Showtime's Trauma Kit

[Showtime]

This is my first "please review my _____ " post so in ZS fashion I'd like to hear what you all think. I am an EMT but usually have a fully stocked unit at my service. I'll update this with my first aid kit at a later date.

This kit is my front line trauma kit for my vest of gets tossed in my pack when I am doing SAR (and not in the role the medical officer).

Let me know what you think, it fills the pouch pretty well but I can probably squeeze in a little more.



1-Small Bio Bag
2-Pair Gloves
1-Small Shears
1-4" Izzy
1-CAT TQ
1-QuickClot Sport
3-Roll Gauze various size
1-Triangle Bandage
1-Ace Bandage
7-Gauze pads Various Sizes 5x9 down to 3x3
1-Role 1inch tape
Small platic bag of assorted band-aids, Tylenol, Ibuprofen, alcohol pads, etc
*Not pictured but part of the kit pocket face shield

Anything I'm missing? I keep trying to picture what I would need in an emergency when I don't have my full BLS bag, unit, and crew with me. Thanks!

[cap6888]

Seems pretty good to me. Not sure how much space you have left, but a small bit of duct tape is always good. I always like to include something to flush a wound if necessary, or to flush something out of an eye. I carry some prefilled 10cc saline flushes, or you can get a small 250cc bottle of saline (depening on your space/weight requirements). I also like to vacuume pack the 5x9 ABD pads, and 10 4x4 gauze pads. This really cuts down on their size. You can also vacuum seal the roller gauze and ace bandage. I guess that all depends if you have a vacuum sealer. It does really save you some space. A small flashlight (headlamp preferably) is also a good thing to add if you have space. If space is at a premium, you can go with a regular AAA light that you can put through the PALS on the pouch.

[Showtime]

Thanks for the comments, you raise good points. As far as duct tape and a light source, they are accounted for elsewhere in the various packs/rigs this travels with.

The saline is a good idea and I have some prefilled 15ml single use saline flushes in my larger first aid kit, I may relocate 1-2 here.

Vacuum sealing the various gauze pads and roles sounds great, I just don't have the vacuum sealer

Anyone else have ideas/suggestions?

[TC]

Looks good to me! How easy is it to access the items when it's all packed up though? Seems like you might need to take some of the big stuff out first to access some smaller items, but maybe I'm wrong.

[Showtime]

It is jammed in there pretty tight. But I pack it in order of criticality - BSI on top, then critical interventions (Faceshield, IZZY), then the more minor interventions below that (bandaids etc) the idea being you have more time to deal with minor things.

That being said it is tightly packed and more then likely if any of it is ever needed I'll dump the whole pouch and repack it after the incident.