Church of Jeff
I gave away my trauma kit today to a guy I see on the bus all the time. He saw my kit and started a conversation. I was encouraging him to buy a kit for himself, but here's the kicker...
He is a medical professional and barely makes ends meet as a nurse. (He takes the bus with me, after all.)
If someone should be carrying a kit, it should be them.
Maybe what I need to be doing is not just encouraging people to make and carry their own kit, but to make give away kits to nurses to carry in public
Church of Jeff
@arisummerland -- https://mastodon.world/@jeffowski/112615795425696142
I just bought this list for $68 USD off Amazon. Next is a new bag to carry it all in.
Ari Auntiefa 🏳️🌈🌞♾️
@jeffowski I would be interested to know what you carry in yours. I need to replenish mine. I used to carry different things in it than I need to now, though. For example, my ex owned a handgun, so I had the right kind of chest plaster for both entry and exit wounds. Those might not be top of my list now, because random knife wounds seem to happen more often than bullet holes.
Church of Jeff
@arisummerland - that’s for an individual kit. The first reply is my extended list on what to double up on.
Depending on the size of your group, I wouldn’t make a larger kit but make multiple smaller ones, and never underestimate the power of duct/duck tape. I’d throw that into each kit too.
Remember that my list is specific to one type of event. More compression/israeli style bandages, splints, and airway support would be added for car accidents and trauma like that.
Ari Auntiefa 🏳️🌈🌞♾️
@jeffowski Appreciated! I'll check our kit at our congregation when we have first aid/CPR training later this month and make recommendations there too.
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