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Bug out first aid bag

Cornflk1Cornflk1 Member Posts: 3,715 ✭✭✭
edited July 2015 in General Discussion
My wife is in charge of a surgery dept. at a local hospital. Sometimes she will bring home outdated or discarded surgical instruments.

I have decided to build a backpack type first aid/minor surgery pack. I have a pretty good idea of instruments, bandages, ointments, etc. that would be important.

Can someone recommend a good 'battlefield' book or manual on the basics of emergency surgerys, something that a novice could use if there is no professional help available.
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  • Rack OpsRack Ops Member Posts: 18,596 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    If your wife runs a surgery dept wouldn't she be your best source of information? Or are planning on taking the opportunity to shoot her if the balloon goes up? [:)]
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  • sharpshooter039sharpshooter039 Member Posts: 5,897 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    dry antibiotic's like they sell in a fish store,,will last for years
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  • Ray BRay B Member Posts: 11,822
    edited November -1
    It depends on how battlefield you plan on the injuries. At one end there's the first aid manual put out by American Red Cross, at the other extreme is the course given by the Navy to Hospital Corpsmen being assigned to the Marines. Probably something in betwe3en.
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  • buschmasterbuschmaster Member Posts: 14,229 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    US Army Special Forces Medical Handbook, ST 31-91B. First Aid For Soldiers, FM 21-11.
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  • mogley98mogley98 Member Posts: 18,291 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    http://www.cs.amedd.army.mil/borden/Portlet.aspx?ID=cb88853d-5b33-4b3f-968c-2cd95f7b7809

    Lots of links on the net, If I was dying I'd rather have someone try something than nothing at all.
    Why don't we go to school and work on the weekends and take the week off!
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  • Don McManusDon McManus Member Posts: 23,689 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I would plan on bugging out of the second floor all the way to the basement.

    Should probably put in a cold compress in case I twist an ankle on the stairs....
    Freedom and a submissive populace cannot co-exist.

    Brad Steele
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  • Cornflk1Cornflk1 Member Posts: 3,715 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I know all about steri-strips, glues, etc. Just would like to know in laymen terms the best way to set a broken leg -- one with the bone sticking out -- if I'm 40 miles from any qualified medical help and don't expect any for "ever". Just that sort of thing. How would I remove a splinter 2 inches, be it wood or metal, long in someone's right shoulder? To me any knowledge is better than no knowledge in a shtf type of world.
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  • FrancFFrancF Member Posts: 35,279 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I thought all you needed was Aspirin, Bactine, and Ducktape.[:D]
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  • CaptFunCaptFun Member Posts: 16,678 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by FrancF
    I thought all you needed was Aspirin, Bactine, and Ducktape.[:D]

    pshh.... Bactine was for sissys. Mercurochrome for the win!
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  • hobo9650hobo9650 Member Posts: 2,759 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Don't forget the Bevil's lotion.

    Will keel anything.
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  • cbxjeffcbxjeff Member Posts: 17,628 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    B.S. Capt, Mercurochrome is for sissies, Merthiolate is for tough guys. :)
    It's too late for me, save yourself.
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  • booter_onebooter_one Member Posts: 2,345 ✭
    edited November -1
    Don't forget the basic pain killer.

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  • Ditch-RunnerDitch-Runner Member Posts: 25,353 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    BBBBUUUUTTTT . in the movies they just shove the bone back in twist the leg tie it with a handkerchief and a wood or a rifle splint and go to go . [:D]

    the locals are still after me to be a EMT on the local squad its a volunteer department. it is a nice set up for such a small village ( no longer called a town ) the training is free ,Its a very small area and had 60 call outs last year total fire and rescue combined , and I would guess that's average for them , so I am thinking about going maybe learn a few things late in life ( they know I retired and have no day shift coverage ) meeting this upcoming Sunday night . its a double edge sword I am looking at as good and bad but the training and experience may come in handy for me some day ( and of course for any one I am on call to help out )
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  • minitruck83minitruck83 Member Posts: 5,369
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Barzillia


    I can certainly understand.

    The person with the open fracture is gonna die.
    amputate and cauterize, WNA treatment


    The splinter can be pulled out, and you will get what you get.
    see below

    Kinda neat to know how to remove an embedded fish hook, though.
    rusty plyers, and earplugs, ask Pat McManus
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  • papernickerpapernicker Member Posts: 1,371 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    In a SHTF scenario, an injured person will only slow you down. [:)]
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