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Looking to build myself a jump kit. Any suggestions on what bag I should use and what needs to go in it? Thanks
 
As many NRBs as you can carry.
 
Folding backboard, AED, surgical cric kit, bone saw, clean socks, haligan bar and helicopter LZ flares.
 
RookieRescue1 said:
Looking to build myself a jump kit. Any suggestions on what bag I should use and what needs to go in it? Thanks
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A jump bag is one of those things that everybody wants to run out and put together as soon as they get out of training. The truth is all you need is a couple of pairs of gloves and a phone. Don't drop a bunch of cash on gizmos and c collars. Remember if you work or vollie the equipment will be provided by them and when you aren't working or volunteering your job will mostly consist of calling 911 and keeping the person calm till the ambo arrives 5 minutes later :)
 
I carry a one person jump rope, a bow and arrow. And a meat cleaver!
 
For what? Your just asking for legal trouble if you stop to help. Good Samaritan Laws wont help you because you would be implying that you are a professional.

I was given a jump kit for graduation and the ONLY time I carry it is when I go quad riding with my friends or family since EMS would take several hours to arrive.

While I am not afraid to help someone who truly needs it, my "help" is going to be limited to what a lay person trained in First Aid can do. If I want to do more, I'll pull extra shifts on the ambulance.

Whackers' seem to forget that the EMT / Paramedic isn't what saves lives 99% of the time but rather it is the recognition that the patient needs definitive care, i.e a hospital.

If your dept / agency requires you to carry a jump kit, they will provide one. It doesn't make you look "cool" to be a whacker. Having a working cellphone so you can call 911 is the best thing you can do for someone.
 
As funny as this thread is, I find it interesting that no one noticed the thread was "jump bag.... By: rookierescue"
 
leoemt said:
For what? Your just asking for legal trouble if you stop to help. Good Samaritan Laws wont help you because you would be implying that you are a professional.
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That's not quite how the Good Samaritan laws work, at least in the two states I live. You can knock yourself out by buying a fancy bag and calling yourself an EMT, so long as you do not do anything besides basic first aid, which the majority of the EMT basic curriculum is anyhow. As soon as you start doing stuff that you need a medical director for (i.e. not basic first aid), well then you're looking at trouble.

I do agree though, buying a just in case bag is big ol' waste of money. A pair of gloves and a cell phone should be sufficient. I think there are some 5x9s next to the tire jack in my car too...
 
Doczilla said:
As funny as this thread is, I find it interesting that no one noticed the thread was "jump bag.... By: rookierescue"
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There's YouTube videos with a name similar to that, I can't think of the name but its a few emts, and one of them is the biggest hillbilly ever
Ricky rescue maybe?
 
Haha! 4 out of 5 answers you'll get will be sarcastic.

Get some gloves and a cellphone. I just put the first aid kit I got for my car, the pocket mask I got in first responder, an old flashlight and the trauma shears I got for free in EMT in an old camelbak. The only thing I will ever use is gloves and my phone. The rest is because I don't want it floating randomly around my car.

Also. Good Sam Law is a mysterious thing that apparently no one comprehends fully. From what I have researched and been told: Good Sam covers you if you have no reasonable expectation of compensation. It DOES NOT cover you from being grossly negligent. So if you stay in your scope of practice, do nothing that would require doc in the box and don't get paid for it, you're covered. No matter if you bring a full BLS ambulance worth of gear in the back of your Geo Prism. Volunteers acting in official capacity don't apply.
 
Beyond a cell phone, a flashlight and some form of reflective marker (which any decent motorist should have anyway) All you might ever need is gloves and maybe some bleeding control supplies, a few 5x9s, tape and kling. Basic Boy Scout first aid
 
Make sure you get a fire pager or portable radio or scanner so you know where you will be able to "help" or self deploy to MCI's and the like. Also have as many star of life and EMT stickers a whole bunch of red or blue or green (whatever your state allows) lights on your car.

/sarcasm
 
So responding vehicles can find you from miles away.

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Tigger said:
That's not quite how the Good Samaritan laws work, at least in the two states I live. You can knock yourself out by buying a fancy bag and calling yourself an EMT, so long as you do not do anything besides basic first aid, which the majority of the EMT basic curriculum is anyhow. As soon as you start doing stuff that you need a medical director for (i.e. not basic first aid), well then you're looking at trouble.

I do agree though, buying a just in case bag is big ol' waste of money. A pair of gloves and a cell phone should be sufficient. I think there are some 5x9s next to the tire jack in my car too...
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Here in WA the Good Samaritan Laws go off of your knowledge that you display or admit to. So if you run up to a scene and say "I'm an off duty EMT" then you have established a baseline level of skill and admitted that you are a professional.

It would be dependent on the individual scenario but you could be looking at serious legal consequences.
 
Achilles said:
I carry a one person jump rope, a bow and arrow. And a meat cleaver!
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I got the same kit! I used the latter 2 at an accident last week!
 
n7lxi said:
Folding backboard, AED, surgical cric kit, bone saw, clean socks, haligan bar and helicopter LZ flares.
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dude, why are you looking in my trunk????

But you missed my portable Powerhawk spreader/cutter, wired to the cigarette plug in my car (so it's always charged). and some extra 4x4s (the wooden ones, not the gauze ones). Just. in. case.
 
leoemt said:
Here in WA the Good Samaritan Laws go off of your knowledge that you display or admit to. So if you run up to a scene and say "I'm an off duty EMT" then you have established a baseline level of skill and admitted that you are a professional.

It would be dependent on the individual scenario but you could be looking at serious legal consequences.
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From the Washington State Legislature:

RCW 4.24.300
Immunity from liability for certain types of medical care.


(1) Any person, including but not limited to a volunteer provider of emergency or medical services, who without compensation or the expectation of compensation renders emergency care at the scene of an emergency or who participates in transporting, not for compensation, therefrom an injured person or persons for emergency medical treatment shall not be liable for civil damages resulting from any act or omission in the rendering of such emergency care or in transporting such persons, other than acts or omissions constituting gross negligence or willful or wanton misconduct. Any person rendering emergency care during the course of regular employment and receiving compensation or expecting to receive compensation for rendering such care is excluded from the protection of this subsection.

(2) Any licensed health care provider regulated by a disciplining authority under RCW 18.130.040 in the state of Washington who, without compensation or the expectation of compensation, provides health care services at a community health care setting is not liable for civil damages resulting from any act or omission in the rendering of such care, other than acts or omissions constituting gross negligence or willful or wanton misconduct.
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Source: http://apps.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=4.24.300
 
DrParasite said:
dude, why are you looking in my trunk????

But you missed my portable Powerhawk spreader/cutter, wired to the cigarette plug in my car (so it's always charged). and some extra 4x4s (the wooden ones, not the gauze ones). Just. in. case.
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Why not just wire it in to the third brake? :D
 
Trolling maybe. Also, even after years of hanging around you yanks, I still don't really know what a jump kit is. I figure its a personal bag of some sort.

I'll bite.


I have a small bag (about the size of a small ladies hand bag) that I substitute for the main huge and heavy service issued bag because I don't want half the stuff in it at the vast majority of jobs. It also contains non-standard stuff. It contains:

- Assessment: Stethoscope, BP cuff, glucometer, tympanic thermometer.
- PPE: Goggles, spare gloves, a protective gown, P2 masks for me, my partner and for a pt.
- Small sharps container, pre-prepared IV roll all ready to go laid out on a pillow slip.
- Chest decompression necessaries in a pre-prepared roll.
- A few first aid bit: gauze, triangular bandage, crepe bandage or two.
- Spare syringes of each size: for spares, and to support RSI which requires each drug be drawn up in a particular size syringe.
- Bits: Oxygen connector bit, tongue depressors, ear plugs, rubbish bag, extra large alcohol wipe to clean a truly filthy IV site (mud etc), emesis bag, pens, pen torch, spare batteries, spare thermometer covers.


Brilliant for everyday use because its light (good for the back) and it has most of the stuff I need for the average job.

Carries some essential bits that may often be missed, lost or not carried in standard bags.

I always have my PPE close at hand. This has been almost essential several times.

I've really NEEDED the duplicated assessment gear at two mass casualty events where myself and my partner were both times required to split up.

Love my "jump kit".
 
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