medical box

[fish doctor]

I have read some good responses here and let me start by saying there is no need to carry allot of high speed stuff if you do not know how to use it. I am not dogging anybody out here but using lidocaine and heavy duty pain killers without knowing contraindications is inherently dangerous. There are different kinds of lidocaine and you need be be very careful when injecting hands and fingers You Can Cause Damage if you inject the wrong site. Also pain killers have adverse actions as well and vary depending on patient history.

The ABC's are the most important things to consider, everything else is secondary. Airway, Breathing, Circulation

Having been a Special Forces Medic for the past 23 years, all you need out there are some basic items.

Band-Aids different sizes

Alcohol swabs

Ace Wraps 2,3 & 4 inch

Sam Splints

Tampons make great blood stoppers, they work every month on other creatures to stop bleeding

Duck Tape fixes most things

1 inch medical tape

Scalpel

Good pair of scissors

Bandages (2x2. 4x4, hemostatic dressings

Burn Dressings

QuickClot

Casualty Blanket

Stethoscope

Pen Light

Gloves

Cervical Collar

Tourniquet

Plastic Wrapper of some type for occlusive dressing

Flexible rubber tubing

Bandanas they make great slings and pressure bandages

Skin Glue

Hemostats

Benadryl

Tylenol

Motrin

Bee Sting Kit

Ammonia or bite stick, for those jelly fish stings

Bolt Cutters/Heavy Duty wire cutters

First Aid handbook or handouts

Now here is an item to consider is carrying and AED they vary in price and functions and are fairly easy to operate, but get some training before using them, they can make a difference between life and death if you have a cardiac situation
Other items are for advanced use and should be used only if trained, such as IV's, suture materials, lidocaine, Airways etc etc

Well there is my 2 cents, if you want a really good first aid handbook pick up a Special Forces Medical Handbook it has allot of good information.

Tight Lines Everyone and Be Safe Out There!!!!!

[HOLWACHAGOT]

I have read some good responses here and let me start by saying there is no need to carry allot of high speed stuff if you do not know how to use it. I am not dogging anybody out here but using lidocaine and heavy duty pain killers without knowing contraindications is inherently dangerous. There are different kinds of lidocaine and you need be be very careful when injecting hands and fingers You Can Cause Damage if you inject the wrong site. Also pain killers have adverse actions as well and vary depending on patient history.

The ABC's are the most important things to consider, everything else is secondary. Airway, Breathing, Circulation

Having been a Special Forces Medic for the past 23 years, all you need out there are some basic items.

Band-Aids different sizes

Alcohol swabs

Ace Wraps 2,3 & 4 inch

Sam Splints

Tampons make great blood stoppers, they work every month on other creatures to stop bleeding

Duck Tape fixes most things

1 inch medical tape

Scalpel

Good pair of scissors

Bandages (2x2. 4x4, hemostatic dressings

Burn Dressings

QuickClot

Casualty Blanket

Stethoscope

Pen Light

Gloves

Cervical Collar

Tourniquet

Plastic Wrapper of some type for occlusive dressing

Flexible rubber tubing

Bandanas they make great slings and pressure bandages

Skin Glue

Hemostats

Benadryl

Tylenol

Motrin

Bee Sting Kit

Ammonia or bite stick, for those jelly fish stings

Bolt Cutters/Heavy Duty wire cutters

First Aid handbook or handouts

Now here is an item to consider is carrying and AED they vary in price and functions and are fairly easy to operate, but get some training before using them, they can make a difference between life and death if you have a cardiac situation
Other items are for advanced use and should be used only if trained, such as IV's, suture materials, lidocaine, Airways etc etc

Well there is my 2 cents, if you want a really good first aid handbook pick up a Special Forces Medical Handbook it has allot of good information.

Tight Lines Everyone and Be Safe Out There!!!!!

Thanks for your service first of all...and thanks for this five star post. Made the whole thread well worth the read. Cool thread.
Holwachagot

[wickeditch]

hey fish doc thanks you so much for the input here,myself i have had alot of training and do carry a little more of the advanced stuff, iam all the time going over items with the doc that lives down the road from me, hes damn near as bad as my kids when he thinks i hooking up the boat,i think now why he stops by so much to talk is keeping check on me and the boat and hes all the time giving me small tests for my knowledge and corrects me.

we always talk alot of bs on here but this topic is one we all have in common and be able to do the best of a bad situration at any giving time and i think we all get a little lax on this issue looking to get that big one and ive do it my self. SO TELL ME GUYS HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE WENT BACK AN LOOKED AT YOU BOX TO UP DATE IT AND BE HONEST????????

keep it safe folks and smear the fish blood,good luck shane


fish doc, i salute you sir

[fish doctor]

hey fish doc thanks you so much for the input here,myself i have had alot of training and do carry a little more of the advanced stuff, iam all the time going over items with the doc that lives down the road from me, hes damn near as bad as my kids when he thinks i hooking up the boat,i think now why he stops by so much to talk is keeping check on me and the boat and hes all the time giving me small tests for my knowledge and corrects me.

we always talk alot of bs on here but this topic is one we all have in common and be able to do the best of a bad situration at any giving time and i think we all get a little lax on this issue looking to get that big one and ive do it my self. SO TELL ME GUYS HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE WENT BACK AN LOOKED AT YOU BOX TO UP DATE IT AND BE HONEST????????

keep it safe folks and smear the fish blood,good luck shane


fish doc, i salute you sir

This is a very good thread, we always check our rods, reels, bait, stretch our leaders, sharpen our hooks, color our planers and hooks black, but how often do we check our safety equipment

Hmmm, lets stop and think about it when the shit hits the fan out there cool heads always prevail, but if your equipmet is foul your screwed. I encourage everyone to take a little time and check all of your safety gear, vests, extinguishers, spare parts, tools, lights, and open the first aid kit and check the items and BTW some items do expire so check expiration dates.

You know twice a year when we change our clocks we check our smoke detectors, set a day once a month or or once a quarter and check your safety equipment

Nice day here in MHC going to wet some hooks

[Dirty Blond]

wicked

your list sounds pretty good but I would add a few things. The most important is an EMT ands since I am certified EMT I will volunteer all my time to fish on your boat just incase an emergency arises.

On a serious note alot of boat up north are putting AED's onboard doing CPR doesnt come close without an AED. How many times have you heard of people having heart attacks offshore and not making it. They are expensive but well worth it. A few things I carry are listed below.

Sterile water (burns, cuts, hyrdration etc.)
medical scissors
heavy duty cutters for hooks
perozide
soap
4x4 bandages
5X9 bandages
Trauma dressing (big cuts)
Ace bandages (splints, strains)
Burn dressing
Ice packs
Cling (wrapping bandages)
Medical Tape
Butterfly stitches
Mylar disposable blanket
benadryl
Asprin
Sea sickness meds
CPR mask
medical gloves (infection control)
Meds depending on laws
O2 if possible
Bag Valve mask for CPR (keeps you from doing mouth to mouth)
Clean towels

Lots of beer to kill the pain.

[Streamweaver]

For those of you not familiar with Quickclot, this would be perfect for uncontrolled bleeding were time is going to be a major factor. The original version could cause chemical burns with contact from water but the latest version is a lot safer to use.

[Capt. kapoc]

The issue i found with quickclot and boats (small boat unit) and running is it will find it's way into the one guys eyes without eye pro other than that i wish i had the original training vids on it that stuff is strait sexy the way it works .

[ncnarc809]

Qwickclot now comes in small bags pre packaged kinda like tea bags to keep it from blowing and to keep it together inside the wound. I think they come two to the package. There are also some new dressings on the market that are impregnated with some new clotting agent that does not cause the burning that quickclot does but it is derived from shellfish (shrimp hulls) so there is the possibility of an allergic reaction there...

Did you see the original pig video they filmed during the testing severed the critters femoral stopped it in like 15 seconds cool chit

[Capt. kapoc]

Qwickclot now comes in small bags pre packaged kinda like tea bags to keep it from blowing and to keep it together inside the wound. I think they come two to the package. There are also some new dressings on the market that are impregnated with some new clotting agent that does not cause the burning that quickclot does but it is derived from shellfish (shrimp hulls) so there is the possibility of an allergic reaction there...

Did you see the original pig video they filmed during the testing severed the critters femoral stopped it in like 15 seconds cool chit

I haven't gotten a hold of the bags yet but tI have used the bandage it is the heat!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


An yes i saw the pig vid it made me a beliver right then

[tabasco]

great thread. I carry too much but have sutured a nasty scalp lac at a bar in the islands and needed the stuff. Common things being common on the water i think the minimum would be super glue, bandages/tournaquets, aspirin, benadryl, and even more importantly take cpr/first aid class -- half the battle is being calm and controlling the situation to minimize further chit happening. In the bar situation i calmly ordered two drinks--bartender asked if they were for the guy bleeding, i said one for him one for me cause he's still on vacation but now i gotta work.