Everyone forgets a head lamp or small light

I second “Scott T” on including a headlamp for hands free lighting. Also, as to tourniquets, a secondary being a SWAT-T is often overlooked. For infants, toddlers, and animals, a CAT is ineffective. Difficult to self-administer but toward smaller appendages, it can be critical gear! They also serve as compression bandages and countless other functions. Light, compact, multifunctional, and sometimes critical to have on board.

Can you make a video on a kit for backpacking/ hiking and camping?

Looks like a solid kit!

I really wish I learned this sooner, like at school or something. I will be forever incredibly grateful to you for the free content you're providing us.

Could you make a video documenting a kit for school? I saw skinny medics but my school is very strict and I don’t think the would allow it. I’m 12 years old and plan to take a career in EMS and your videos are very helpful. Great video as always.

NAR needs to hook your up with a sponsorship deal lol

*I don't keep saline solution in my kit, I found out that having regular mineral water is more versatile.* *You can flush wounds just the same but you can also drink it, use it to take meds or sugar in case of low blood sugar.* *I keep plastic cups and sugar cubes with it. *I keep a one liter bottle sealed in my car med bag.*

Building a car kit and an IFAK now, all your videos, including this are super helpful. Thank you ! 👍

I love this channel man! Thanks for the awesome videos. Keep up the great work🤙🏽

I am still to young to be a emergency responder and i dont even know if i do want to be one but your videos are entertaining and informative to watch, keep up the good work!

Those burn dressings are really awesome. My wife restores classic cars and one time she burnt her self on an hit exhaust. The burn dressing gave immediately pain relief and prevented blistering and a scar. I carry it in every first aid kit. I use the brand burn shield.

I just finished up my car kit and I start my emt Basic course this month at the local tech. Love the channel man. Keep it up.

This is awesome, thanks so much sam. I've been needing this for a while.

Love the content as its very helpful. Keep up the good work and stay safe.

Very important! Believe it or not, I was picking up the components of my vehicles medical bag and ON THE WAY to the post office to pick the items up, an accident happened right in front of me. Thanks for everything!

Could you go over how to deal with electrical burns?

*Great stuff as usual! I think you didn't mention BSI and the importance of having several pairs of gloves in the kit.* *I keep gloves in every pockets of my med bag to have access to a pair no matter what pocket I acccess first.* *It's great to throw a pair to a bystander to get help, direct them to hold pressure or just hold the victim's hand untill EMS show **up.So** you can't have too many gloves.* *You should also consider the ResQme, it has a window punch and a seat belt cutter ... is only $10 and can fit on your car keys.* *It works well to cut clothing too, faster than with shears.*

A cheap tackle box works amazingly. I carry a athletic tape, love it’s rigidity. I also have packs of petroleum jelly I use that more than antibiotic ointments.

Great tip with the survival wrap. Too many people put foil onto hypovolemic people hoping they will heat up

I carry many of those as well as 4x4 gauze which is handy for many situations, I also carry fingertip and knuckle bandages as well as many other size bandages, I tend to run into more nonemergency situations like small cuts than major accidents.

Great content as always!

Another great vid. $10 walmart duffel bag and about $15 worth of plano trays worked for me.

Great video as always.

Great video! Though not having a proper first aid pouch isn't essential, it is really handy if you need to send someone to your vehicle to collect it whilst you stay with a patient. Or if you crash your car and are immobilised, if someone comes to help you, they can look around your vehicle and easily notice what it is.

Fantastic video. Edit: please add on some basic things to expect in an ACLS course alongside the EKGs!

Congratulations on 40k! 👍

This channel is everything SkinnyMedic should be. Good work man!

Great video ! Thx a lot ! Take care .

Looking forward to seeing your new videos.

been waiting for this one

Great video, keep up the good work! :D

Reflective vest should be #1 if we’re worried about injury accidents. Safety glasses & a low low lumen flashlight are also vital.

This is so useful. Thank you.

When it comes to spine immobilisation, I would simply use my hands. Otherwise, you would still need a size for adults and one for children and to be safe several of each of them and you end up with a full trunk. In my country, which happens to be Germany, every car must have a standardized first aid kit and the driver needs to take an eight hours first aid class and spine immobilisation isn't a big issue there. Untrained collar application will probably do more bad than good. Thanks for the good video! Need to get my hands on one of these eye shields some time, I guess. Oh and I use a SOF-T and a SWAT-T as a backup to enhance pressure bandaging or for children. Works well for me.

As a tool I recommend the Victorinox RescueTool

Thanks for creating this channel, I love it. What you recommend for a super small, essentials only kit? I do a lot of mountain biking and I don't have much storage, I currently take just 2 trauma dressings and 2 15g pouches of Celox. I kinda think that bad bleeding will be what I need to deal with on the trail - plenty of sticks in the forest for splints and any head injury will be outside my ability to deal with.

two things i would add to this basic kit is a Sharpie and a cheap watch like the Casio MRW200H-3BV ($19) or Casio W-800H-1AVCF ($12) for the young whippersnappers who can't read an analog clock these days.

Inspirational

Feliz y prospero 2019!!

Good information thanks.

Great video, I’m setting up a truck kit now. Whit

I'm a big fan of keeping Naloxone in my car. It's free in my country and it's come in handy.

I got a folder in a BattlBox that includes both a seatbelt cutter and window punch. I keep it in the driver side visor.

Can you maybe show what you carry. The advanced kit.

Either Condor or Voodoo tactical (some airsoft brand) makes a bright red version of the old military trifold aid bag for about $20.

@prepmedic, I’ve watched a few of your videos and I have a video idea for you. How to build a first aid kit for use on boats. Let’s face it emergencies can just as easily happen when people are out on a lake. If the lake is big enough (such as one of the Great Lakes and you are far enough from shore by the time EMS could reach you things could go downhill.

As always, great videos! Thank you. What about using a well-positioned and carefully folded/rolled triangular bandage or bandana as a tourniquet? Does it have to be one of the fancy (but very effective) styles you have?

North American Rescue sling looks good i like it

Not bad, especially the bag statement. Unless you're "affiliated," just use the bag that suits your load and your car.

Make sure you get the training to know your gear. Great bid.

I'll make a car medkit and put everything in an ammo can...cheap, keeps things well protected, and easily accessible to everything inside with that top lid open. :)

My car kit looks very similar. I also have a small Petz e+lite headlamp and a finger pulse sensor

Neat!

Sam, you really are the best medical channel on DoofTube, and I'm glad to see the channel growing. As my list of subscribed channels dwindles you have moved into my core/"must watch" list, and one of four that I promote or recommend to others. We had briefly discussed requests in the past, and as you release more videos I realize more and more how woefully outdated what training I received in the past has become. Could you maybe do a video about how civilians can receive good medical preparedness training? maybe some recommendations on who to go to? Possibly a playlist of "essential" skills, followed by more advanced skills, then what everyone will need to survive Communist Space Zombie Invasion? Or at least another Democrat in the white house?

Are there any bags that you personally recommend to carry all of this?

As others have mentioned, I'd add a light source and at least a couple of litres of water and a sugary snack or two

what is the song in the intro please? PS: Awesome video!!

When should you replace an unused tourniquet? What would you say is the shelf life before you consider replacing them.

@6:31 if you're in the UK, and the patient you're putting in your Car was in a car crash (or complaining of back/neck/head pain), then expect the Fire service to turn up and remove the roof of your lovely car to get them back out. So bare that in mind, some newbie police offers have fallen foul of that and the Fire service turned up and removed the roof of the cop car.

You forgot the patient refusal forms but ok

Can you a video on paramedic jobs outside of the ambulance

Can you post some affiliate links so we can buy some of these items and support your channel?

Needles for splinters in my kit to work in tandem with tweezers.

can you do tactical gear first aid kit

Is there a concern for medications and the heat of a car? Will that alter their effectiveness/safety?

Paramedic shears, gloves, pen light (or headlight).

I also carry scissors, tweezers and a flashlight.

Do you have a link to get some of the items

Great video, Sam! E-mail inbound to your location. Stay Safe!

Where can I get those exact same saline bottles?

Update: Passed my exam! Certified NREMT-P.

Instead of trauma dressing could you use cling and gauze?

S: Reflective vest

Hemostatic agents in EVERY kit except boo boo kits. Trauma dressings and trauma gauze often have it today. (2019/2020)

Alternatively u can use outdoor angler scissors as opposed to EMT sheers, along with window breaker it's cheap u can get from walmart as opposed to that expensive tactical emt shears. You can make occlusive dressings cheap off of sandwhich bags as opposed to buying hyfin or asherman seals to save money. U can get carvats cheaper off of Amazon the brand dynarex by the bulk same shit but cheaper then north American rescue I use that stuff at the provider I work for. I'd put something for heart attacks or narcan. Them fishing organizers from Walmart does the same shit as them fancy EMT bags

Are we allowed to use John ambulance stuff

Are high car temps around 120 or low temps around -15 a problem for medical gear and medicine?

I never understand why there would be a seat belt cutter on a pair of scissors that are built to cut through pretty much any material?

When will your video be out on the ACLS recert ? That is a create idea for a video, no one does that.

With the Cat comes a marker pen

I spent over $1,000 on a bug out bag for my car and someone broke in and stole it.

In Europe, we use orange tourniquets

Excellent information, building my kit as I'm watching this

Just a thought...maybe you should put on a pair of leather gloves before using the window punch. Do not want to slice up your hands.

What s the name of the forst item

Where can I get the folding medical sheers

Hello Again Prep Medic, i want you to make a kit that have trauma and boo boo kit all in one!

I noticed there is no PPE included in this video. Examination gloves at least. I would also include some sort of anti diarrheal medication.

In the neccesitys you forgot anti venom for every type of native or present species and needles also if you have diabetes or something carry insullin or the medicine you need but i still need to stock up on some more stuff

You forgot pixie sticks for diabetics

Wish there was a medium, not thumbs up, not thumbs down

Rather than having to build a kit form scratch , could you provide links for approved providers that supply EDC medical kits for the average consumer.

Anyone packing a C collar, without training I don't want helping me. They're too excited too be useful, will cause more injury to the injured.

Lets talk about non-emergency transfers. Transfers, Transfers, Transfers, Transfers, Transfers, Transfers, Transfers. Transfers

Dunno if it's just American or cause you have a para qualification. But here in the UK we're not allowed to apply tourniquets unless a trained healthcare professional (Paramedic, Nurse, Doctor), is this different for you in America? I'm St John Ambulance and even we can't do it on duty.

Peta said you can't say "Kill 2 birds with 1 stone." LOL but who cares, it's peta

I always carry glucose, came across a few hypoglycaemic people

question: how come your video starts with goons with guns when you are talking about first aid??

Hi