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To: Politically Correct

Am former 91B4S, US Army Special Forces Senior Medical NCO, and EMT-D (NYS) with local volunteer Fire Co. FIRST thing you have to do is EDUCATE yourself about what the HoHa you’re capable of doing. If you KNEW what you were doing, you would not need to ask others what should be in your kit. Lack of medical knowledge is ultimately a danger to you, and everyone who may depend on you and your “KIT”, a killer. Take a first rate, first aid course, including CPR. Then put the kit together yourself, ‘cause you’ll KNOW what your capabilities are, and what you need. $650 for a kit is bizarrely expensive. Spend some on a good med course, some on a good bag, and the rest as KNOWLEDGE dictates. I’d tell you what I carried, but what’s the use, as you don’t know how to use it. Get EDUCATED FIRST!!!


12 posted on 06/03/2018 6:46:46 PM PDT by TigerHawk
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To: TigerHawk
plus 10K

Get trained first. Otherwise, you risk doing more harm than good.

23 posted on 06/03/2018 7:06:03 PM PDT by ASOC (Having humility really means one is rarely humiliated)
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To: TigerHawk
I agree. The kit should be commensurate with ones level of medical expertise. I could outfit a complete kit with surgical tools, IVs, bandages, suture and antibiotics. OTOH, I could do the same with what is stocked in a good grocery store or Dollar General.
46 posted on 06/03/2018 8:05:09 PM PDT by vetvetdoug
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