Whats in your bag???

[MountainMedic]

I've been thinking about what I'd like to have around. Going to the doctor is a pain, esp. when you wait around for 2 hours just to walk in and ask for Keflex.

BP Cuff
Stethoscope
Glucometer
ENT Kit
Gloves

Gauze 4x4's 20ish
Abd Pads 10
Kerlix 20ish
Coban 10
ACE wraps 5
SAM Splints 5
Tourniquets 2
Quikclot
Band Aids
Antibiotic Ointment

Sutures (Ethilon, Prolene, various sizes)
Needle Holder
Tissue Scissors
Tissue forceps
Clamps
Scalpels
Betadine
Lidocaine 2% s epi
Syringes and small gauge needles for local/regional blocks

Stock OB Kit

Size 6-9 cuffed ET tubes (cuffed tubes are useful improvisational items)
OPAs/NPAs
Chest seals
Needles for decompression
A couple bags NS and drip sets/blood pumps
Various gauge IV needles
Alcohol Preps
Tape

PO Meds
Ibuprofen
Naproxen
Zyrtec
Benadryl
Acetazolamide
Percocet
Ciprofloxacin
Amoxicillin
Cephalexin
Fluconazole

Parenteral
Lidocaine jelly
Lidocaine 2% s epi
Epi 1:1000
Ondansetron
Diphenhydramine
Methylprednisolone
Fentanyl
Versed
Ca gluconate
D50
Ceftriaxone

Very much a rough draft - just thought I'd think out loud.

 

[RustyShackleford]

If this is for a tac team all you need is standard gsw/hem kits basic opa/NPA/king a/w, iv/io supplies, c collar, morph/fent/ketamine...we aren't doing RSI inside a hot scene for gods sake.

 

[Handsome Robb]

If this is for a tac team all you need is standard gsw/hem kits basic opa/NPA/king a/w, iv/io supplies, c collar, morph/fent/ketamine...we aren't doing RSI inside a hot scene for gods sake.

Pretty much what I was thinking.

Care under fire is very basic.

 

[chaz90]

I believe this set up was intended more for the Tac Medic in austere environment role. Primarily PCP like role, with built in capability for more intensive but uncommon interventions.

 

[Handsome Robb]

I believe this set up was intended more for the Tac Medic in austere environment role. Primarily PCP like role, with built in capability for more intensive but uncommon interventions.

Agreed.

Sounds more like a military or Wildland fire line medic's load out rather than a tactical operator in urban SWAT Team setting.

 

[RustyShackleford]

Any service worth a damn will have a transport truck around the corner regardless if you work in an urban or rural setting. Keep them alive or at least don't make them any worse between the contact point and the transport unit. GSW and traumatic hem patients need one thing "SURGERY". If that interests you, med school is usually a decent option.

 

[Ace 227]

Just going off his name, I'm assuming MountainMedic's post was more for a backwoods, wilderness situation. Even from a military perspective, some of the things listed are extreme.

I basically look at my loadout in 2 parts: Tactical(GSW, penetrating trauma, blast injury) and "Sick Call"(the meds and dressings needed for routine stuff).

Anything beyond that is going to be medevaced. Those items would include the OB kit, some of the meds, multiple ET tubes, etc.