Who carries a "Blow out kit/GSW" to the range?

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Reading a gun blog today with a link to a video of a guy shooting himself in the leg while drawing from a retention holster; the comment was made about including a GSW kit in the range bag.

In my hunting days many years ago when we backpacked in for Elk or Deer medical supplies of some sort were often included.

I don't have such a kit in my range bag but maybe I should...what do you think?
 
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At the very least, you should have some basic supplies in your vehicle....not all of the ranges that I have visited were within 10 minutes of the ER, and even if they were....I would want some sort of care prior to professional intervention. If I was far out in the sticks, I would carry a full kit (weight permitting) so that in the event of bad things happening, we could cover most of the bases right then and there.
 
pinduck said:
I always have a first aid kit in my truck.
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Ditto==I keep a fire extinguisher, first aid kit (with Quikstop), kitty litter, shovel, ax, 2 days food, stove, firestarters, water, blankets, extra knife,duct tape & super-glue (a first aid kit, right there!), tug strap, and rope in the truck 24/7/52.

Wife has the same in her Pathfinder.
 
BearBio said:
Ditto==I keep a fire extinguisher, first aid kit (with Quikstop), kitty litter, shovel, ax, 2 days food, stove, firestarters, water, blankets, extra knife,duct tape & super-glue (a first aid kit, right there!), tug strap, and rope in the truck 24/7/52.

Wife has the same in her Pathfinder.
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Where do you park? Is it locked?
That's more stuff than I own. :D
 
The govt keeps issuing me handy trauma kits that have Quik-clot in them. They must think I'm constantly being shot and fixing myself up since the kits just keep coming.

I keep one in my range bag and in each of my vehicles.

Z-Medica QuikClot Trauma Kit
 
handejector said:
Where do you park? Is it locked?
That's more stuff than I own. :D
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All fits in a tool box in the truck bed (locked and bolted to the bed=parked daily in a Federal lot). Some is under the rear seat (4-door P/U). Space isn't really an issue-a short handled ax that I found in an empty campsite, folding shovel==The duct tape and super glue, with some feminine pads, make up most of the first aid kit. Knife is a leatherman-type. Fold-up Sterno stove, dehydrated soup and energy bars.

Wife's stuff fits in a medium Rubbermaid container.

I live in the Cascade foothills==the east side of the mountains, not the eastside of Seattle! We've had significant snowfall on Memorial Day. Around here man ain't necessarily top of the food chain!
 
When I was going through Police School at the Treasury Academy in Dee Cee, our firearms training was at the Treasury Ranges in the EPS Building in Beltsville, Md.

The first day of firearms training one of the EPS Firearms Instructors was demostrating how to properly draw you duty weapon when he triggered his Model 15 and sent a 110grain Super Vel down his right calf. It was ripped open from mid calf to the ankle. Everybody was in shock for a moment and I ask on of the women in the class to go to their restroom and bring all the Kotex that they had handy. By that time another instructor brought in a government first aid kit (not much, but better then nothing) and I used two the ace bandages to secure several Kotex to the wound.

Did a little anti shock treatement and waited for the Ambulance.

I always take my home made Truma Kit to the range when I go. Its be 38 years since that happened, but I still remember it like it was yesterday.

Like I said when I was a Boy Scout, "Be Prepared".

Rule 303
 
I would think that all y'all watch Westerns....
An adequate first aid kit consists of a bottle of whiskey and a knife to remove any bullet that hasn't exited. You already have a choice of bullets to bite while the aforementioned bullet is being removed.

Note: Jacketed bullets are a poor choice for your *biting bullet* and the EPA frowns on using lead bullets. So maybe a shotgun shell?
 
Thanks for the input.............. first aid kit in the truck is over 30 years old.......time to upgrade; I found a pretty good one on Amazon that has the Quikclot.

"******* Medical Kits Tactical Field/Trauma with QuikClot"
 
Quikclot expires, don't forget to check the dates. The sponges have come to be prefered over the powder, but there are also other products that can be useful. Some depend on a certain amount of specialized know how - Asherman chest seals for example.

I think my IV bags are expired and I need a new set of sutures. Got a fair amount of the other stuff. Though years ago, before the current war led to advances in GSW first aid, I was even then in the habit of taking two NATO field dressings to the range with me. (On the theory that a bullet would make one hole going in and one coming out.)

Getting shot and having your spouse or friends duct tape you back together isn't likely going to be a pleasant experience, so it can worthwhile to get in the habit of wearing your armor to the range, particularly public ones. All those bullet holes one sees in the walls, tables, ceilings etc are suggestive that a means of controlling blood loss or preventing penetration might be handy.
 
We have a full trauma kit both at the range and the clubhouse, along with longboards and shortboards, neckbraces, yada yada. Hospital in less than 2 miles away.
 
ladder13 said:
We have a full trauma kit both at the range and the clubhouse, along with longboards and shortboards, neckbraces, yada yada. Hospital in less than 2 miles away.
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I dunno what goes on at your clubhouse, but it sounds really dangerous there...seriously? shortboards? ;)
 
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