How to build an IFAK and save money!
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- Опубликовано: 12 ноя 2022
- Building pre-made first aid kits is great but often an expensive endeavor. This video walks through purchasing individual components to save a little bit of money.
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Don't forget to write down the expiry dates of the items on a note that you leave visibly inside the plastic bag, so you don't have to take the items out to check their expiry dates one by one.
'...your body starts to lose the ability to clot @ 95 degrees...' Thanks for sharing, that will get a space blanket added to my kit today
where is the emergency kush?
Two additional items I was advised to stick in there by a retired 18D were a Sharpie medium point marker (in a ziplock bag to avoid drying out in heat) and a cheap keyfob type disposable white light - the kind you can hold in your mouth while working.
One thing you might add to this is a light source. I pack a chem light/ Glow stick in my first aid kits. Bad things are more likely to happen at night and you need to be able to see what you are doing. Also being more visible for people who are coming to help.
The only thing I would add is to add a sharpie to mark the tourniquet. Also I would use a sharpie to mark where you slightly made the nicks to easy open. Easier to find when needed.
If you live near a military base, local army surplus stores are a great place to get top-of-the-line medical gear for a low cost. I got a CAT tq still in the package for $8 the other day.
I have built several of these kits for our cars over the past 18 months. Just like this. The only thing I add is a sheet of paper behind the chest seal with a list of contents written in sharpie so it can be read through the plastic bag. Oh I do through in a sharpie too. Great video.
I am a huge fan of the triangular bandage, there is nothing really cannot be done with one, and they are compact. Simple pad over a wound, something to hold a pad over a wound, a sling, a donut for wounds that still have something in them, even a tourniquet. when 3 or 4 of you each carry one, they can even be used to splint legs together.
The bad thing about vacuum sealers is changes in altitude, I have sealed things on the valley floor and when I went up to the mountains it turned into a balloon with stuff rattling around in it.
30 plus years of construction taught me if you need gloves you need at least three as one will always tear when you need it, you will always need to change gloves at least once. So if I need a set of gloves in my PPE 1 set equals 3 pair.
Humble hint: if you have a vacuum packer, a 12"x12" (or so) microfiber cloth can be sucked down to nothing and can be used for mop-up, extra dressing, etc., etc.
As an RN- the most crucial piece of gear is training, training, training.
A good video as always.
I've been using freezer grade Zip-Lock brand bags with some manual pressure "pushing" the air out for years. I found some kits that I made for a shooting flat range fundraiser in a tackle box about 14 years earlier. I opened it to see the condition of material - everything was in pristine condition. Thick "airtight" bags" out of sunlight and a dry environment seems to have been the key.
Damn good advice. On shears- Even on the ambulance and in the ER I use the cheap shears. In a ditch along side the road, somebody behind you says, "Gimme your shears", most of the time you'll never see them again. Replacement is 5 bucks instead of 50. And the cheap ones are amazingly good. You rock.
This is one of the best IFAK walk-throughs I've seen. Thank you, sir. Very plain and simple to understand.
Great piece of kit and explained very well.
I have no idea about this topic, but on several occasions I read that if you include a tourniquet you also include a pen, so you can write down the time of application for the emergency physician.
This is what I needed to see, I'm on a very Fixed budget and have almost no income. Being able to put together a kit, instead of spending $300 in one pop this way is much more feasible. That way I'm getting it together and have some of the things I need until I have a complete kit.