please help me with my personal kit

[Brett1342]

Hello I am a 16 YO I have always been interested in medicine recently I have doing this like getting certified as a life guard and in BLS and in oxygen admin and advanced first aid the list goes on anyway I used to have this kit thT was a cheap little trauma kit and I never restocked it or anything and now I need to completely restock it and I don't know what kind of stuff I should put in it can you guys help me figure out what to stock it with thanks so much

 

[TransportJockey]

Gloves. Cell phone. A little bit of gauze. Kit complete

 

[NPO]

Gloves, gauze.

CPR and hemmorage control is all I am likely to do off duty.

 

[Gurby]

Gloves. Cell phone. A little bit of gauze. Kit complete

And if you want to get fancy, you could add a few index cards and a pen so that you can be a hero when you have name/DOB/PMH/medications/allergies info to hand to the EMS crew when they arrive!

 

[NPO]

And if you want to get fancy, you could add a few index cards and a pen so that you can be a hero when you have name/DOB/PMH/medications/allergies info to hand to the EMS crew when they arrive!

Unless I knew the off duty person personally (and then maybe still) I wouldn't put much weight into that information, and I'd collect my own information.

 

[Brett1342]

Thanks you guys I forgot to mention but I also need components for wilderness and sports medicine I go climbing almost daily and I bring people we go out far away on long trips and I usually designated as the medical role

 

[NPO]

Thanks you guys I forgot to mention but I also need components for wilderness and sports medicine I go climbing almost daily and I bring people we go out far away on long trips and I usually designated as the medical role

SamSplint, sat phone or geolocating emergency alert device, environmental exposure treatments (bite/sting applicators, cortisone, benadryl, etc)

 

[CALEMT]

SamSplint, sat phone or geolocating emergency alert device, environmental exposure treatments (bite/sting applicators, cortisone, benadryl, etc)

With the exception of the SamSplint, you can get a wilderness backpacking/hunting medical kit (they're small and lightweight) at most any hunting or backpacking store such as BassPro Shops or REI. A sat phone is a good idea, but they can get pricey. A geolocating alert device you can also find at any hunting or backpacking store and they're generally WAY cheaper than a sat phone and work just as well.

 

[Martyn]

 

[StCEMT]

Gloves, gauze, maybe a little pocket mask for CPR? I've come across 2 things this year, none of which I could do anything for or didn't really even need to.

 

[TransportJockey]

Gloves, gauze, maybe a little pocket mask for CPR? I've come across 2 things this year, none of which I could do anything for or didn't really even need to.

Newest AHA pushes for hands only cpr for lay rescuers. You can skip the pocket mask unless you live near large bodies of water with a ton of swimmers

 

[chaz90]

Newest AHA pushes for hands only cpr for lay rescuers. You can skip the pocket mask unless you live near large bodies of water with a ton of swimmers

Mouth to mouth ventilations on a drowning victim sounds like my personal hell. I've worked enough drownings to know what those airways look like after a couple ventilations and chest compressions... [emoji52]

 

[SandpitMedic]

Mouth to mouth ventilations on a drowning victim sounds like my personal hell. I've worked enough drownings to know what those airways look like after a couple ventilations and chest compressions... [emoji52]

Shhhh... Let them learn the hard way like we did.

 

[StCEMT]

Newest AHA pushes for hands only cpr for lay rescuers. You can skip the pocket mask unless you live near large bodies of water with a ton of swimmers

I know, kind of making a stretch with the last one.