Emergency Medical Care

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Bayou Renaissance Man has written an article about IFAKs.
Read it.
Read all of it.
Read all of the links.

In the article, Bayou Renaissance Man has asked his friend, Ambulance Driver to write an article  about same.
Read it.
Read all of it.
Read all of the links.

The group I train with lists the following contents for an IFAK:

1 Ifak pouch (marked)
1 Cat tourniquet
1 pressure bandages or equivalent
1 rolled / compressed  gause
1 roll medical tape
1 triangular bandage.
1 Nasal tube

Recommended minimum
1 Ifak pouch(marked)
2 cat tourniquets
1-2 Hemostatic  sponge 
3-4 pressure bandages or equivalent
2 rolled / compressed gause
2-3 triangular bandages
1 Nasal tube
1-2  chest seals
1 Emt shears

Location recommendations.
* Keep your tourniquet very accessible.  You may only have seconds to apply.
* Have your ifak where you can reach it on your gear (not in your pack)
* Remember you can always have other medical supplies in your  bag on another pouch.  Your ifak is NOT a general first aid kit. It should only be opened for gunshot or some other form of trauma.



And, just in case you are not convinced of the need for emergency medical training, do not take this blog's word for it. Take His Holiness' word for it:



Comments

  1. AnonymousNovember 24, 2017 at 8:38 PM

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    1. Recce RiflemanNovember 24, 2017 at 8:50 PM

      Most of these classes are best if you repeat them. I've had CLS at least 6 times.

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