The Survival Doctor Ultimate Emergency Medical Infographic

Preparing For SHTF ^ | 12/20/12 | The Survival Doctor

[Kartographer]

Here is a list of some of the items:
24 U.S. Military Field Style Medic Instrument Kit
Surgical Disposable Sterile Skin Stapler w/Enhanced
Control, 35 Preloaded Staples
Sawyer Personal Water Bottle Filter 1 Liter
Black Diamond Icon Headlamp (Silver)
SAM Medical Splint (Pack of 2)

[Kartographer]

My personal recommendations:
Elite First Aid Large M17 Medic Bag

Contents List:

1 EFA First Aid Book

20 Pill Bottles

100 Bandage Strips, 1"x3"

14 Pain Relievers

10 Bandage Strips, 2"x4"

4 Triple Antibiotic Packages

10 Knuckle Bandages

4 First Aid Cream Packages

10 Butterfly Strips

2 Burn Aid Packages

4 Bandage Gauzes, 2"x6 Yards

1 SAM/Universal Splint

4 Elastic Bandages, 6"

1 EMT Shears, 7.25"

2 Triangular Bandage

1 Pair of Tweezers

3 Field Dressings

1 Stethoscope

4 Multi Trauma Dressings 12"x30"

1 Tourniquet

1 Blood Stopper Kit

1 Scalpel handle #3

4 Sterile Pads, 4"x4"

2 Scalpel Baldes

10 Sterile Pads, 2"x2"

1 Skin Probe

10 Abdominal Pads, 5"x9"

2 Stainless Steel hemostats

2 Eye Pads

1 Pen Light

15 Alcohol Wipes

2 Suture Sets

15 Iodine Wipes

5 Tape, Rolls, Adhesive, 1"

15 Antiseptic BZK Wipes

2 Tongue Depressors

15 Clean Wipes

2 Airways

6 After Bite Wipes

2 Ammonia Inhalants

1 Burn Spray

1 CPR Mask

1 Petroleum jelly

2 Irrigation Syringes

1 Lip Treatment

3 Instant Ice Packs

1 Calamine Lotion, 6 oz.

6 Safety Pins

1 Sterile Flushing Solution

1 Box of Sponges, 4" x4"

1 Hand Sanitizer

1 Box of 100 Cotton Tips

1 Hand Soap

6 Pairs Latex Examination Gloves

Or at least:

M3 Medic Bag First Aid Kit

Contents List:

1 EFA First Aid Instructions

10 Pill Bottle

16 Bandage Strips, 1"x3"

10 Pain relievers

2 Bandage Gauzes, 2"x4", 5 yards

2 Triple Antibiotic Packages

1 Elastic Bandage, 6"

2 First Aid Cream Packages

1 Triangular Bandage 40"x40"x56"

1 Burn Aid Package

1 Field Dressing

2 Tape Rolls, Adhesive

4 Sterile Sponges, 4"x4"

1 SAM/Universal Splint

4 Abdominal Pads, 5"x9"

1 tourniquet

1 Eye Pad

1 Emt Shears, 7.25"

16 Alcohol Wipes

1 Pair of Tweezers

15 Iodine Wipes

1 Stainless steel Hemostat, 5"

15 Antiseptic BZK Wipes

1 Suture Set

15 clean Wipes

1 Irrigation Syringe

1 Lip Treatment

2 Tongue Depressors

1 Sterile Flushing Solution

1 Airway

1 Hand Soap

2 Instant Ice Packs

6 Safety Pins

2 Pairs Latex Examination Gloves

[Kartographer]

Preppers’ PING!!

[Kartographer]

Preppers’ PING!!

[Lurker]

Nice rig.

[Lurker]

Nice rig.

[Lurker]

Nice rig.

[Lurker]

Nice rig.

[JoeProBono]

[PMAS]

Where do you buy those ?

[glock rocks]

Amazon.

[Kartographer]

Also

http://www.wildbillwholesale.com

http://www.bargainbacker.com/Elite-FA110OD-M-17-Medic-Bag-—Olive-Drab

http://shop.vtarmynavy.com/large-m17-medic-bag-kit-p6008.aspx?
utm_medium=cse&utm_source=googlebase&gclid=CNLPovG_qrQCFcuZ4Aod9h4AxQ

http://www.katerno.com/detail.php?s=243952

[greeneyes]

That’s definitely more like what I am thinking about. I already have a lot of stuff for minor accidents, so I just need some of the other stuff. Especially for bleeding issues. I would have come in handy when Hubby’s thumb tangled with the chain saw.

[greeneyes]

I=It

[dagogo redux]

I have nothing against such kits - was a Corpsman once, and an MD now - but I think they need to be more practically thought out in terms of the actual situations that we will face, which will likely NOT include evacuation to a military field hospital, nor a need to mess with relatively useless feel-good stuff like Calamine lotion, alcohol wipes, a CPR mask, lip balm, instant ice packs, burn spray, first aid creme packages, ammonia inhalants, etc.

If SHTF, most who die will do so either immediately from trauma, or because the people where they live are not prepared for definitive or long-term recovery from serious trauma and illness. Few of us are going to be out running ops - at least at my age - and anyone living out of a bug-out bag or first aid kit for long has a poor prognosis with any but the most rudimentary illness or injury, IMO.

Many, perhaps most, who die will do so from diarrhea due to adequate safe food and water supplies. Lots of Imodium may help, but fluid replacement enemas (recipes available online) can be life saving when IV fluids are unavailable and oral fluids can’t be kept down. Preventive attention to sanitation and such are, or course, the best treatments here.

Serious wound and burn care requires at least some knowledge of debridement and wound care technique, which anyone can learn, and will entail frequent dressing changes with topical antibiotic ointments or silver sulfadiazine. Informed use of crude anesthetic agents and sedatives (even alcohol, in a pinch) and oral antibiotics, can be lifesaving.

Common communicable illnesses will be rampant, and many can easily kill when contracted by a person lacking adequate food, water, clothing, rest, etc. Most still retain enough susceptibility to common antibiotics, and a rudimentary knowledge of such, and a bulk supply via a sympathetic doctor, can make a huge difference. For exotic biologic warfare agents (and lots else) doxycycline is good to have around.

Hope that helps.

[CodeToad]

“Few of us are going to be out running ops “

Well, most of us regardless of age are not going to wait around for the bad guys to attack us.

[FoxPro]

Best post of the day!

[Marcella]

To all: Let me put this in a gentle way:

IF YOU DON'T HAVE CELOX, BUY SOME! It's on Amazon, plus you can put it in search and buy straight from the company.

What is it? IT STOPS BLEEDING! Celox is used on the battlefield to stop bleeding. Comes in little packets. Pour it on a cut and the blood stops almost immediately. There are also thin pads but they cost more and are more for walking/hiking and they don't stop blood as fast, as the product is spread through the pad, not concentrated like the packet.

Kart, you have “1 Blood Stopper Kit”. If that is just pressure bandages, get Celox. It probably has Celox or the other brand in there and I'm sure you know if it's there.

To all: If there is no doctor: If you are treating a large cut, you usually apply pressure to try to limit the bleeding, but if it is bleeding profusely, tear open a packet of Celox, pour it in the wound and the bleeding stops, just like that. You patient will feel emotionally better when the bleeding stops.

Clean the wound, use more Celox if you need to, then treat it with antibiotic ointment or cream and close the wound with Steri-Strips or Butterfly strips, or use a stapler and staples if it's really big (put Sterile Stapler in search at Amazon. You will find the staplers and pullers and also kits with the stapler and puller together.) If you use the Strips, replace any that come off and some may do that.

Then put a bandage over the whole thing to keep out dirt. Put more antibiotic ointment/cream on it for several days. After a couple of days, leave off the big bandage so the wound can dry.

Really, if I had to pick one thing out of all my EMT medical supplies, I'd pick Celox.

I have friends in the Texas hill country and they live out in the boonies on top of a high hill. He takes blood thinners and I had them get Celox for him. Medical care is a long way from him and a cut on him bleeds like crazy.

I see “airways” your list of items. If those are the plastic airways, don't use one unless someone has shown you how to put a plastic airway down someone’s throat. Perhaps you have an instruction sheet but be absolutely sure what you are doing.

That is to keep the airway open, but checking the tongue to make sure that has not gone into the throat is the first thing to check before you think of putting an airway in. I don't think anyone should put that airway in without some practice on a dummy (and I don't mean your wife).

In an emergency situation with no medical help, the worst thing to do is CLIMB. A fall can damage the brain and break arms/legs. Do not climb. Do not let your children climb.

[Marcella]

See post 17.

[PMAS]

I don’t buy from Amazon because their CEO Jeff Bezos donated $1 Million to help pass gay marriage and legalize marijuana this past election.
Aazon has also permited child predators to publish books through their site - I would happily pay more for the same item elsewhere

[PMAS]

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