Enjoy it while it lasts. With 30 or so comments below a video he has the chance to reply to us. He surely deserves far more subscriptions, but this will mean hard times for us :I
I make these and have given them out to friends and family. I use my food saver to seal them up, and cut out small triangles in the edges for easy tear opening. I have a high quality ankle trauma kit that is for my use only, and a couple of these kits in the car for strangers at an emergency.
*For $25 you could add just a few feet of duct tape to make an improvised chest seal with a ziploc bag (or the packaging of the SWAT T).* *Gloves and a pair of trauma shears are also inexpensive.Gotta think of BSI if you treat others!* *I carry the SWAT-T in an ankle kit, very compact.* *Kit contains: SWAT-T, two 4" roll of gauze, a few 4" by 4" gauze pads, duct tape, ziploc bag, trauma shears, sharpie, 2 pairs of gloves.*
I like the duct tape addition but I'd throw in a boo-boo kit too. Three Band-Aids and a packet of tri-ointment. Instead of (or in addition to) rubber bands and add CoFlex to secure it. BTW vetwrap is the same stuff and much cheaper.
You should have latex gloves, ziplock bags, and various other first aid items on-hand in your house, garage, car, etc., so I don't include those in the cost.
Bandaids, adhesive bandages like a 2” x 2”. May not save a life, but could easily save the day for someone. Takes up little extra room, but will be required far more often.
Hello sir. I've been watching your videos lately. I'm taking notes from your videos. I just signed up as redcross volunteer and my goal is to become an emt. It's still a long way but hopefully I can have knowledge and skills like you. Thanks for all your videos.
I know this video is a couple years old now but as an EMT I would also recommend carrying Intra-Nasal Narcan. I know it kinda goes against the whole topic of building a budget friendly first aid kit but it is definitely a game changer in cases of overdoses.
The paper packaging on gauze pads aren't very waterproof so I would opt to put the kit in a ziplock bag of some kind especially if the kit is going to be an EDC item. You don't want to put a soggy gauze pad on a wound. I think the SWAT-T lends itself as a good compression bandage in this respect as it's made of rubber, it can hold a bandage in place and keep it dry in wet conditions. Of course, some kind of sharpie is a must when carrying TQs so you can mark the time it was applied. By the way, I'm glad to see your channel exploded with subs. Just a few months ago, I had a few subscribers more than you and now I'm left in the dust. Keep it up brother.
Great video. I would add some nitrile gloves and put it all in a half gallon ziploc bag to keep it clean, but other than that it's hard to go wrong for a budget setup. Nice work.
Ja. Grt. I put a tourniquet and adm.pad inside a pocket of my driver's door with some sissors etc. Gotta get it so u can reach it. I'm so glad I found u site
We've each gotta make that decision for ourselves but your (unbroken) skin is already a very good barrier. For me, I keep gloves but I don't worry about them if I haven't the time or if they break.
Large safety pins would be cheap and easy to add. Edit you can put them on the corners of all the wrapping for easy opening and quick access to the safety pins.
The video is great, and the things that you picked are gonna mostly cover everything. I would also get some gloves, and some trauma shears. I know that you can get some cheap ones, but I got the $10 5.11 ones. Maybe it’s overkill, but I just saw them in the store, and I bought them. This is not part of the trauma kit, but I would probably get bandages, and some hydrogen peroxide in a small bottle. I’m probably gonna use it more often than I’m gonna use the other ones. I’m just a regular guy, so I don’t have to necessarily be in situations in which I’ll need to save someone’s life.
Sometimes you get a good bag for free from a car-dealer or a store if you buy something. Ziploc bags are also useful. Gloves are not really nescessary. in the Netherlands you can buy first aid kits from €2,95 but without a tourniquet. a tourniquet is €40,- without shipping costs in the Netherlands.
Can you please review The Medic Pro from my medic? I have not seen any good reviews on it, and a review and walk-through would be most helpful. Thank you, Sam.
Yeah, it STARTS with a 25 dollar kit then 2 years later you do inventory in your small edc sling med bag and discover you've got over 200 bucks worth of kit. I love it, being a bit more prepared than the next guy.
Great vid (as always), along these lines it would be good to see your thoughts on a parents out and about first aid kit. I think the SWAT T and compressed gauze, is what you might suggest for kids? I kinda think a kit for a parent needs to be small, keep the kids playing and keep them alive. Would love to know thoughts. Or for that matter the thoughts of others.
@@zBMatt As a paramedic, I haven't really met many people that can't take ASA, and it's a first line treatment for STEMI. That said, if I could get my hands on some, meloxicam would be good for trauma pain management.
I would add some of them medical scissors they use for cutting clothes off so u can get to the wound without needing to roll and tug on folks who possibly gots a spinal injury least I would think that's a must have idk
Your channel is awesome! I just found it and subbed. There have been a few instances where I’ve had to learn wound care in real time, and I’ve searched RU-vid for info without very helpful results. I definitely would have benefitted from your videos! Luckily my amateur methods have worked in the past lol. Anyway, I did a google search for “building a first aid kit” and this video was a top result! Seems far fetched that content like yours would be censored in any way, but reality is stranger than fiction sometimes
Add some sugar packets in case on someone having a diabetic emergency or something. I always carry a glucometer on hand and glucagon/glycogen in my trauma kit
What's your opinion on the SWAT-T? I bought two. One to train with, and one to carry. To me anyway, it seems difficult to apply. It slips around a lot. Has a tendency to kink and twist as you're applying it. And, in general it seems you have to really work at it to get the proper pressure to cut off circulation.
They're heavier than SOF-T Wide and CAT TQs but like Prep Medic said, they're more comfortable on the person they're being applied to and they also work for small children or very skinny people where CAT or SOF-Ts might not work. I think they're better for applying to other people, not on the individual themselves.
Agreed- you can do a swat T pretty easy on your leg or other people’s legs/arms but you will struggle to get it around your own bicep. I carry both but like the NAR CAT the most for its rapid self application.
Have you ever found counterfeit SWAT-T on Amazon or elsewhere? There have been many reports of counterfeit CAT tourniquets. I have not heard of SWAT-T fakes yet. Thanks for the informative videos.
Looking back two years later and most of the items are priced about the same as they were then. Who’s have guessed that it would be the roller gauze that now costs more than the entire kit did when the video was made?
I'm just an ordianry person looking for a basic kit to carry around in my car. Heck man, I'm not going to punch gauze deep down inside of a gunshot wound or insert a nasopharyngeal airway down someone's nostril, that's not going to happen. Mouth to mouth resuscitation ? No way.
