Hey Sam, just wanted to let you know you inspired me to create my own RUclips Channel, i’m also thinking about going to get my EMT certification. Thank you for the knowledge you have given us the viewers!.
120 seconds in, I love what ya do man! I really do!! Why would anybody pay $50 bucks for an empty haha it’s 2 chest seals, $15 bucks. Tourniquet, $20. Wound packing gauze, $5 bucks. This would be pretty interesting if that was the case.
I post this on every IFAK video I remember to. If youre not in a warzone with people who have already been screened and denied over diabetes... you need glucose gel in your med kit. Glucose gel comes in packets with 15g of glucose. 15g of glucose is the suggested dosage for hypoglycemic diabetic shock. And gel (unlike tablets) can be administered to an unconscious patient. Add glucose gel packets to your med kit. You will be around more diabetics than GSWs anywhere outside the military.
Hi Sam, I love you videos and am becoming a paramedic myself, I’m extremely excited. I am wondering if you’d review the survivewear first aid kit. They’re a basic fire aid kit with a lot of times I’m them. I think they’re better for people with less medical training. I know it doesn’t have a lot to do with trauma, I would greatly appreciate a review from you on that product. You can find them on Amazon if need be. Thank you again for the vids and inspiration.
Soo urrrh. Why dont we just wrap it all in a ziplock bag? Cheap, see through, no need to label. Functions as a cheap extra pair of chest seals. Or put it in a long vacuum bag so it all fits in a laptop compartment?
So my main job is a critical care paramedic. My service has four helicopters, a fixed wing (coming soon) and three ground CCT ambulances. I work 24 hours rotor (helicopter) and 24 hours on a ground CCT ambulance every week. I also am a PRN employee with our 911 division and I still pick up shifts over there periodically.
@@PrepMedic is there any part of EMS your agency doesn’t do, you got BLS and ALS IFT, BLS and ALS 911, Fixed wing CCT, rotary wing CCT, ground CCT, TEMS, SAR, Wildlands fire line.
While I appreciate the color coding, I wonder what percent of people are colorblind and won’t be able to take advantage of it? I see they also set it up so you can make one side vertical and the other side horizontal bungees. This way no matter wether someone is colorblind or not, they have an indicator (even works for someone that is blind).
Types of colorblindness: Blue, Red, Blue+Red, Zero Colors. Within those types, people are different levels of each. For some only dark blues look black, and they can see all the other blues.
@@tribalismblindsthembutnoty124 I’m not saying I’m the grand high know it all… I’m just saying that having horizontal on one side and vertical on the other means that if you are describing the pack to someone you can use that as the cue instead of the colors… Maybe we could figure out another way…
High occlusion pressures, comes undone with patient movement, difficult for self application, slower to stop blood loss, doesn’t actually solve any issues with the CAT etc….
@@odysseykatewwdb you can use swat-t or just put pressure on the wound, kids usually dont bleed a lot, but whatever... DONT USE STAT AND RATS TURNIQUIT
Its amazing to me that people feel the need to carry all this stuff just to leave there house. 2 guns, a flashlight, a knife and an IFAK. I get having a CCW but its starting to get insane with the shit people want to carry every day now.
Depends what your everyday life is like on what you feel is necessary to carry around. A logger in the middle of nowhere probably wants first aid on their person.
Why do you understand CCW and not medical supplies? More people get hurt then shot everyday so wouldn’t that make you want to prioritize first aid supplies over a gun?
@@PrepMedic I actually do prioritize first aid over a firearm. I think most medics carry a first aid bag in their personal vehicle and is almost a standard in our field. I personally feel that IFAK’s for EDC is a sales ploy. You would never NPA or chest seal yourself. They were designed for another soldier to grab your own personal IFAK and then render aid until a true medic bag came into service. The way people are using them now is hardly practical and almost won’t be effective.
Well for people who are around the elements of injured people and or police/ex police officers. They know first hand what reality is like. Most people carry a knife, flashlight, and a handgun. Truck edc is where you leave the Medical stuff and Bigger guns.
@@Who-Uhm-Cares I am aware of what reality is and the need to be prepared. I am stating that by design, an IFAK is not designed to be used outside of combat situations and operating in squads. An IFAK is designed to carry chest seals, tourniquets, pressure dressings and airway adjuncts which are placed on yourself in case you are incapacitated. By design they contain the less readily available items the need to be quickly deployed. An IFAK and a mini self use first aid kit are completely different things with different deployment criteria. You would never be able to chest seal yourself or use an airway adjunct on yourself. Its predatory for commercial companies to sell people IFAK's and pitch them as "stop the bleed" kits when they're not.
I immediately trust you more with a beard.
It’s a natural painkiller for sure. “No, I don’t need the morphine. Just let me look at you…”
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Hey Sam, just wanted to let you know you inspired me to create my own RUclips Channel, i’m also thinking about going to get my EMT certification. Thank you for the knowledge you have given us the viewers!.
Would love to see a product that would compete against blue force gear’s Micro Trauma kit.
Agreed!!
*laughs in SkinnyMedic small of back IFAK*
Sam doesn't like the rat tourniquet lol he was like don't. Just don't
😂😂😂😂
120 seconds in, I love what ya do man! I really do!! Why would anybody pay $50 bucks for an empty haha it’s 2 chest seals, $15 bucks. Tourniquet, $20. Wound packing gauze, $5 bucks. This would be pretty interesting if that was the case.
Love to see a new camera shot looking good.
I post this on every IFAK video I remember to.
If youre not in a warzone with people who have already been screened and denied over diabetes... you need glucose gel in your med kit.
Glucose gel comes in packets with 15g of glucose. 15g of glucose is the suggested dosage for hypoglycemic diabetic shock. And gel (unlike tablets) can be administered to an unconscious patient.
Add glucose gel packets to your med kit. You will be around more diabetics than GSWs anywhere outside the military.
Beard is looking savage bro:) It's like Jeremiah Johnson became a medic lol:)
Great video but I prefer the look of the LTC small ifak or that more beneficial I think just my two cents
that forward animation and sound :D
Hi Sam, I love you videos and am becoming a paramedic myself, I’m extremely excited. I am wondering if you’d review the survivewear first aid kit. They’re a basic fire aid kit with a lot of times I’m them. I think they’re better for people with less medical training. I know it doesn’t have a lot to do with trauma, I would greatly appreciate a review from you on that product. You can find them on Amazon if need be. Thank you again for the vids and inspiration.
Beards looking good!
Looks good but to be honestly I was expecting something better from vertx…
Disappointed.
I agree, I usually like their products but as a medical personnel this looks very lack luster.
True, still will always buy Vertx
@@dPYTHONb in what way? Just curious, I’m not medical personnel.
Hard to make out but the outside strap (wings) look like they would not hold retention very well.
Great info! Thank you!
Sick Beard!
Do you think the medium size would fit in the vertx fanny pack?
Security guards in the Netherlands work a lot in a suit. Non of the IFAK's I've seen fits this need. Is there something you recommend?
North American Rescue IPOK? That is what I keep in my office laptop case
Soo urrrh. Why dont we just wrap it all in a ziplock bag? Cheap, see through, no need to label. Functions as a cheap extra pair of chest seals.
Or put it in a long vacuum bag so it all fits in a laptop compartment?
you ever trip and fall on a ziplock bag? everything would be everywhere
@@jtrade7737 yeah. I just keep my fak in my backpack anyway. Im goood
Awesome
Do you work on a ground ambulance still or only a helicopter?
He works with lifeline helecopter for now
@@samuelteo5767 I know he works on a helicopter but does he work on the ground too?
So my main job is a critical care paramedic. My service has four helicopters, a fixed wing (coming soon) and three ground CCT ambulances. I work 24 hours rotor (helicopter) and 24 hours on a ground CCT ambulance every week. I also am a PRN employee with our 911 division and I still pick up shifts over there periodically.
@@PrepMedic is there any part of EMS your agency doesn’t do, you got BLS and ALS IFT, BLS and ALS 911, Fixed wing CCT, rotary wing CCT, ground CCT, TEMS, SAR, Wildlands fire line.
Yeah we pretty much do everything. But we are also a HUGE organization
While I appreciate the color coding, I wonder what percent of people are colorblind and won’t be able to take advantage of it? I see they also set it up so you can make one side vertical and the other side horizontal bungees. This way no matter wether someone is colorblind or not, they have an indicator (even works for someone that is blind).
Types of colorblindness: Blue, Red, Blue+Red, Zero Colors. Within those types, people are different levels of each. For some only dark blues look black, and they can see all the other blues.
@@tribalismblindsthembutnoty124 I’m not saying I’m the grand high know it all… I’m just saying that having horizontal on one side and vertical on the other means that if you are describing the pack to someone you can use that as the cue instead of the colors… Maybe we could figure out another way…
What about the RATS makes it ineffective compared to a CAT?
Rats are great. If you need to tie down some lumber or hold a Christmas tree on your roof.
High occlusion pressures, comes undone with patient movement, difficult for self application, slower to stop blood loss, doesn’t actually solve any issues with the CAT etc….
@@PrepMedic Thanks for the explanation. What would you use on a infant or small child who wouldn't fit a CAT?
@@odysseykatewwdb you can use swat-t or just put pressure on the wound, kids usually dont bleed a lot, but whatever...
DONT USE STAT AND RATS TURNIQUIT
Do you sell complete medic emergency packs?
I don’t sell anything yet.
@@PrepMedic you should change that
I like the beard
Haven’t watched in awhile and suddenly beard
Rubber band and pocket gang?
Hi
Its amazing to me that people feel the need to carry all this stuff just to leave there house. 2 guns, a flashlight, a knife and an IFAK. I get having a CCW but its starting to get insane with the shit people want to carry every day now.
Depends what your everyday life is like on what you feel is necessary to carry around. A logger in the middle of nowhere probably wants first aid on their person.
Why do you understand CCW and not medical supplies? More people get hurt then shot everyday so wouldn’t that make you want to prioritize first aid supplies over a gun?
@@PrepMedic I actually do prioritize first aid over a firearm. I think most medics carry a first aid bag in their personal vehicle and is almost a standard in our field. I personally feel that IFAK’s for EDC is a sales ploy. You would never NPA or chest seal yourself. They were designed for another soldier to grab your own personal IFAK and then render aid until a true medic bag came into service. The way people are using them now is hardly practical and almost won’t be effective.
Well for people who are around the elements of injured people and or police/ex police officers. They know first hand what reality is like. Most people carry a knife, flashlight, and a handgun. Truck edc is where you leave the Medical stuff and Bigger guns.
@@Who-Uhm-Cares I am aware of what reality is and the need to be prepared. I am stating that by design, an IFAK is not designed to be used outside of combat situations and operating in squads. An IFAK is designed to carry chest seals, tourniquets, pressure dressings and airway adjuncts which are placed on yourself in case you are incapacitated. By design they contain the less readily available items the need to be quickly deployed. An IFAK and a mini self use first aid kit are completely different things with different deployment criteria. You would never be able to chest seal yourself or use an airway adjunct on yourself. Its predatory for commercial companies to sell people IFAK's and pitch them as "stop the bleed" kits when they're not.
your cheeks look fuller, have you gained weight?
Honestly, first 2-3 seconds, I was wondering who is the new guy.
Algorithm
I carry a RATS as a last ditch effort for my kids.
Meh
Don’t hate on the rats they work fine.
On a dead body? Okay.
Yeah for keeping up a stiffy and making sure your patients die
They absolutely don't work fine.
What about for little kids? Honest question, I have a bunch of kids, have cat gen 7, but always carry a rats for my 3yo and 18 month old.
They’re great for drying clothes on a campsite!
RATS!
Hi