Micro Trauma Kit Now (Basic/Advanced) Review 

Late to the Party on your post: I would very much agree on your perspective. but this is limited to a military viewpoint. I am former Canadian Army and now LEO. So serving in Afghanistan I completely agree with what you are saying. But working as LEO in rural settings and especially in Canada often most general duty officers are alone or with a partner and i am sure that's the same with remote areas of the US. I carry an IFAK but only what i have been trained on to use because this is for me and primarily for self rescue. I don't expect others in my service to be trained to the same level and besides TQ many are not trained on chest seals or hemostatic gauze. So this is where only carry the basics and what's needed for me in the worst case scenario or on a fellow officer only after the threat is contained. But I do agree in the ERT teams with designated and trained medic then yes carry what's necessary. if in a private security team again i totally agree with you. but as a lone officer or individual only have what you have been trained on. especially if you go outside your training a individual could always cause more arm then good.

I agree. When you can get a NAR ifak for half the cost (if that), you're really paying a premium JUST for some very specific features that can be worked around or aren't that useful depending on who you are. That said, if you're looking for exactly what this pouch does, it's kinda hard to find a close alternative. If you're handy enough with fabrics and have the tools, you could probably make your own for much cheaper.

@@Dero_milsurp Unfortunately not, the advanced kit is $199. Items priced out at North American Rescue's website: NPA- $6 Decompression needle: $10 Hyfin chest seal: $12 Combat gauze: $43 Trauma bandage: $4-5 Gloves and tape: like $5, tops Total: $81 The bag is $70 New total: $151 So you're paying almost another$50 for them to put it together for you, and the advanced kit doesn't even include a tourniquet. Use that $50 to buy 2 CAT tourniquets

@@Dero_milsurp North American Rescue is also a company, so those prices also include a profit margin. If you're willing to pay someone $50 to put a handful of items together for you so be it, but that sounds like you're also the kind of person to never unpack your kit to train with it (as you would have to then repack it yourself).

@@Dero_milsurp So you're willing to p ay an extra 30% to have a few items put in a pouch, but you'll be taking them out right away to train? Forgive me for being speculative. And I'm not "throwing jabs," it was reasonable to expect. If you want to throw around creds I was an AD medic/EMS for 6 years prior to commissioning, so I know my stuff too.

Frostbitten You're misunderstanding what I was saying. First of all, I never said you don't train, but look at it from my perspective: if you're going to pay someone $50 to put a few items in a bag, what are the odds that you would take them out to train after which you would have to put them back in yourself? And if it isn't a big deal to put them in the bag, why pay someone in the first place? And yeah dude, it's your money, obviously you can do whatever you want with it; this whole thread is about the value of a kit, not whether someone can use their money one way or another. You make a good point about not using your actual items to train with, but most people don't take the money to buy training items; if you do good on ya

Same here i wear it vertical on my duty belt as well. Ive seen many other dudes run it that way to.

Plastic and tape doesn't stick as well and takes longer to apply. I would just spend the money honestly.

It's very hard to overprepare on medical. It's great to have the training to use everything but even if you can't, it's good to have it for exactly the reason you state.

@@Dero_milsurp so good to read that!

I disagree. All you are doing is taking up space, spending more money, adding clutter and increasing weight for the off chance that an ALS provider stops at a scene, doesn't have their own equipment and is comfortable using someone else's stuff. Carry what you can use safely.

I believe they used to but not any more. Could be wrong about that though.

Yes

I am not in the medical field, but I believe you have to get medically licensed in the US to perform a NCD on someone else. US is is very touchy about performing medical aid on someone.

@@-R.E.D.A.C.T.E.D- thanks for answering! Yes, apparently studying to be an EMT is usually not recognized in other states within the US, let alone if you studied abroad, that's really unfortunate

Welcome to Capitalism, nothing is stopping you from making your own and that's what we call welcome to America. Think you can do something better then do it don't complain you're free to do it. Personally I love their gear and have used it now of course once things get used I'm repacking and saving a boatload of money.

No its not. Just because you pay $25 for a tk dosent mean it costs that much. Same with the needle decomp.the 2 most expensive items can be bought retail for $30.

Youre right, just pointing out the absurdity of the kit to educate laymen. You like their stuff, great. You want to be ovee charged and pay for a "label", thats fine too. I can and have made better kits for half that price.

No, theyre not. Thats just what you pay for them. Hyfin chest seals are 3 for $15 retail, needle decomp is $15, combat gauze is $5, NPA is $1...the pouch is $70 on their site. Seriously man, you are getting robbed.

Ok...if you say so.

Get what you pay for

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