a pack of Kleenex, a couple of Tampons and some female sanitary pads. Those last two are great for wounds, especially the tampons for gun wounds, but also if the person you suddenly needs them the trip your on can turn south really quick.
I unfortunately know that from personal experience. Why she didn’t pack those personal items when we portaged two days in a canoe in Algonquin park I’ll never understand. My family always said that if you are still talking to each other after you spend a week in Algonquin, then your meant to be together. Lol
Thanks
Tampons are great for absorbing blood, but not for applying pressure, which is the primary method of stopping bleeding. If you have the time to prepare (as one does when making a first aid kit), there are better solutions such as pressure bandages (Israeli, etc.) and hemostatic gauze.
The Kleenex tissues or antibacterial wet wipes would be a great addition though.
@@Inko_Inko The idea of using a tampon for a gun wound is a valid. Actually tampons have been used for gun wound dressing for years. Of course pressure is required, pressure plus a tampon in the wound saves lives. Tampons will expand and fill the cavity left from the bullet or knife. This creates provides pressure in all directions. Of course you also need to apply a pressure bandage over it, but with that and the tampon inside the wound applying pressure outwards, you have greatly improved the odds of survival for the wounded person. The tampon is also used in those situations where you cannot compress the wound.
DARPA put out a request for companies to design an infield dressing for bullet wounds. The item that they would use as a base line was actually a tampon. They wanted something that would work better. The final winner was one that had small sponges in a large injector that when used the small sponges would expand and stop the bleeding. So they took a perfectly good 25 cent tampon and replaced it with a $500 copy that didn’t do as good as a job as the tampon. Lol. Pretty typical of the military.
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@@maureenstrang6130 sorry but I’m not understanding your reply. I’m old so I often don’t understand when people use acronyms in their answers. Drives my kids crazy. But I learn, hence my asking you.
If I offended you, I’m Canadian so I apologize for everything, please don’t take it that way. It’s just that no one ever includes women products 8n their survival kits. Women do make up half our population.
Have you ever looked at kits on Etsy? I've seen a couple that look interesting
can you please review the 72hr kit??
Outstanding job brother
Great video but you could add possibly a SWAT-T tourniquet they don't take up much room
Watch until the end, he added one.
I thought that was a pretty good kit for the money. I'd add super glue. Love it.
All the best to you and yours 👍 👍 👍 🍻
Thanks, you too!
Please check out the refuge medical bear ifak
ok
i wanted to buy one several monthes ago but they were all sold out. i think i ended up gettig a kit from st johns ambulance or whatever.
The 2 loops on the bottom can hold a tourniquet.
Add an injury report for use with pencil.
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Light of some type . 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
How do you open it with bloody hands? No chance...
Nice job man ...
Thanks!
Cmon man NEXT VID
Poor man's first aid kit.
-Duct tape
-Super glue (not gel)
-Shop towels (thick blue ones)
-Vodka
People need to realize this is a medical kit and not a trauma kit.
used anything by MyMedic?
Yes I have
great!!
Nice review ... thanks ~!
Thanks for watching!
Epi-pen. Ditch the whistle.
👍
You need to get your hand on prescription antibiotics, like amoxicillin.
They don't have an indefinite shelf life. Same as anti-venom.
Link doesn't work
I think they this first aid kit has a lot of band aids
The best thing for burns is Vaseline.
my immediate reaction was you could fit a swat-t in there.
I did!
Not bad reviews, better if you didn't read everything.
Eyepad 🙈
Very nice kit but I would leave it in that plastic bag that it comes with for extra protection. I don't have problems with medication coming from China because most of our medication comes from China. Trying to put a kit like that together yourself will cost quite a bit of money and lots of time finding all those little pieces one by one. Most people who are working 9 to 5 don't have time to put these things together. I'm a retired Carpenter 6 years ago. When I retired I sold 50% of my equipment and 99% of it was made in China. After many years of using it everything was still in perfect working shape.
Ya ps come China and it good
I'LL give you $ 10'00 for everything 😂🤣😂
Stop been vomited 🤢 on when u do resuc
$100 for all that Longmeadow poke.by me about 15 dollars