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Still a regulair lurker here but this news really hit home. I always enjoyed his gear reviews, AAR’s and personality on the forum. He will be missed.

These are the instructions made by Doug Ritter for the pocket survival pak:

http://www.dougritter.com/psp_survival_ ... s_0206.pdf

Cut open the coldpack: throw away the small inner water pouch. Seal the remaining contents into a seperate ziplock/aloksak.

When you need to use it: open ziplock & just add some water. And no chance of accidental activation.

Same as always, underworked & overpaid..

Uhh reverse that actually leaving the hospital for now and going prehospital. How are you? Still no back hernia from schlepping that STOMP bag around?

Way to bring some knowledge. And that is a pig roast I would love to have attended, once the study was over (JSOC BBQ competition? Sign me up. Finally a use for all those hatchets and katanas) I think they make a good point, about experience care providers making a difference between their treatmen...

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Is there such a thing as hemostatic bandages or smaller gauze than the quickclot, etc. varieties? Our youngest bleeds too much. It's not enough to get his pediatrician concerned, but it's enough to make me uncomfortable with it. For instance, he cut his finger on something in Lowe's (he's 5, very c...

Aaaaaa, to each his own. We don't need any approval from committee's, thank God. I take the advice of the folks that are currently working in the AO on what has worked for them and then base my treatment off that and what's available before I rotate in. Taipan, grab a RATS and see how it works. Rem...

My second Fenix P1D has died on me and it is no longer available. BTW, their warranty is useless. They literally tell you that it's too expensive to mail it back to them internationally. That was the comment I received when I emailed them. It did last 9 years though. My keychain is already pretty f...

Ever have a chance to get the junction TQ on anyone? I am curious how successful people are with them, especially during ground transport. Unfortunately not the pelvic strap is force limited by a one time use mechanism. I've practiced taking a knee to the femoral pressure point in classes and the S...

Only FDA recall I've seen last year was for contaminated medline rolled gauze. IIRC it turned out to be machine oil from the manufacturing process. Kerlix AMD is antibacterial and antifungal. Vacuum pack it yourself maybe? However I would be very interested should you find additional info. I mostly ...

I would recommend rescue-essentials, since they have individual modules

http://www.rescue-essentials.com/medical-kits-1/

Try this next time. You could use the hairs as sutures, combined with some superglue:

http://lacerationrepair.com/alternative ... technique/

Looks like a tactical condom to me

How far can it shoot?

Spend chrismas eve giving anesthesia in the cath lab . Fun times at 3am, trying to pump in blood faster than it's pouring out..

The Mini is designed to be added directly into the line, just cut the line and plug in the Mini. No adapter is needed. I found that making the cut a little ways past where the tube exits my bag and starts along the shoulder strap was the most comfortable place to add it, as the extra weight was rig...

Something I forgot to add: In many cases, limb tourniquets are applied while the injured limb is swollen. The SWAT-T holds the advantage of maintaining constriction when the swelling subsides, whereas windlass tourniquets can lose tension in those situations. Indeed a valid point jorian, though per...

Indeed, also there has not been any reported anaphylactic reactions to the chitosan (essentially made from shellfish)

Quick-clot and celox have 2 different mechanism of operation. Kaolin ( qc active ingredient) activates factor XII in the coagulation cascade. Celox directly makes red blood cells stick to each other, so it doesn't rely on the body's own coagulation cascade. I carry celox rapid, which is z-folded imp...

This is actually a really cool product. Only advantage something like a CAT has over this is that in the role of TQ, its retention is probably more secure. A lot of movement/dragging a casualty with this on might remove the TQ....... [edit] Exactly. I forgot to mention that in the review... I had t...

Something like this jorian? https://www.tacmedsolutions.com/product ... a-station/

Only thing I would change is including ACE wraps and kerlix instead of Olaes trauma bandages, as not many people are familiar with it's use.

I use the life raft emergency water packs and put them inside the bladder. Bladder and water stay good and in case the packets leak, no water spilled.

Anesthesia machines are a luxury item. You can make it as simple or as complex as you wish.


http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/article ... po=3.84615

Enema ftw! Very effective for dehydration, no sterile equipment needed and you can just use semi-potable water instead of saline.