Focus on BIG first aid kit for current state of affairs

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dazthechippy
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Focus on BIG first aid kit for current state of affairs

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Hi Folks,

I'm pretty well stocked up on first aid kits for household and outdoor type accidents and have been buying stuff here n there but I want to do a BIG SHOP for things like First Field Dressings, Tourniquets, Cellox, surgical gloves etc.

You all know what I'm getting at, right?

Basically I'm after major trauma type supplies that will allow me to stop bleeding - nothing more as I'm only first aid trained (expired) - just the key things but want to put together 4/5 packs that I can keep in different locations and travel around with when i go to London/busy places etc.

Can anyone recommend a single supplier where I can get all the below items in quantities needed ? - no frills, just basic stuff... it'd be good to give my money to a specialist supplier rather than amazon or whatever..

Before you say it, ive included Celox which I think at a push if its the dressing variety I could use - better to have than not...

Any ideas, thoughts etc..

cheers
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Cutting, combustion, cordage, container, cover.
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Emergency first aid at work (1day)
And first aid at work (3day)

All cover catastrophic bleeding now


Google / YouTube

Oales modular dressing
Oales blast dressing. ( great for amputation type wounds and been a chippy electric saws ov various ilks do that easily)
Israilli dressing

Z fold gauze. (Or celox gauze)

And cat tourniquets. Beware there are fakes)
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dazthechippy wrote:Hi Folks,

I'm pretty well stocked up on first aid kits for household and outdoor type accidents and have been buying stuff here n there but I want to do a BIG SHOP for things like First Field Dressings, Tourniquets, Cellox, surgical gloves etc.

You all know what I'm getting at, right?

Basically I'm after major trauma type supplies that will allow me to stop bleeding - nothing more as I'm only first aid trained (expired) - just the key things but want to put together 4/5 packs that I can keep in different locations and travel around with when i go to London/busy places etc.

Can anyone recommend a single supplier where I can get all the below items in quantities needed ? - no frills, just basic stuff... it'd be good to give my money to a specialist supplier rather than amazon or whatever..

Before you say it, ive included Celox which I think at a push if its the dressing variety I could use - better to have than not...

Any ideas, thoughts etc..

cheers
Dazthechippy how much do you have to spend? A decent trauma kit with stuff you want in it would be best part of 200 sods!

Tourniquets in my opinion are a bit overrated in the civilian world and rarely used, that said it's always handy to have a couple just in case. Olaes or Israelis are the best but very expensive. We use chitogauze, z folded and comes in handy - again by Prometheus.
Smaller Mille packs with a couple pairs of gloves, two dressings, two tourniquets, tough cuts and some haemostat gauze. 2 or 3 of them maybe, could be put together much cheaper than buying as a kit

http://medtree.co.uk/first-aid/haemorrh ... ntrol-kits
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Asherman, Bolin or Russel chest seals. They get better (more expensive) from left to right. For sucking chests.
Burn Shield or Water Gel, for burns (duh). They do the gels and impregnated dressing also.
Israeli and Oales both small and large. Great for bleeds, amputation stump management. Oales also have a suction cup for penetrative abdominal wound.
CAT tourniquet. For catastrophic amputation or uncontrollable external bleeds.
SAM Pelvic sling for internal bleed or pelvic ring injury also triangle bandages work. (If you sling the hips you must bandage the feet).
SAM splint for fractures.
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dazthechippy
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thanks Capt. Darling & others, i'll have a look through all of that, I don't want to lug stuff around i cant use but could do with a little more training for confidence as much as practicality, that might dictate what i buy.

Certainly don't want a professional outfit for £200 or whatever, probably beyond my knowledge and confidence.

I think its just big bandages, slings and a few other bits n bobs I need, when I was in the TA we just used to have a FFD given to us and that was it - simple but limited however...

cheers
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dazthechippy wrote:Hi Folks,

I'm pretty well stocked up on first aid kits for household and outdoor type accidents and have been buying stuff here n there but I want to do a BIG SHOP for things like First Field Dressings, Tourniquets, Cellox, surgical gloves etc.

You all know what I'm getting at, right?

Basically I'm after major trauma type supplies that will allow me to stop bleeding - nothing more as I'm only first aid trained (expired) - just the key things but want to put together 4/5 packs that I can keep in different locations and travel around with when i go to London/busy places etc.

Can anyone recommend a single supplier where I can get all the below items in quantities needed ? - no frills, just basic stuff... it'd be good to give my money to a specialist supplier rather than amazon or whatever..

Before you say it, ive included Celox which I think at a push if its the dressing variety I could use - better to have than not...

Any ideas, thoughts etc..

cheers
dont buy celox or anything yet mate, I will tell you what I have done and its brilliant as its so versatile.
cellox goes out of date and is expensive so unless your going to use it relatively soon save your money. I have put together emergency packs which simply contain the following items and they are dirt cheap to do.

1 pack for 1 casualty, it contains 1 cohesive bandage 5 cm x 2.5 meters- can be used for splinting/sling/support/bandage- needs no tape as it sticks to its self and more so with blood, it also compresses so in major trauma applies direct pressure.

it also contains a ppe pack of a resuscitation face shield, med wipe and a pair of gloves.

additionally it has 2 10 x 10 cm wound pads and a luggage tag for documenting triage category and treatments.

the dearest thing was the 2.5cm wide webbing and wood windlas for the improvised tourniquet.

most of the above you can get from the pound shop, your looking for bulk quantities in a london type situation, I also include in my bigger kits tarpaulins as drag sheets again a pound and also neopreen exercise belts as you can put a pad on an abdo or back wound and then put this on over the top and it again provides direct pressure.

Big wound pads 2 foot by 2 foot- puppy training pads 30 for 4 pound in b and m.

these are so cheap if shtf happens you can pass them out to helpers and I bet you can get about 40 packs for the price of cellox and the cat alone.

just be aware that carrying a bag in that type of incident, you may get armed police attention, I get round this by carrying my works NHS id. :ugeek: :ugeek:
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Thanks Mark, that's my kind of first aid. I've got all of those in my first aid stash, so I will make a few up and pop them into some small ziplocks.
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