Thread: Whats in your medkit??

Im new to the hunting world and was wondering what is your non negotiable in your med kit

Originally Posted by MammothBird

Im new to the hunting world and was wondering what is your non negotiable in your med kit

You have to be realistic. You can only carry so much medical kit and you have to know how to use it. The most important item in my emergency kit is a PLB.

2 unusual ones -- vasoline for chafe & blisters also doubles as a fire lighting accelerent.
-- glad wrap cut roll into 3 inch roll, excellent if you cut yourself, piece of shirt, vasoline then bound it up.

Tourniquet, modular bandage

Mine is very basic or it a PLB or InReach set off so just a Isreali Bandage and 2 packs of Celox powder to clot blood all vacpacked together for waterproof.

Triangle bandage and roll bandage. Hayfever tablets and good anti flammes.

You dont need much.
Bandage, wound dressings, plasters, tape, Antihistamines, painkillers, emergency blanket.

Enough to fix bangs, scraps and strains and stop bleeding till the wirly bird arrives.

This goes in a first add dry bag with some basics like, fire lighting gear, spare battery for headlamp etc.

insulation tape thats it

As others have said get some training no good carrying gear you dont no how to use.
An epirb is no good if your dead when the chopper arrives.
Dont over think it you need to stop bleeding whether thats from a gun shot, knife slip or branch....one of these kits would do it all.
https://www.stopthebleedofficial.com...leed-kits.html

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More and more contemplating a vial of adrenaline and a syringe. Apart from the usual, if there's anything that could get me and fast, would be wasps.

Epipens are now on script and subsidized. Ive got one as am allergic to bees

Steri-Strips saved the tip of my finger a few weeks back. It would have been a lot of bleeding and missing flesh if it wasn't for a couple of packs of them! Very small/light and far more sticky and powerful than plasters/bandages/other forms of tape. I've added them to the kit that always lives in my pack.

I tend to run a non-negotiable first aid kit, which is permanently in my pack and ideally doesn't get touched. Then an extra, more full-featured kit that I tailor to the trip. I've started running two kits after leaving my kit in the car on a trip in July.

Roll of insulation tape..... But it's all in top 2". If walking down beach with just a towel around neck n cut your foot....you will use the towel. That follows no matter where you are.

As others have said get proper first aid training from a reputable trainer. If you hunt alone you also need to practice using your equipment on yourself, preferably one handed in case you injure a hand or arm, as it’s a lot harder to work on yourself than another person. No use carrying fancy shit if you don’t actually know how to use it. Just a bit of advice from an advanced first aider.

PracMed is a NZ company that trains and supplies kits for first aid, with a focus on stopping preventable deaths due to bleeding (the "stop the bleed" push in first aid). https://pracmednz.com/
Great company and great products. Whatever you take in, if you are unfamiliar with it, it will be of much less help then if you are familiar and comfortable with the indications for use and how to use it (specifically thinking tourniquet use, wound packing, and pressure bandages).
Medical care being a specific interest of mine, I like to make sure I have more then the bare minimum on most hunts. But my non-negotiables are a pack of packing gauze, strong zinc oxide tape, a trauma bandage (also called an Israeli bandage), and a tourniquet. That will be on my person at all times while out in the bush, whether just hiking, or hunting etc, even if I've dropped the rest of my pack at camp. Again I think if it's important and time critical, no use leaving it at camp while you go out on a recce.
My other larger kit will have meds, seals, and a mix of serious and minor items.