{"id":6735,"date":"2011-01-06T20:44:47","date_gmt":"2011-01-07T04:44:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/31.11"},"modified":"2011-01-06T20:44:47","modified_gmt":"2011-01-07T04:44:47","slug":"basic-first-aid-kit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rlsh.net\/archive\/2011\/01\/06\/basic-first-aid-kit\/","title":{"rendered":"Basic First Aid Kit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Before I begin, I will leave you with this word of caution: <strong><em>IF YOU COME UPON AN EMERGENCY FIRST CALL 911, OR HAVE SOMEONE ELSE DO IT!<\/em> <\/strong> Then render aid only as your level of medical knowledge permits.\u00a0 If a person is conscious and alert, you must ask permission before treating them, even if it&#8217;s just putting a band aid on.. you may not render aid if they refuse for any reason.<br \/>\nWhen you&#8217;re out on a patrol, or an Outreach, you should always carry a first aid kit with you as part of your standard equipment load out.<br \/>\nThe typical First Aid Kit contains things like (and I&#8217;m using a general purpose military first aid kit as an example):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>x2 2\u201d x 6 yds. Bandage Gauze<\/li>\n<li>x1 6\u201d Elastic Bandage<\/li>\n<li>x2 3\u201d x 4\u201d Sterile Sponges<\/li>\n<li>x16 3\u201d Bandage Strips<\/li>\n<li>x1 Ice Pack<\/li>\n<li>x1 Tweezers<\/li>\n<li>x1 Scissor<\/li>\n<li>x1 Pill Bottle<\/li>\n<li>x1 Eye Pad<\/li>\n<li>x1 Hand Soap<\/li>\n<li>x4 Pain Relievers (I carry both Ibuprofen and Acetaminophen)<\/li>\n<li>x1 Magnifying Lens<\/li>\n<li>x1 First Aid Instructions<\/li>\n<li>x6 Safety Pins<\/li>\n<li>x1 Pair Examination Gloves<\/li>\n<li>x4 Aspirin<\/li>\n<li>x1 First Aid Cream<\/li>\n<li>x1 Triple Antibiotic<\/li>\n<li>x1\u00bd\u201d Tape<\/li>\n<li>x3 Alcohol Wipes<\/li>\n<li>x3 Iodine Wipes<\/li>\n<li>x3 Antiseptic Wipes<\/li>\n<li>x3 Clean Wipes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This is a pretty standard set-up that you will find in most $10 store bought kits.\u00a0 I suggest buying additional items for refilling the kit, or adding extras for items you may need more of.\u00a0 I also suggest a First Aid pamphlet, or handbook.\u00a0 But make sure you are familiar with the information <strong><em>before hand<\/em><\/strong>, so you don&#8217;t have to desperately look things up while someone is <strong><em>bleeding<\/em><\/strong>.<br \/>\nAs you can see, such a kit would quickly become depleted after a few uses. But many of the most commonly used items can be bought at a $ dollar store, so making a kit from scratch, and having more uses than a standard kit, is relatively cheaper and easier.<br \/>\nI strongly suggest a couple pair of blue nitrile gloves.\u00a0 Never treat a wound without a barrier between you and bodily fluids. (At the time of this writing, KnightOwl is working on an article about applying medical attention in the field.)<br \/>\nOf course, keep the kit <strong><em>water proof<\/em><\/strong>.?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Before I begin, I will leave you with this word of caution: IF YOU COME UPON AN EMERGENCY FIRST CALL 911, OR HAVE SOMEONE ELSE DO IT! Then render aid only as your level of medical knowledge permits.\u00a0 If a person is conscious and alert, you must ask permission before treating them, even if it&#8217;s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[56,26],"tags":[413,838,932,933,1198,1247,1639,2238,2393],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rlsh.net\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6735"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rlsh.net\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rlsh.net\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rlsh.net\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rlsh.net\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6735"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rlsh.net\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6735\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rlsh.net\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6735"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rlsh.net\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6735"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rlsh.net\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}