hunting/camping first aid kit

rsco said:
As a lifeguard you would know not to treat beyond your scope of training. As such, if you think you will need it, get more training!

Cell access and <1h to critical care negate a whole bunch of the necessity of a big kit (ie. what you have it likely enough)

Wilderness presents a lot of challenges and potentially a situation of prolonged care if your find yourself without access/communication.
If you realistic about your needs and your abilities, you can likely create a kit for yourself as you discussed. No one can ever have enough kit for every eventuality.
However access to communications for evac (cell/radio/sat/iridium etc- which are rentable if you are really out in the wild!) is crucial. Distance and time to primary care will dictate a lot of what you need to prep.
Minor stuff- a boo-boo kit is very helpful. A full blown trauma kit? unlikely to be carried and its of limited use if its an hour a way at camp.

I cannot say I agree with the advice above on TQ's, but the protocol should be direct digital pressure, bandage, bandage, TQ.

In remote situations your enemies are the "Trauma triad of death".. in short, you aren't likely to die directly of a broken leg, but hypovolemia and shock, can cascade into a high mortality outcome.

In short- things that will kill you, you will need access to additional care/resources so have a plan and communication. If you qualified/able to provide the critical interventions to stop deadly bleeds, stabilize fractures, deal with penetrating chest wounds etc, you increase survivability.
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Comms is critical. We carry UV5R radios and have the police (Ontario Provincial Police) radio room and Coast Guard Search and Rescue freq's programmed.
 
stampede said:
''As a lifeguard you would know not to treat beyond your scope of training''

Of course this policy would not apply to a remote location survival situation.
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I am not going to get into a real debate about that- bottom line is people shouldn't get their life saving skills exclusively from ideas they read from guys on the internet, and if they do, they can do a lot more harm than good (regardless of how dire the situation is).
Regardless,
As for the OP's kit-
North American rescue, CTOMS, 20Dollarbandit, DS tactical, and lots more all offer lots of pouch and carriage options. Make something that fits your needs dependent upon activity and style of travel (car vs pack vs no pack vs EDC).
Best of luck, and good on you for planning ahead!
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Lots of great info. Thanks guys.

I am in the process of setting up several kits. One for each of our vehicles, one for car camping, and one for canoe camping and hunting.

Will post when stuff starts moving forward beyond plans.
 
Emgz said:
I have always built my own. I'd add iodine (it can also be used for water purification in a pinch) and Imodium.
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Lots of solid advice in here already so I'll just chime in about Imodium, Pepto etc...

I was recently in Thailand and picked up a bug that left me sitting in the heads on ship wishing I was dead. I was in a state that had I not been on a ship with lots of water/food around me would have left me dehydrated, and in the wilderness dead. I was so sick I couldn't manage to do anything without crapping, but Imodium stopped things up enough that I could manage to move around a bit, and if in the woods would have helped get back to civilization.

I had never really believed diarrhea could incapacitate you like that until it happened to me and a few of the other guys on board.
 
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