The Throwdown Thread

[Citizen Simon]

None of you have balls if you dont try at least once to endure what you will put patients through:

Pussy, try a NG-tube...

What'll you give me if I do?

[JIM]

None of you have balls if you dont try at least once to endure what you will put patients through:

Pussy, try a NG-tube...

What'll you give me if I do?

Then you did what I did in nursing-school...

[Citizen Simon]

None of you have balls if you dont try at least once to endure what you will put patients through:

Pussy, try a NG-tube...

What'll you give me if I do?

Then you did what I did in nursing-school...

Pics or it didnt happen. (You do know that in the Army 'Nurse' is the word we use to task shit to other medics.... So, nurse....)

[JIM]

None of you have balls if you dont try at least once to endure what you will put patients through:

Pussy, try a NG-tube...

What'll you give me if I do?

Then you did what I did in nursing-school...

Pics or it didnt happen. (You do know that in the Army 'Nurse' is the word we use to task shit to other medics.... So, nurse....)

Damn, I knew I should have taken the camera with me that day...anyway, just keep swallowing and it'll be allright...

And I'm fine with being a nurse, especially with all those cute, blond female nurses around me (again no pics ), while you'll have to do with hairy GI's .

Ow well doc, guess everybody has their preferences...

[Citizen Simon]

[And I'm fine with being a nurse, especially with all those cute, blond female nurses around me (again no pics ), while you'll have to do with hairy GI's .

Ow well doc, guess everybody has their preferences...

Heh, there are female medics and nurses when i make it to the rear. It takes a lotta balls to leae all that and go fight a war, guess we know who's got em.

[JIM]

It takes a lotta balls to leave all that and go fight a war, guess we know who's got em.

It takes more balls than brains, apparently...

[Citizen Simon]

It takes a lotta balls to leave all that and go fight a war, guess we know who's got em.

It takes more balls than brains, apparently...

At last we agree on something.

[throwback]

So, trying out things to be done to the patient, eh? Urinary self catheterization? Any takers? Going once, twice, three times....

BTW Doc, make sure none of the Army nurses hear you saying that. They all outrank you.

[JIM]

Urinary self catheterization? Any takers? Going once, twice, three times....

Well actually...

I think you're a real bad-ass if you volunteer to get a I.O. in the chest on yourself..

Off course, being strapped to a spine-board and then placed upside-down under the shower while your collegues get some coffee is always a good laugh...

[throwback]

Screw all that noise man. I know guys that have volunteered for all these crazy stunts. As for me, if it wasn't required, I skipped the pain. On graduation they handed me an M-4 to be used on people that might be my patients moments later. No one ever suggested I needed to take a round to understand what they were going through.

[Citizen Simon]

Screw all that noise man. I know guys that have volunteered for all these crazy stunts. As for me, if it wasn't required, I skipped the pain. On graduation they handed me an M-4 to be used on people that might be my patients moments later. No one ever suggested I needed to take a round to understand what they were going through.

So serious? Either join in the over the top sarcastic thrashing, posting and flaming of aid bags, or get the fuck out!

[lefty]

Screw all that noise man. I know guys that have volunteered for all these crazy stunts. As for me, if it wasn't required, I skipped the pain. On graduation they handed me an M-4 to be used on people that might be my patients moments later. No one ever suggested I needed to take a round to understand what they were going through.

So serious? Either join in the over the top sarcastic thrashing, posting and flaming of aid bags, or get the fuck out!

Doc

I never needed a medic while I was in, but if I had I would have wanted a well prepared smart ass like you. Gald to know you are there taking care of our folks. Drive on

[Jamie]

This is my old Fak and Trauma bag
(not really, but the old one is much smaller, and is now relegated to EDC status...if you really want to, you can look at it here)

My new and improved FAK lives in a Mountainsmith pack...

{in the foreground you can my cheagle looking on, calmed by the prospect of flawless victory}


As you can see, my model can support the weight of the loaded bag without a problem...


The top, outside, zipped pocket contains: Leatherman Squirt P4, Fox40 Whistle, Fenix L2D flashlight, and a foam clown nose...



The bottom, outside, zipped pocket contains: "Mountaineering Medicine" (a great little book on 1st-aid), rite in the rain notebook, sharpies, hand-sanitizer gel packets, nitrile gloves, fire-starting kit...

Inside the main pocket, I have a bunch of ziplocked bags of supplies by use:


Wipes and ammonia inhalants...



Along the back of the pack, there is a divider, behind which I have a heavy-weight space blanket and some bandanas...



Some miscellaneous supplies - scissors/forceps, SAM splint, cold-pack, betadine surgical scrub (not that I'll be performing surgery, but these things allow you to really clean your hands, even under fingernails, if you need to get in someone's bloody bits), and Gatorade for rehydration (I use twice as much water as indicated in the directions)...



Gauze and combine dressings...



Meds - reusable thermometer, suntan goop, benadryl, blistex, triple antibiotic goop, cough drops, aspirin/advil/tylenol, actifed, pepto-bismol, immodium, hydrocortisone goop...



Minor wound closure - bandaids aplenty, steri-strips, superglue, and some moleskin hiding in the pile of bandaids



Trauma dressings - israeli bandage, bloodstopper dressing, aberdeen dressing, muslin bandage...



Kerlix...6 of them...



Tape...7 rolls...

My Trauma Bag is a companion piece to the FAK, designed with broken or leaky people in mind...



The main pocket contains most of the stuff...


The contents of the main pocket - 3 izzy's, SAM splint, space blanket, 3 bloodstopper dressings, 4 combine dressings, 4 gauze pads, Celox clotting agent, QuikClot sponge, 2 Asherman Chest Seals (ACS), 6 packages of Kerlix...


There's a sleeve/pocket/space in between the pockets, just right for another copy of "mountaineering medicine", a rite in the rain pad, a couple of sharpies, and some antibacterial wipes...



The middle pocket has - a betadine surgical scrub (with fingernail scraper), nitrile gloves, saline for wound irrigation...



The final pocket has - scissors, forceps, clothes rippers, muslin bandage, 5 rolls of tape, and a business card-wrap of gorilla tape...

nfa

[throwback]

letssee if I can get some shots of my aid bag in here before they kick me out of my motel room....then you guys can have a really goodlaugh at the low cost/messed up POS it is....

[Citizen Simon]

letssee if I can get some shots of my aid bag in here before they kick me out of my motel room....then you guys can have a really goodlaugh at the low cost/messed up POS it is....

There will only be shit talking and self praise, none of that 'my fak sucks' crap. I hate you!

[Erik]

No one else has a vehicle-mounted machine gun in their kit. Therefore, Doc Simon already wins.

-Erik

[Citizen Simon]

No one else has a vehicle-mounted machine gun in their kit. Therefore, Doc Simon already wins.

-Erik

BAM!

[throwback]

My shit talk and praise just tend more to the subtle when possible you fucking leg with five jumps!

[ZombieCleaner]

For practicality (sp) im gonna say NFA wins.

How in the hell do you other participants plan to carry your bag with your bug out gear, weapons, and other stuff?

Grats NFA, you're the winner in my book

[lefty]

that's what the choper and humvee with gun is for.

[Brash]

There will only be shit talking and self praise!

Words to live by.

[throwback]

I apologize to everyone for the low quality of these shots. These were taken a few months ago, and the M-5 has changed somewhat since.
This is my pregnant M-5, salvaged from the army before it was destroyed. total cost: 20$ for a new zipper.


these are the content of the upper pouch. Hemostatic agents, collapsible BVM, and syringes and crich kit.


The REAL airway kit. Sterile surgical gloves, two ET tubes, King LT, andan additional chrich kit.


This is the bleeding control section. one large and one small IZZY. the big kerlix rolls have been replaced by a dozen compressed ones. Ace wraps have been increased to 4 4" and 2 6".


Main compartment: Two SAMS, One finger Sam, 4 IV starter kits, Two IV drip sets, 2 500cc NS, 1 500cc hextend, a stapler, and Coban.



A few of the new Items. Suction, minor sug. kit, ENT kit, and a pressure wrap. Note the blue bag in the corner. It is six ashermans with hydrogel modifications


There is some other stuff: chest tubes, nitrile gloves, Abdominal dressings, ect. but I have toleave this room in ten minutes and don't have time to finish this off well.
For the obvious questions that will come up: Yes, I am qualified to use any of this, though without a medical control, it is all PAW medicine. I would go to jail for using most of this stuff right now.
Weight. Yes it is heavy. About 18 pounds. Medics carry a heavier load than anyone that isn't a radio man. That is the life we volunteered for. I'm out; will see you crazy kids later. [/img]]

[Citizen Simon]

For practicality (sp) im gonna say NFA wins.

How in the hell do you other participants plan to carry your bag with your bug out gear, weapons, and other stuff?

Grats NFA, you're the winner in my book

Well in that case....

Alright, I am going to go ahead and post some pics of my dismount bag, they are decent. The rest will have to wait until I find someone with steady hands to take the rest of the pics (or maybe get better lighting?) They aren't worth dick right now.

This is the bag I carry anytime I will be traveling more than 50 meters from my vehicle on foot. I used to dismount with my full Stomp II aidbag but medics tend to get shot that way anymore so we have to carry things that look like any kind of tactical gear. These are the things that I will likely need in the event of an attack and/or are the things I cant leave laying about cause Joe tends to steal things, like morphine, script pads, and Pulse Ox. So I have to keep them near me. Also I normally have my duct tape attached to this bag, but I keep that in my vehicle when not on missions because of the bulk. On my person I also carry 2 asherman chest seals, 2 CATs, 2 SOFT-Ts, 2 Ace Wraps, 2 Kerlix, one compression gauze, one NPA, one 3.25" 14ga decompression needle, 2 PR gloves, 1 set of trauma shears, and probably a few other things I cant think of, but basically stuff along this line. The purpose of this bag is to serve a minimalistic purpose, care under fire, and short time tactical field care until our location is secured by vehicles, then I will retire this bag and work out of my stomp II.

The bag I am speaking of is the one in this pic:



Here it is next to my blackhawk stomp II

I had no say so in the color on the stomp II so dont give me any of that mall ninja shit. I asked to spray paint it and was denied. Fuck a bunch of black aid bags.

With top flap open. You'll notice that I have tied on extra grips on my zippers, I like them better than the ones that come on it.


The pockets on the side... these are the contents: 5 pair xl gloves, 1 sure fire flashlight.



Here is the back. I've taken the knife out of the black sheath. That is an E&K model 5 knife


Here it is open. Tape, pulse ox, and my controled substances floating around on top. (when I am on mission the morphine and pulse ox are stored in an ammo can in the truck as to prevent them from shitting up my aid bag)

Once you take out the tape and sensitive items this is what is in there:

The inside is devided into three sections. The layout follows...


On the left side is the first pocket:
1 EPI Pen
2 HemCon Bandages
2 CAT TQs
1 SOFT TQ
1 IV Set of Hextend 500ML

The bottom rightish section is the middle pocket:
9 Kerlix
6 Compression Gauze

The middle section is the third pocket:
4 ACE Wraps
2 LRG ETDs
1 MED ETD

The top righish was the stuff floating on top:
3 Rolls 1 inch tape
2 Auto injectors of Morphine
1 Auto injector of Narcan
1 Vial Phenagren
2 Syringes
Pulse Ox
My perscription pad

[ZombieCleaner]

Fine, fine, fine.
Doc Simon and NFA are teh win.

Gunny for teh loss.