Soapbox Alert.
Can we be real for a minute? Most shooters don’t have much of anything along the lines of a first aid supplies. And those that do, how many of them have it at home? If your emergency plan consists of, “I’ll call 9-1-1” maybe you should continue reading?
I’m going to keep this simple…and real. If you are a shooter, please consider keeping some first aid supplies handy. You may be the most responsible shooter on the planet, but maybe some guy at the range with you isn’t. Or…again keeping it real, accidents happen. That is why they’re called accidents: ricochets, ka-booms, spall, splash, tripping, falling, bee stings, snake bites and cut fingers are all very common. I’m not saying you need to drive around with the equivalent of a Level 1 trauma center in your vehicle. But maybe a few bandages, some blood clotting product and Benadryl can go A LONG way in saving the day?
- Typical First Aid Dressing
Now for my major gripe: On the other extreme, when you see medical dorks arguing over tourniquet technology and trying to beat each other over the head with the “I am smarter than you gotcha game”, tell them to STFU. Especially if they are around us “average folk”. Because invariably what they do is make everything so complicated and hard, the average shooter ends up mentally checking out. Or throwing up his hands in disgust and not even attempting a basic first aid kit. The same basic medical kit which will stabilize 95% of likely injuries. In short, the Medical Dorks end up de-railing the very thing they claim to advocate.
So for the rest of us here is some advice, just start small with your medical supplies. Get a blood clotting bandage and build from there. If you want to. You don’t HAVE to spend any real money. You don’t HAVE to take any classes. You don’t have to be a certified SWAT Doc or Navy Corpsman. Blood clot, bandage, and Benadryl will carry you through.
- Combat Gauze — Goes a Long Way
If you wish to take a medical / first aid training or drop big dollars on a trauma kit from your local super-awesome SWAT- Doc, that’s great too. He’s the leading expert on all things tactical-med. If you doubt that, all you need to do is ask him.
Marky
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