Medical Bags

[Firpo]

Had a family emergency which required us having to leave the house for over two weeks and we were gone within a couple hours of receiving the call. It was actually a good educational experience and we made notes of things we forgot and wished we had. Top of my list was I forgot to bring replacement contact lenses. I can get by without them and using a pair of Granny Glasses but it’s much nicer with the contacts. In any event, one thing I would like to do is get our medical gear in a good, functional kit. This makes me wonder what you guys use for your emergency medications and first aid kits? I just bought this one from Amazon which I think will meet our needs just fine and will be filled with our prescription meds, OTC meds, antibiotics and first aid/trauma gear. https://a.co/d/0gXSLv0T

 

[deerstalker]

I keep one in the car, tourniquet, band aids, burn cream, antibiotic cream, 4x4 gauge, scissors, sutures. Also a compression bandage, and disposable gloves..

 

[Jason Freeland]

I have a trauma kit in my range bag and some basic gear in the car, but would have to grab my prescriptions in a bug out situation.

 

[RickN]

I need to get ours gathered up in a bag but we have so much the bag would be huge. I have a great first aid kit that a member gave as a Christmas gift (thank you) a sealed plastic tote full of bandages, gloves, etc. We also have a ton of meds many of which need to be kept cool. Not sure how to pull this off unless we have time to gather it all.

 

[Firpo]

I keep decent med kits in our cars/trucks and with them can treat basic day to day booboos along with adding an Israeli Bandage and tourniquet. What I’m hoping to make is an “oh crap the house is flooding or on fire and I have 5 minutes to grab these bags and the dogs and beat feet, I really don’t want to have to think through a checklist of gear. All will be kept in a single location in the basement and aside from grabbing all our important papers from the safe I’ll be good to go.

 

[turkeyrun]

I have a plastic "shoe box" with a snap on lid, for each of us. It has daily meds, vitamins, OTC frequent need meds.

Just grab and go. Pre-Fauci flu, one box had everything. Takes a box for each of us, now.

 

[surjimmy]

I need to get ours gathered up in a bag but we have so much the bag would be huge. I have a great first aid kit that a member gave as a Christmas gift (thank you) a sealed plastic tote full of bandages, gloves, etc. We also have a ton of meds many of which need to be kept cool. Not sure how to pull this off unless we have time to gather it all.

Make several smaller ones

 

[surjimmy]

I found estate sales or great places to buy first aid gear

 

[Jason Freeland]

Didn't want to start a new thread since we already had this one, but I am putting together a new first aid kit for my car. I used this as the basis of it and have added more compression bandages, gauze and self adhesive rolls (think ace bandage) and other stuff in a new medical bag. I can use anything in it (am a Respiratory Therapist for those who don't know), with at least some hope of getting it right. I'm still looking for a good stop the bleed course as a refresher though, so if anyone hears anything let me know. Now that I'm thinking about it, I need to add adult and pediatric CPR masks to it. Bare mouth to mouth sucks.

 

[Firpo]

We took a CPR class oh maybe 6 months ago as a refresher. One thing the instructor kept hitting on was to NOT do the respiratory part unless it was family. One thing I’ve added is a very strong (neodymium) magnet. Figured it could come in handy retrieving metal splinters from sensitive places.