DIY Shooting Trauma Kit

[SW CQB 45]

I have long wanted a personal trauma kit but some prices are very ridiculous.

I have an EMS buddy who got together some odds and ends for me and whatever stuff I had….I have everything for a kit but lacking one important item……that pouch.

Some dedicated pouches are also ridiculous in price.

My stuff shoved in a big ziploc type bag and pressed tight is 10" X 7" X 2" and I can probably stuff that even smaller.

I don't want to buy the first cheap bag I find that size……so I thought I ask some of you frugal shooting enthusiast.

If you have built your own pack and have found a decent price pouch that can attach to your person….(whether MOLLE or similar) and will hold you supplies.

Is it better to get a bag that retains certain items or just one big compartment?

I have googled pouches but never fall into the right category.

thanks in advance

 

[Bat Guano]

I got one of these a while back:

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[CAJUNLAWYER]

10x7x2.....why don't you go to your bank and get one of those zippered bags they give to their customers? Might just be the right size. Or try Lowes/Home depot. They always have little zippered tool bags for sale. Or order one of the nylon DOP kits from Land's end or like retailers. Cost around $15 and should be the exact right size for your needs.
Quite frankly, I don's see anything wrong with the zip lock myself.

 

[SW CQB 45]

Bat Guano…I like.

CL, I thought about that too and keep it in my shooting bag….but was hoping to find an inexpensive pouch with some minor separation or loops (or similar) to place certain important items. That way I will have some idea when I rip open the bag where certain items are placed.

 

[islamoradamark]

i have a nice little bag i am using came with no straps so i made some out of paracord the price was right it was something i had laying around i got to put to use

 

[Hapworth]

...I have an EMS buddy who got together some odds and ends for me and whatever stuff I had….I have everything for a kit...

Care to share what you put together?

 

[Ivan the Butcher]

REI Outdoors, makes some RED (and I mead red!) first aid organizers for backpacking ect., they also make very similar subdued color "kitchen" organizers that don't say "First Aid" on them. Since I use one for cooking supplies when in the woods, the emergency kit is in the official red pouch. One I built for around the house is in a 50 Cal ammo can with big "First Aid" stickers on it. Just some ideas. Ivan

 

[GatorFarmer]

Why not just use a surplus IFAK pouch? They varied between the services both in pouch and contents. The Marine coyote brown ones had more stuff, the ACU Army and digital tiger stripe USAF less. Army and AF ones I have gotten for as little as $30 with the contents.

If you skip the bandaids, the basics are usually an Israeli type bandage, a CAT tourniquet, gloves, an airway, an Asherman chest seal, and a hemostatic agent.

There are variations, as some bandages are now containing the blod cotting stuff. Some kits include burn gels and emt shears.

 

[model70hunter]

Don't forget aspirin, after looking a a few groups on some clunkiers I've owned the headache started.

My Wife is an RN, she bought a 1st aid kit for the truck, the jeep, her car and a bigger one for the RV. I did USN Corpsman school and have worked in a few ER's. I have seen bullet wounds.

Pressure bandages, cell phone, letting folks know where you are at are important.

The key may be to go take 1st aid training so one can work the skill set with bandages to survive.

P.S. Gatorfarmer has a good idea, I think I've seen these in sportsmans guide or cheaper than dirt, very cheap.

 

[GaryS]

Updated with link.

Bound Tree Medical has a Police Blow Out kit that was put together by a friend of mine. We used it at a class we did in Indy last year during (but not part of) the NRA show.

Keep in mind that most range accidents don't involve someone getting shot, so you might want to have more than just this.

 

[Jessie]

A tourniquet (with training, if not needed, can do real harm) sterile pads and a few rolls of gauze, and some Quick-Clot( which you can get already impregnated in the gauze now) is about all you need for gunshot trauma.
If you have a vacuum sealer, put them in the bag and seal it up.
Makes it small and keeps it clean. As long as you have your knife to open it, you're done.

 

[SW CQB 45]

I have basic stuff. I will inventory tonight.

I have not been able to find inexpensive kits. Thanks for the links.

I am going to order the above bag plus a smaller one as I have extra supplies.

I do need to quick clot packages.

We do have kits at the police range....I just want something for worst case scenario when at other matches/ranges.

 

[smokey04]

If,as you said ,you may be able to compress your packet size ,try M-14 mag. carriers. Nick

 

[Philadelphia Patriot]

My friend was an ER nurse at a hospital in Philly that got the majority of gunshot victims. I asked her about treating gunshot wounds, and her reply was "pack the wound, put a lot of pressure on it, and get to the hospital ASAP." She also said don't waste your time playing doctor, getting to the ER ASAP is the most important thing.

 

[M29since14]

We do have kits at the police range....I just want something for worst case scenario when at other matches/ranges.

Damn, Mike, you are making me nervous! - but I know it is a good idea. I have been shooting at various gun clubs for nearly 40-years now and the only thing I have ever seen happen that drew blood was some foolishness with a pocketknife being used as a screwdriver. But, I realize it only takes once. Be interested to know how your project turns out. Keep us posted. Maybe with a pic?

BTW - our "friends" at Walmart sell small, black nylon zipper bags that the college kids use for toilet kits. (At least my son does.) They are a few bucks and can be found in the travel/luggage area of the store. Might be about the right size. Don't know if you can live with the black color. It is all I have ever seen.

 

[SW CQB 45]

Let's just say I have been at some police matches where gun handling is poor. I stay behind those guys.

We are also hiring young cops with zero gun handling skills and as much as I want to be out there to help....it's not my main assignment.

I just want to be prepared.

 

[M29since14]

Doesn't sound good. Be careful, sir!

 

[SW CQB 45]

OK, the dept I work for has a bunch of trauma kits however they won't give me one. Go figure.

I took inventory of one of the kits and this what it contained.
2 HyFin Vent individual chest seal
1 medical type scissors
1 6” Emergency Trauma Dressing
1 Combat Application Tourniquet
2 Nitrile Gloves (XL)
2 S-rolled gauze 4.5” X 4.1 yds
1 Robertazzi Nasopharyngeal Airway (size 28) with lube

this will be my kit
I obtained various sized rolled gauze, sterile pads and one big sterile trauma dressing.
some scissors
roll of 3" tape
gloves
CAT tourni
RN Airway

I just need some lube and quick clot and a bag. going to order a couple of Condor bags.

Philly Patriot, that is great advice.

My EMS buddy said, stop the bleeding and in our town average EMS response is around 5 min.

I go through my buddy training with the med kits in two weeks.

thanks

again…nothing special.

 

[Oldiron]

Back when I had my scout troop my first aid kit was in a yard sale camera bag. It had just about everything in it. Battle dressings, compression bandages, tourniquet, butterflys, finger splint and on down to band-aides and benadryl. For backpacking trips, I had a smaller one in a ziplock bag stowed in an outside pocket of my pack, geared toward trekking needs. Other than a couple of band-aids and benadryl I never used it on the scouts, used it several times on folks that had mishaps in adjoining camping areas. Larry
I use a flyfishing bag for my video camera that came from BPS. It is about the size you were wanting with several compartments and they have larger and smaller

 

[SW CQB 45]

Larry
I use a flyfishing bag for my video camera that came from BPS.

can you tell me what BPS is…..so I can look at their bags.

TIA