Thread: Overnight Hunting Kit - Basic list

Originally Posted by Zedrex

Looks like a good set up and I particularly like how you've got your waist pack set up separately (from your main pack) with the essentials. The only thing imo would be to add to your first aid kit the following:
A good tourniquet, a thoracic cavity wound seal and some wound packing material (along with doing a hunt/gun orientated first aid course because gear without the knowledge is useless), these things will keep you alive far longer whilst you're waiting for response to your plb....oh and some imodium and some powdered electrolyte, cos if you get the shits out there, you're gonna need to be right on your hydration game.

Unless you’re trained in how to apply a thoracic cavity wound seal, vented or non-vented, and know how to manage developing pneumothorax you’re deluding yourself about the usefulness of carrying such things. Tourniquets are similar, not much use if you don’t know how to apply correctly under duress. Try applying one to yourself one handed with your offhand for example, see how that goes. For that matter try doing that with an ‘Israeli bandage’. You can carry the flash as gear but basic dressings, bandages, tape etc still do the job plus training and practice. I’m reasonably experienced in dealing with medical trauma and tend to keep it simple what I carry hunting. Just my 2c.