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What is the best kit to carry with you while hunting and where did you get it? Or, is it better to put something together yourself? The kits that I have seen in most sporting goods stores would almost help out if I scraped my knee. TIA. Mike
 

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Hi Mike,

Check out some of the kits available at REI. They're a bit more comprehensive, but designed for backpackers so they're not too heavy. Nice setups, but a good one ain't cheap. Also check out MPI Outdoors. They specialize in safety and rescue equipment for the outdoorsman.

I have kinda cobbled together some basic bits and pieces for my daypack, and keep a better setup in the truck. I'm pretty slack about updating it, though.
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An important item to add to any first-aid kit is an information card that has your name, address, emergency contact, allergies, blood type, and medications(dosage and schedule).
 

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There is a pretty decent store in Gardena, Ca. called Major Surplus and Survival.
310-324-8855
http://www.majorsurplusnsurvival.com

They have a good selection of MREs, first aid, surplus, and general camping items.
Might be worth a look.
 

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My kit is homemade: basic bandaids, gauze, white tape, duct tape, superglue, sterile needle and thread, piece of green soap, asprin, chem. light, mole skin, small sissor; ointment; pen; tweezer; and I forget what else. It is small and compact fits into the day pack or fannypack.
YOu can go and get the basic kits which work fine, but found collecting the items was half the fun. Mom's bathroom had most of the goodies and I have just added more at time goes on. If you stay at a hotel, ask if they have a basic first aid kit. Sometimes they have nice small sealed bandaids, gauze or other items.
Even a sewing kit from a hotel is nice.
 

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Never under estimate the value of a first aid kit. 25% of my fanny pack is first aid, all the basics, plus blister, burn, and suture supplies and vicodin just in case. We alway's have a backpack of first aid equipment at camp or in the truck. It can really help out when you need it.
 

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I keep two (primarily). One in camp/trailer/vehicle about 12x8x8" that has enough stuff to take out your appendix or remove a limb or two. The other smaller kit goes in the fanny pack and still has a fair amount of stuff in it. A pair of surgical scissors, small hemostat, Motrin, Tylenol, various band aids, gauze, tape, tweezers, steri strips, tincture of benzoin (great stuff for all kinds of uses), sting relief pads, prep pads, etc.

Most of the kits that you can get at REI, Cabela's, etc are a good starting point but plan on adding quite a bit of your own stuff.
 

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I am happy most hunters think about saftey first. I am a paramedic so I have some idea of what I would want in a pack, I tried to put in a cute nurse, but wouldn't fit. Go to wally world and get supplies, premade pack is a waste of money, sealed asprin, antibiotic cream. sterile gauze pads4x4-2x2, 2", 4" cling , rescue blanket-foil type, 2 or 3 cravats for slings, ice/heat paks, shears that can cut coins without breaking. waterpruff matches, reflective mirror, assorted bandaids, 1" tape, money for phone(change), tweezers, batadine/alchohol swabs, I.D. with any medical history,alergies, meds that you take, Keep this up to date!!!
If ;you haven't taken a CPR/FIRST AID course, it is a great way to pass the time until the next hunting season. Who knows, it may be your own life that you save. Anyway good hunting to all, and "LETS BE SAFE OUT THERE!
Oh yeah, almost forgot :JHP rocks:
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Personally I think it's better to make upo your own. First of all you know what exactlly in it. You don't have to dig through it to see if you have something. I keep bandaids, papertape, gauze, tweezers, a needle or two, anticeptic pads and cream, asprian, allergy pills, tounge depressor for splints, butterfly closures, chapstick, sting relief ontiment, sciorss, first aid refernce or quick guide, I always have a emergency blanket, but not in my first aid kit, safety pins, sinus spray, and a few other things that I can't think of.


Vineyardhunter,

What is the purpose of the reflective mirror? Is it for signaling? Just wondering if I should have one. And if I should what I'd use it for.
 

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Evan,
The mirror is for signaling. You can see a flash from a mirror a long ways off. That way, if you are unable to walk out, it could help search parties locate you. Mike
 

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mef is exactly right, its for signaling.
Okay GROUP, I was just wondering how many of you know CPR/FIRST AID? I have been giving classes for this since "91". I have taught around 600-700 people in my career as an EMT-Paramedic/Firefighter.
 

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The mirror is even more useful for seeing how bad your face looks after that fall when you're by yourself. Sometimes ignorance is bliss when you've got an eyeball hanging out but...
 

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MEf and Vineyardhunter,

That's what I thought you guys were talking about, I was just wondering if there was another reason. When every ounce makes a difference, I figure a emergency space blanket will do the same thing, If not a better job. It's much larger and can be folded out or it can be used folded up to a smaller size, one way or the other the blankets are very reflective, and I always carry one anyhow.
 

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Vineyardhunter,
I have had classes in CPR/First Aid. I only had to use CPR one time. Hopefully never again. Also, I hope that as a teacher, you explain to your students what the "maintaining a clear air passageway" is all about. I was never told and was not bright enough to ask so when the victim vomited all over me I thought to myself "that is what they were talking about".
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All this advice is great and I would only add one other item. Crazy Glue! It comes in handy when you need to close a serious lasceration without stitching it up yourself. Hospitals around the country use this technique. Just be sure to thoroughly clean the wound first, add neosporin, and glue shut. It works wonders. You can store it in a plastic sandwich bag in case it leaks and doesn't get all over things.

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Originally posted by vineyardhunter@Aug 17 2003, 06:45 PM
Okay GROUP, I was just wondering how many of you know CPR/FIRST AID?
I've had ARC CPR and Basic First Aid also have taken a 2 1/2 Wilderness FA course. Need to renew my CPR training.
 

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I too am a believer in the build your own kit. A few items I like to carry are:

1. Wilderness Medicine by Dr. Buck- this small packable book covers everything a backwoods hunter/ adventurer could need.

2. Purchase an inigation syringe kit at REI or other source(pharmacy maybe). They run about $10. I used one before I stitched a kids knee back together 10 miles from our trucks and 2 hours outside of Fresno. These are important to have!

3. A couple of very sharp small/med needles. the curved upholstry variety are quite good to have.

4. A multitool is a medical must have and you most likely already carry it.

Don't feel the need to overdo ou kit either. Some people think you need a bandaid for every day out etc. Not so, but a good mixed supply is handy. Also bandannas are a must they can be used for so much and again probably not somethi you will carry in the kit. these are just a few of the things I take, but my whole kit for a group of 20 backpackers out for a week weighs only 2lbs so you don't need a lot of stuff, just the right stuff.
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i found it best to have a small one and then a larger one back at the truck.my mom put one together for when i go dirtbike riding that can stop a sucking chest wound.my advice let mommy do it.lol
 
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