Brushbeater

Is there a specific niche you need filled but can't find a kit to do it?
I can have a custom kit put together for you. Email me for specifics.
Also, and suggestions for a kit that I should sell?

How about kits for small children? On that topic, what kind of tourniquets do you recommend for babies/toddlers who's arms are too small for a CAT?

I second Mike’s idea. It’s funny, I was just thinking about this Saturday night when I took the family out to dinner. We don’t eat-out much, tough with a 1 & 3 year-old, but sitting in a busy restaurant got me thinking “I need a DFAK” (diaper bag first aid kit).

That's a good question, I would like to know also. I keep a cat with me, but is a rat better for kids or is there a Fisher price (my first tourniquet) around somewhere?

Panama wrote: ↑Mon May 30, 2022 2:08 pm is there a Fisher price (my first tourniquet) around somewhere?

I now know what I'm calling the training CAT at the next EMR class...

BePrepared wrote: ↑Mon May 30, 2022 2:32 pm

Panama wrote: ↑Mon May 30, 2022 2:08 pm is there a Fisher price (my first tourniquet) around somewhere?

I now know what I'm calling the training CAT at the next EMR class...

Mike wrote: ↑Mon May 30, 2022 12:27 am How about kits for small children? On that topic, what kind of tourniquets do you recommend for babies/toddlers who's arms are too small for a CAT?

Cat's will work on limbs as small as 5 inches in circumference. A toilet paper roll is 5.5. If the limb is smaller than that you can use a pressure bandage wrapped as tightly as possible to create enough pressure to occlude the blood flow. Or just use direct pressure on the brachial artery.

bibitor wrote: ↑Mon May 30, 2022 11:12 am I second Mike’s idea. It’s funny, I was just thinking about this Saturday night when I took the family out to dinner. We don’t eat-out much, tough with a 1 & 3 year-old, but sitting in a busy restaurant got me thinking “I need a DFAK” (diaper bag first aid kit).

Diaper bags are great places to keep extra medical equipment. I kept an extra tourniquet, 3-4 packs of rolled compressed gauze, 3-4 triangle bandages, 2-3 ace wraps, and a roll of medical tape in ours.

What about using the OALES with the Quikclot? I get the addition of expiration dates, but I think it adds significant capability in a smaller package. I've switched over to them. And while they need some additional training, I think they're well worth the time and cost.

https://lifeforcemedic.com/product/olae ... c-bandage/

The OALES are great. My big biff with commercial pressure dressings and hemostatic impregnated gauze is that it is very cost-prohibitive. Neither will work with shitty skill. You still have to know the basics of wound packing. Ask me how I know.