Israeli Bandages

[Jstpssng]

You aren’t going to like it........kuz it’s not very fancy! 4x4s (a stack of non sterile maybe an inch or two high) and a few rolls of kling. I also keep super glue near by.

When I’m hunting I add a military kit (called an IFAK) and all it adds is some tape, an OPA for an emergency cryc, a tourniquet, a big needle for needle decompression, a chest seal for a sucking chest wound and it has a roll of the Quik Clot. I carry that and my hunting buddy carries a lot of the field dressing stuff to process an animal. The IFAK is because guns are involved and I hunt remote areas. I don’t carry that if I’m backpacking and certainly not when I’m just out on the tractor or in my vehicle.

Most everything you can do with just stuff laying around. Like if you winged yourself with a chainsaw you’d probably grab a rope or belt for a tourniquet and a t shirt or rag for some pressure dressing. And the minor to moderate stuff can be done with the 4x4s and kling. That is until you can get home with your tail tucked and explain to the boss (wife) how stupid (but lucky) you are!

I knew that it would be simple, and much less than what most of us carry.
Thanks for the reply.

 

[kevin37b]

If you are hurting yourself hunting , fishing you may want to review your procedures .Chainsaw , another you have no clue what you are doing .

 

[Birdhunter1]

I have an Israeli bandage in the first aid kit of my tractor, two in the horse trailer, two in the truck and two or three go kits that are in a vacuum sealed bag ready to toss in a backpack, range bag, saddle bags or anything else I need to carry one in. most of the time my son hunts with me, he has his own backpack so if he goes with my dad he has all his stuff and I have mine, first aid kit goes with him and me.

Having them is one thing, learning how to use them needs to be done before there is a large open wound where one is needed.

And the CATS tourniquet is great, but I challenge you to put that on your dominant arm and time it. I carry a RATS tourniquet, it is super simple to deploy, carry and teach someone else how to use.

 

[forgeblast]

Chinook Medical Gear, Inc. is a place I have bought a few things from. In my chainsaw kit I have an air horn. Three blasts my wife calls 911...

 

[RNeumann]

Chinook Medical Gear, Inc. is a place I have bought a few things from. In my chainsaw kit I have an air horn. Three blasts my wife calls 911...

.....no blasts and she calls the coroner!

Haha