SAR/Disaster Response Kit Bag 

The duct tape in a bright color is a great idea!!

My SAR chest rig is limited on medical so that radio and land nav tools can be contained.

GraymanTactics I’m in FoCo also small world

Trevor Carrillo rescued one of the Hill brothers? That’s an accomplishment!!

That was actually one of our customers who got rescued (who became our friend), not one of the Hill Brothers.

That was actually one of our customers who got rescued (who became our friend), not one of the Hill Brothers.

I'm the dude they rescued. I didn't design the SAR bag, but did gift a couple to the great SAR techs that hiked all night to reach me. The bags were from the first run of red SAR kit bags that my friends at HPG designed.

I like to caution people about moras, I have had 3, don't get me wrong I love em for light use but its definitely not a survival knife. Go for something full tang, little sturdier, you get what you pay for with a good knife. And a survival knife is not the place to save some money.

@@hunterthompson5596 My Mora is full tang and baton's wood excellent. I don't know what you had but the Moras are top quality knives and they are made for survival. I'm guessing you had one of their $15 models if you have the opinion you do. Because they are quality.

@SirScarecrow Ok, had no idea they were that expensive in the US. In Germany they are around 90-100€ if I am not mistaken.

Lukas Giese lol every says epi pens you do you do know there $600 each right .

well said about not becoming a casualty yourself. and it looks like we had a few of the same ideas, lol.

Now that I've thought more about it, I would reverse your pouches. I would load up that back space, the one you're calling an admin pouch, with your medical supplies. Put a self contained NAR Bleeding control kit, and the rest a couple of individual space blankets, a Casualty blanket, some warming packets, etc. You could also put the self-contained boo-boo kit in there, with the OTC meds, band-aides, etc. Very unlikely you'll run into a massive bleed in a SAR scenario, but you'll more than likely run into someone with hypothermia/exposure after being outdoors at altitude for more than a day. The Bleeding control kit is something you can pull out and use, or pass to someone else to use; it's completely self contained (the way you have it now, you would have to hunt for each individual piece and pass it to them). I would then move your "admin" to your middle pouch, where you've already got SOME admin going (flashlight, shears, multitool, etc.). You could put your notebook/pen in there, a GPS, Compass, snacks, marking ribbon, etc. I would also add a good strobe light in there, to signal at night/low visibility. With the pouches/pockets, it make more sense for things that you'll be using more often (you could spend 15 hours walking to someone, just to treat them for 5 mins before putting them in a liter to get hauled up to a Helo). The outer pocket could carry more snacks, hand warmers, packets of electrolyte replacement, etc. Make sure, in/on your ruck/pack, you've got a good 20+oz bottle of water with an electrolyte pack attached, to give to your lost hiker. The two things you'll see more than anything in SAR, are dehydration and exposure (hence the water and blankets), with hunger coming in a distant 3rd. Sure they'll be hungry, but not DYING of starvation (dehydration and exposure can KILL in a matter of hours or days, it takes weeks to die of starvation). Be sure, once you get your kit pretty much figured out, to go hike Pikes Peak on the Barr trail. It pretty much will feel like what you'll run into.....an out-of-towner, that goes and hikes something they are not familiar with and are completely unprepared for. Take note of the weather in Manitou Springs, at the bottom of the trail, and then what it is at the top. It's 14 miles to the top, and you can catch the train to come back down. In 14 miles, you'll gain about 6,000FT of elevation (8,000 MSL to +14,000 MSL). If you REALLY want to have a laugh, volunteer medical service for the yearly Pikes Peak Marathon. They start in Manitou, run to the top and back down. The front runners do it in under 3 hours, but usually come in bloody and beat up from falling as they come down the mountain....and need to get patched up......good times. ON YOU (in your pockets), should be a Knife (good quality folder, not some $30 Walmart special), a lighter, a flashlight (doesn't have to be 1200 lume, but also shouldn't be a button light), a Bandana (multi-use item....preferably red/yellow/orange), a whistle (once you get into the woods, and start yelling at someone you SEE, but they still can't hear you, you'll understand the whistle and why it's important), a good watch on your wrist and a Suunto M9 wrist compass for the other wrist (I prefer a simple watch, not an I-watch or the like.....the compass on the wrist CAN be replaced by a Garmin 401 GPS, but remember, batteries DIE.....a compass is much simpler technology). I guess you COULD go with a Suunto Military Digital, but again, batteries DIE. Also, I would carry your own personal space blanket on you at all times (weighs almost nothing and takes up very little room) and may a couple of "water collection bags" with water purification tablets (again, almost no weight or space, but could save your life if you ever NEED them).

All of that is in our medical packs. This is just the stuff I want immediate access to.

He had an HnH flat fold which is is basically an Israeli folded differently and different brand. I do like the idea of a cravat or maybe a bandana or schmage

Looks like it’s from North American Rescue. www.narescue.com/luminous-med-id-patch-2-per-pack.html

The Prepared Norseman they’re very snug and infinitely adjustable, so no issue using bent over. I’ve got several of these HPG chest kits in varying sizes and keep them loaded down.

Chest seals can also be used as occlusive dressings for major neck bleeding

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Awesome, stay prepared man. You got training to go with that gear? If so, you’re better prepared than 99% of civilians.

@@JohnW-yv6yp *I'm a certified EMT.* *If I'm wearing pants I have an ankle trauma kit, complete with CAT tourniquet, trauma shears and backup flashlight on me.* *2 other flashlights in pocket, seatbelt cutter, 2 glass breakers, extra gloves in pocket, knife, pen etc ...*

Have a carry pistol amongst all that gear?

@@JohnW-yv6yp *Not legal where I'm at.*

@JoeDurobot Well that sucks. Where do you live Canada? Can’t be England since you can have a knife lol.

Devin Morgan first off you need to be safer in your life . You just posted you broke your femur lol

No. Mostly, because there are so many good ones on the market already, like the ones from First Spear. We don't see a great need to try to come up with one for the sake of coming up with one.

Sterile gloves are rarely used in EMS. Nothing is sterile when it comes to emergency medicine and sterile gloves are expensive and hard to keep. The gloves are simply to keep the patients fluids off of you and yours off of them.

@@PrepMedic Thank you very much for the reply. Keep it safe and continue with the good work.

No reason to have epi in the chest rig (or any more gloves) when it is all in the med kit we carry

It’s a private business that I choose to work at. They, as a private entity, have the right to make rules that I can A. agree to and follow, or B. Find somewhere else to work. As it stands I do not feel the need to carry a firearm at my EMS agency as I have enough tools and resources at my disposal to feel comfortable with the amount of risk I am put in while on the job. This is no different then a company having you sign a NDA or non-compete. Don’t get that twisted with violating the constitution.

Did you hear the part where I talked about the medical items and larger aid bags we carry on our back? Or the part when I said this was just the stuff I wanted easy access to?

Just another idiot that says something without actually watching the whole video. He probably carries tampons in his kit that he stole from his mom.

I don’t think his part time leo because he got a new job in Colorado so he had to leave the sheriffs office he was in but I might be wrong because I don’t know if he’s joined a new sheriffs office or police department yet. But regardless it probably depends on which agency is willing to compromise on policies

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