My medical prep fail last night.

[teddy12b]

Last night my daughter got a cut on her leg. It was more than a scratch and less than requires stitches, which is where the butterfly bandages come into play. I dumped a big tote of all kinds of medical stuff on my ping pong table last night covering half of it spread out and sure enough, I didn't have any and had to run to the store.

Several lessons here:
1.) Have butterfly bandages
2.) Have everything organized in such a way that when looking with urgency it's easy to find.
3.) I need to inventory all my medical and get it squared away.

Do any of you have something clever figured out on how to store your medical supplies?

I did a poor job on the butterfly bandages so I'll be looking up videos on how to do a better job next time.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

Whew! I thought this was going to involve a colonoscopy...

When you get to be "of a certain age" and hear "medical prep", your mind just goes there.

 

[flatlander]

Brightly colored little Cabela bag. I basically keep a big boo boo kit that's been upgraded with stop the bleed items. I just keep it simple.

 

[bgcatty]

I read the OP post and like others immediately thought colonoscopies! Ouch!

 

[Creedmoor]

Liquid Skin, plus if it burns you get to hear them scream.

 

[TheGrumpyGuy]

Back in my college days, early 80's, I took a a medical course that was some kind of precursor to becoming an EMT. One of the requirements was putting together an emergency medical kit. We used a simple 3-tier tackle box that allowed for storage of large items as well as being able to neatly organize smaller items. I carried mine for probably 20+ years after taking that course, not sure whatever eventually happened to it.

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[firecadet613]

Look for an IFAK. Individual First Aid Kit.

In order to get everything I needed, I ended up buying two different kits.

 

[Mij]

Back in my college days, early 80's, I took a a medical course that was some kind of precursor to becoming an EMT. One of the requirements was putting together an emergency medical kit. We used a simple 3-tier tackle box that allowed for storage of large items as well as being able to neatly organize smaller items. I carried mine for probably 20+ years after taking that course, not sure whatever eventually happened to it.

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Tackle Box trick. They come in a lot of sizes and everything is visible when open. Been using a 4 shelf Plano for about 30 years. YMMV.

Same for my gun cleaning kit.

 

[smokingman]

EMT box,but in a pinch a large tackle box would work well I would think.

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[kiddchaos]

I guess it would be good to run a practice drill every now and then. Thanks for the reminder! Hope all ok.

 

[Remington 90T]

Repack once a year to see what you have - Opened mine up and the rubber gloves where shot and the athletic tape was dried out.

 

[Sigblitz]

Bandages don't last either. I switched to duct tape.

 

[purdue98]

Last night my daughter got a cut on her leg. It was more than a scratch and less than requires stitches, which is where the butterfly bandages come into play. I dumped a big tote of all kinds of medical stuff on my ping pong table last night covering half of it spread out and sure enough, I didn't have any and had to run to the store.

Several lessons here:
1.) Have butterfly bandages
2.) Have everything organized in such a way that when looking with urgency it's easy to find.
3.) I need to inventory all my medical and get it squared away.

Do any of you have something clever figured out on how to store your medical supplies?

I did a poor job on the butterfly bandages so I'll be looking up videos on how to do a better job next time.

We keep several medical bags in the house and vehicles. I noticed that our large medic bag was stuffed full. Made finding something simple, a challenge (much like dumping out contents to just find an ace bandage). I ordered a multi stack tool box with wheels. Organized things. Simplified. We keep the FISHMOX antibiotics, prescription pain killers, etc locked in the OLD GLORY gun safe.

 

[indyk]

Repack once a year to see what you have - Opened mine up and the rubber gloves where shot and the athletic tape was dried out.

I bought a first response / truck / range, medical bag years ago and added many items to it, everything has it’s space and easy to find in a hurry. They are too darn expensive to build one like I wanted from scratch.
Last inspection reviled all the Alcohol packs have dried out yarrrrr!!!!!!
They were approx 3-4 years old to give yas an idea.

I have absolutely everything needed in this pack from life straw to solar blanket.


size comparison

 

[purdue98]

Great advise. Experienced the same with the alcohol wipes.

 

[DeadeyeChrista'sdad]

I was just wondering how you were still alive to post this!

 

[Shadow01]

Whew! I thought this was going to involve a colonoscopy...

When you get to be "of a certain age" and hear "medical prep", your mind just goes there.

Only for those that enjoy it…

Me not so much.

 

[Leo]

Do any of you have something clever figured out on how to store your medical supplies?

Tackle box.

Plano makes a tackle box system with 4 divided drawers. The drawers have a snap down lid and they can be bought separately. Lot's of different choices.

 

[jsharmon7]

I definitely stole the tackle box idea a couple days ago. $15 at Walmart and it’s ready to roll.

 

[FN USA]

Long ago the military trained me as a combat lifesaver, today I'm also EMT certified and keep a true med bag in my truck. Way more than what most people can realistically use. It has everything from bandaids to IV start kits and OTC meds.
I keep two other smaller kits for the other car as well as a small travel kit.