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    Quote Originally Posted by Kesephist View Post
    Does anyone here know if there is a bloodtyping test kit, even an experimental one, that can be used onsite/during transport? Seems to me to be a good piece of gear to have plenty of for the groups.

    Why? If you need blood, NOBODY gives a crap about what your CDI tags, mil issued dog tags, or tattoos say. Blood will be typed and cross-matched between donor and recipient, and unless you have the proper blood collection and transfer supplies, you won't be able to transfuse it anyway (hint: it's not IV tubing).

    But Eldon cards are available.

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    TQ is always on my kit. Usually in addition to the one on the IFAK that is found on all fighting gear setups.

    Duty Belt: CAT, no IFAK. I usually have a pack of combat gauze in my pocket though.

    Plate Carriers: Either a Dark Angel Medical IFAK or North American Rescue (NAR) IFAK.

    Heavy Turtle/SWAT vest: NAR IFAK, extra TQ on chest in centerline.

    Off duty/EDC: CAT in cargo pocket, IFAK nearby in a backpack. If doing hiking, a full IFAK and a first aid kit is in the backpack. If running range drills for work, I have a CAT in my pocket and a IFAK in my pocket as well as on the counter at the range for ease of use for accidents.

    My SHTF kit will be whatever is left of the above by the time its truly SHTF and I have stacked extra IFAK parts on hand to restock the kits should I need to. I also keep any "expired" parts of the gear just in case.

    I did a few blog posts on this stuff:
    http://bluelinesheepdog.blogspot.com...cket-dark.html

    http://bluelinesheepdog.blogspot.com...auma-kits.html

    http://bluelinesheepdog.blogspot.com...uet-pouch.html

    http://bluelinesheepdog.blogspot.com...follow-up.html

    http://bluelinesheepdog.blogspot.com...rry-ifaks.html

    http://bluelinesheepdog.blogspot.com...ew-romanp.html

    http://bluelinesheepdog.blogspot.com...or-leoccw.html

    I take a yearly TCCC re cert and bi-annual Red Cross First Aid/CPR recert. I'm going to look into the wilderness first responder course due to spending time away from home and easy medical care on a semi frequent basis. Alot of these classes will also cover utilyzing what medical gear you have on hand as well as other stuff to supplement your gear.

    Another forum I'm on was discussing medical sustainment post initial trauma/infection. What additional supplies you can get without prescriptions do you have? I look at trying to keep Hydrogen Peroxide, Gauze, Band-aids, Aintibiotic Ointment, and similar on hand. Trying to buy some of them every quarter as well as a full IFAK restock kit once a year.

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    Does any one here know of a gel version of H202 or alcohol that isn't toxic? Seems to me gel packets of such would be a more minimal spill hazard than a bottle. I thought alcohol 'gel' and there you are, Sterno... but that isnt something you'd want to put in a wound.

    I'm of the line of thought that most folks here that want more potent ( and therefore less OTC ) meds have access to a MD who can write scrips for them. Needing a scrip for an IV kit... eesh. More along my thought are field antivenin kits for the various venomed critters in one's AO. (Need an epipen or other autojector for the reals fast toxins like coral snakes.) Out here we have copperheads, rattlers, Gila monsters, scorpions, black widows. On top of that, there are, so I am told, differing venoms within a general species, Western Diamondback using one type, Carolina rattlers another, as an example.)

    I'm already a barbarian in here as it stands, might as well go the whole hog... for ersatz surgical gear, could one get away with X-Acto knives for scalpels, and leatherworking curved needles for suturing needles?

    Kesephist

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kesephist View Post
    Does any one here know of a gel version of H202 or alcohol that isn't toxic? Seems to me gel packets of such would be a more minimal spill hazard than a bottle. I thought alcohol 'gel' and there you are, Sterno... but that isnt something you'd want to put in a wound.

    I'm of the line of thought that most folks here that want more potent ( and therefore less OTC ) meds have access to a MD who can write scrips for them. Needing a scrip for an IV kit... eesh. More along my thought are field antivenin kits for the various venomed critters in one's AO. (Need an epipen or other autojector for the reals fast toxins like coral snakes.) Out here we have copperheads, rattlers, Gila monsters, scorpions, black widows. On top of that, there are, so I am told, differing venoms within a general species, Western Diamondback using one type, Carolina rattlers another, as an example.)

    I'm already a barbarian in here as it stands, might as well go the whole hog... for ersatz surgical gear, could one get away with X-Acto knives for scalpels, and leatherworking curved needles for suturing needles?

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    Peroxide is not worth keeping or using.

    Antivenins are extremely expensive, and usually is very short-lived and needs refrigeration, when you need it you need a LOT of it, and you stand a good chance of having an allergic reaction.

    And while epinephrine inj is pretty cheap, an epi pen is incredibly expensive (think a buck a shot vs. $100 or so). If you need 1 epi pen injection, there is a very good chance you will need two. The epi pens are also kind of short lived.

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    hmm epipens... this reminds me of something...
    Give a man fire, and he'll be warm for a day!
    Light a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life!

    Cat's are food... not friends!

    If you're going to fight, then fight like you're the third monkey on the ramp into Noah's arc... and brother, it's starting to rain.

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