Can anyone recommend a good Med Kit?

[TexPrep]

We started really prepping about two months ago and we're now at the point of shopping for a good med kit.
We'd like to limit it to $500 bucks if at all possible.
We thought about making up our own but we'd surely miss some things.
It'd be far easier to buy a good kit and ad to that.

 

[EastenerWesterner]

I think to do it properly, you need a cabinet.
We have 2 large toolboxes set up for dogs and horses. A cabinet down below and a plastic drawer bin in the barn.
I asked my vet wife to set one up for us. Answer- the dog one is good..
I leave the medical to the expert.

 

[TexPrep]

I think to do it properly, you need a cabinet.
We have 2 large toolboxes set up for dogs and horses. A cabinet down below and a plastic drawer bin in the barn.
I asked my vet wife to set one up for us. Answer- the dog one is good..
I leave the medical to the expert.

While I'm no doctor I do know how to suture a bad cut. My Father was the trainer for the Houston Rockets back in the day and I watched guys get stitches many times and he told me what he was doing and the why. Thats about as far as my medical skills go other than treating sprains and other sports injuries.
They have one on My Patriot Supply for $675 but it doesnt even come with suture kits or even ace bandages.
Thats pretty high for what it contains in my opinion.
The Dogs med kit is our med kit,LOL.
I do have antibiotics and a small supply of around 30 Morphine tabs from my hip surgery and other over the counter pain meds.

 

[TexPrep]

Oh...I want to keep it to backpack size so I can toss it in the truck in the event of a bug out situation.

 

[Proud Prepper]

Get Chlorine Dioxide solution. Better yet. Learn how to make your own and stock the sodium chlorite. You won't need any antibiotics, disinfectant, water purification, snake and spider venom neutralizer and treats all viruses, bacterial infections, small parasites, and much more. Look up The Universal Antidote.

I would suggest a small comprehensive medical kit and add to it.

 

[EastenerWesterner]

While I'm no doctor I do know how to suture a bad cut. My Father was the trainer for the Houston Rockets back in the day and I watched guys get stitches many times and he told me what he was doing and the why. Thats about as far as my medical skills go other than treating sprains and other sports injuries.
They have one on My Patriot Supply for $675 but it doesnt even come with suture kits or even ace bandages.
Thats pretty high for what it contains in my opinion.
The Dogs med kit is our med kit,LOL.
I do have antibiotics and a small supply of around 30 Morphine tabs from my hip surgery and other over the counter pain meds.

I probably could do better stitching than she can. Surgeons took pity on her during her surgery rotation because she was already going into IM.
My real point is you aren’t going to get it into a backpack or tool kit.
I have 2 tool kits and 2 small cabinets full. Start adding equipment- stethoscope. Otoscope, etc. The only thing we don’t have from her everyday practice is endoscope and ultrasound.
Don’t laugh at the dog kit, she saved an AKC hunt test from being cancelled, they just had to change the layout. We have sutures.
Our dogs have backup antibiotics and pain meds.
We may just be set enough, I know the average person isn’t going to have enough unless they partner with a med professional.

 

[Oddcaliber]

I started with a couple of drug store FAK's and then expanded. The only medical knowledge I have is the first aid I learned in the Navy. Sad but true I know more about how a 1911 works than the human body.

 

[TexPrep]

I probably could do better stitching than she can. Surgeons took pity on her during her surgery rotation because she was already going into IM.
My real point is you aren’t going to get it into a backpack or tool kit.
I have 2 tool kits and 2 small cabinets full. Start adding equipment- stethoscope. Otoscope, etc. The only thing we don’t have from her everyday practice is endoscope and ultrasound.
Don’t laugh at the dog kit, she saved an AKC hunt test from being cancelled, they just had to change the layout. We have sutures.
Our dogs have backup antibiotics and pain meds.
We may just be set enough, I know the average person isn’t going to have enough unless they partner with a med professional.

Even if I have to use two backpacks It needs to be mobile.
My Father carried around the old Dr. Bag you see in the movies everywhere he went and he could treat a myriad of medical emergencies out of that bag.
Of course he had other options in his training room but what he carried could stabilize a patient until they got them to the hospital,or in his case the training room.
He's had patients that were hockey players that had their eyeball popped out of their skull and hanging on their cheek by the optic nerve when hit by a hockey puck going 90 mph.
Thats what I'm looking for in a quick reaction bag.
Of course I want a more inclusive pack at the home base or the bug out location.

 

[GeorgiaPeachie]

My real point is you aren’t going to get it into a backpack or tool kit.
I have 2 tool kits and 2 small cabinets full.

We don’t have as much as you from the sounds of it, but we do have large kits for both our dog and us…as well as a small kit for the chickens. I agree though, if you get not even everything that is needed, there is no way it goes into even a large bag. We have shelves we built in a closet for these items. I’ve got two doctors and 2 EMTs in the family and yes they have helped me gather necessary items.

The kits you buy aren’t all that great. Also, you should know about everything you have and how, why and when to use it. Otherwise it is useless.

 

[Oddcaliber]

Off the shelf kits cover generality of first aid needs. If you need more than you could taylor your own to suit your needs.

 

[TexPrep]

Off the shelf kits cover generality of first aid needs. If you need more than you could taylor your own to suit your needs.

Thats the conclusion I've come to.
Buy a good kit and ad to it with your own stuff.

 

[TexPrep]

Ordered this one today.....

https://mypatriotsupply.com/products/the-medic-first-aid-kit-by-my-medic
It seems to cover most everything and if I find it lacks a few things I'll buy them.

 

[TexPrep]

The Med Kit came in.
While I havent sat down and gone through it completely it's pretty well stocked.
I already know I'll need to ad some tampons of both types to use as packing for heavily bleeding wounds ot deep punctures.
Already picked up a nice suture kit to put in it. I'm sure I'll find other things that need to be added but this is a good start.
Dont think it has any clotting powder in it which will definitely be added.
It also has several detachable small bags for different injuries or just to pack with you on short trips.

 

[TexPrep]

The Med Kit came in.
While I havent sat down and gone through it completely it's pretty well stocked.
I already know I'll need to ad some tampons of both types to use as packing for heavily bleeding wounds ot deep punctures.
Already picked up a nice suture kit to put in it. I'm sure I'll find other things that need to be added but this is a good start.
Dont think it has any clotting powder in it which will definitely be added.
It also has several detachable small bags for different injuries or just to pack with you on short trips.

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Need to see if it has tourniquets as well.

 

[Dracos]

There are a lot of first aid kits on the market today. There are many trauma kits available. OK for broken bones and car wrecks. If you want the real deal talk to an emergency room doctor or other medical professional. Take some classes. Get married to a professional (as I did). When the SHIF situation occurs, you will not be stabilize and transport. You will be save them or let them die. I have spent a great deal of money on arms and ammunition. Now, as I mature, It makes sense to invest in medical care and treatment.

 

[TexPrep]

There are a lot of first aid kits on the market today. There are many trauma kits available. OK for broken bones and car wrecks. If you want the real deal talk to an emergency room doctor or other medical professional. Take some classes. Get married to a professional (as I did). When the SHIF situation occurs, you will not be stabilize and transport. You will be save them or let them die. I have spent a great deal of money on arms and ammunition. Now, as I mature, It makes sense to invest in medical care and treatment.

The Wife and I are both outdoors people and we have all the outdoor gear,hunting gear,fishing gear and the like. We just added a dozen Yo-Yo's and rat traps for squirrels. Use to do some trapping in my younger days so I have a half dozen steel jaw traps.
Guns and ammo are definitely not an issue.
What we lacked was long term food storage and of course a decent med kit. We're up to around 10 months of food and we'll keep adding to that. We have 30 5 gallon bottles of Ozarka spring water that we rotate out to keep it fresh,I'd like to add more since water will always be an issue. We just got an account with Ozarka and over ordered until we had thirty 5 gallon jugs and then went to what we could drink in a months time.
We are definitely lacking when it comes to medical knowledge other than what I learned from my Dad. I can suture up a wound no problem or treat a sprain but beyond that I'd be winging it.
As I mentioned in another post I'm going to try and acquire some injectable Lidocaine from my GP or my pain med Doc so sutures wont be so painful.
Or at least find out if there's another solution.

 

[rainingcatzanddogs]

We started really prepping about two months ago and we're now at the point of shopping for a good med kit.
We'd like to limit it to $500 bucks if at all possible.
We thought about making up our own but we'd surely miss some things.
It'd be far easier to buy a good kit and ad to that.

What you put in your med kit would depend upon your comfort level in treating wounds. A chest vent, will not do you any good if you are not comfortable utilizing it. So everyone's is a little different based on their skill sets.

 

[TexPrep]

What you put in your med kit would depend upon your comfort level in treating wounds. A chest vent, will not do you any good if you are not comfortable utilizing it. So everyone's is a little different based on their skill sets.

While I know how to patch a sucking chest wound I have no idea where I'd go from there.

 

[EastenerWesterner]

While I know how to patch a sucking chest wound I have no idea where I'd go from there.

Get them to a medical professional. My wife would say the same thing. I would say “what would you do for a dog, and she would go into mode”
People with medical training and knowledge may have to be pushed in SHTF. It doesn’t matter if it’s medical or veterinary.
A drill fell off my ladder and hit me on the head. I told my wife stitch me up. She said you need several stitches. Urgent care put 2 butterflies on.
Medical training is good to have, but we may need to push them out of comfort zones in SHTF.

 

[TexPrep]

Get them to a medical professional. My wife would say the same thing. I would say “what would you do for a dog, and she would go into mode”
People with medical training and knowledge may have to be pushed in SHTF. It doesn’t matter if it’s medical or veterinary.
A drill fell off my ladder and hit me on the head. I told my wife stitch me up. She said you need several stitches. Urgent care put 2 butterflies on.
Medical training is good to have, but we may need to push them out of comfort zones in SHTF.

Assuming one was available yeah.
In a true SHTF situation they're gonna die.
Like I understand how to remove an appendix I sure as hell wouldnt want to try it.