Know Your Medical Supplies (Opening Medical Items)

[@henrymorgan3982]

Never had to administer or open such things, but very useful information for those in the dark. Never realized they are so pricey. Thank you!

[@mndough1]

This is critical information. Thank you for making this accessible to us. Many of us have these supplies and have never seen their function or application because it is too pricey to experiment. This video provided hundreds of dollars worth of education. Thank you, Thank you. Thank you.

[@youtubegaveawaymychannelname]

This video is gold for people who aren't dealing with these products on a daily basis but need to be prepared for what they look like and how they function when you need them. Great job!

[@HAMMERHEAD-g3h]

Even on the ambulance, we use cheaper medical supplies like rolls of kerlix and ace bandages. We don't really use any of this fancy stuff. It would cost too much to replace.

[@cagneybillingsley2165]

he's so high in conscientiousness he even had a disclaimer that he's not wasting anything. meanwhile streamers going around damaging grocery store items. the difference is european genetics

[@Joseph-mj8ri]

Timestamps for the products opened in this video. If you paste this in the description KZbin will add chapters automatically. 0:00 Intro & Explanation 2:37 QuikClot Combat Gauze 4:00 Celox Rapid Ribbon 5:24 NAR S-rolled Gauze 6:59 NAR Compressed Gauze 7:49 H&H TACgauze 8:52 H&H Compressed Gauze 9:22 NAR Emergency Trauma Dressing 10:35 H&H Cinch Tight Bandage 11:51 H&H Mini Compression Bandage 12:36 Battle Bandage 13:57 Chest Seals

[@PrepMedic]

Thanks brother, that was super helpful!

[@EyesSewnShut]

MVP

[@Alex-log1c4l]

absolute legend mate

[@MeiraV-]

I finally got my self-cobbled IFAK together and this vid was exactly what I needed, thanks!

[@sue_downing555]

met too, got some extra stuff, and made two or three of each

[@Pan.Jan.]

This one of the most useful videos out there for medical supplies. Thank you.

[@kellydiver]

Great video for those of us who are out of practice (such as retirees like me). Thanks!

[@thomastune776]

Thanks for taking the financial hit for everyone. Gold standard information.

[@grafknives9544]

GREAT! I have at least few of those items in my IFAK, now I know how they will look after opening.

[@pchilin68]

Thank you for the amazing instructional video. I wish KZbin and videos like yours were around before the faithful day I lost my little brother.

[@laurenrichardson9748]

Sorry for your loss ❤

[@Countryboy071]

Great video. I carry more as i often go out with 3-4 people. My trauma kit : 2 Traumafix 7x8 dressing 1 celox z-fold Haemostatic 5ft gauze 2b Israeli H-stat pressure field dressing (T3-PB) 2 4x4 non adherant pads 6 various size conforming bandage 1 triangular bandage 4 pairs gloves Elasticated dressing strip (cut as required) 10 Isopropyl alcohol swabs 1 roll zinc oxide tape (many uses) 1 Promethius medi shears 1 sharpie pen 2 disposable oropharyngeal airway tubes (sizes 3&4) 2 each winged and ported peripheral IV cannula (sizes 17g & 22g) 4 5ml posiflush sp saline (0.9%) 1 Bronze standard sterile suture pack 2 each size 5-0 & 4- 0 Ethicon Vicryl rapid suture packs (I am obviously trained in both IV and primary wound closure). Most people carry a small ouch pouch with them anyway. ❤

[@peterkukolik8402]

Thank you. Exactly what I need right now.

[@cmbart1]

VERY helpful video, i may show it to my EMT students

[@OzBoss420]

I learn so much from your videos!! Thanks you for sparing those supplies so others can learn how to use these items.

[@Jahalang82]

Thank you for making this video. I’ve ordered a lot of these products to put into an IFAK, now I know what they look like before even opening their individual packaging

[@rantmarket]

Holy crap, this is fantastic! Thank you so much for sacrificing the gear for us. Immensely helpful. (Commenting for algo-bump.)

[@zacmorgan7775]

Thanks for taking the time to make this twice, really awesome

[@acikuclusorular]

different packages, different uses. very practical video.

[@vinnywelsh]

Great video showing how these products are unwrapped and used. I have 2 IFAKS that I hope to never use, But it is good to have an understanding of how these things open up and what to expect.

[@harleysearcy6573]

Absolutely awesome Informative video!

[@ihormorozyuk7022]

Thank you for video. 2 years ago I build for few of my friends a tactical medical kit. And it was 370$ for each, including 3 CAT7.

[@jeremy5602]

Really wish medical supplies weren't so damn expensive. Why are the most vital things that save lives some of the most expensive products out there? It's messed up.

[@MarysKnoll]

I compared prices and quality of content after I received the Skinny Medic $165 Civilian Trauma IFAK Sam recommended. I was disappointed because each item was not what Sam exhibited with on his post. So I went comparison-shopping and I found sturdy items that were similar to the video. Sam suggested not going with Amazon but I saved $15 from shipping alone. Also the trauma shears were so much sturdier and much, much cheaper. Each item is described as to origin and which accredits it and sizes are specified. So happy to report there are better choices out in the market.

[@annur4753]

Thank you for the content. Well done, incredible information. Hope folks view and appreciate. 👍💪

[@RAXTempus]

Fantastic video, brother, thank you.

[@rickengman]

Thanks for doing this, I have all this stuff but as you said it's too expensive to just open them up to have a look. Great Video.

[@HyperLethal7]

Very useful video! Not everyone wants to blow money and open our medical equipment to see what is inside.

[@denlaugal]

Just subscribed…. Useful,,, ya … life saving. Nothing is too expensive if it saves one life.

[@zed639]

Good show. Helps the memory at a bargain basement price.

[@unlikemuffin4439]

Tip learned in a TCCC course: use 1" tape to make "flags" to grab ahold of to rip open packages. Makes life a lot easier.

[@Gunnyfelker]

You can use shears to put pull tabs everywhere too just make sure you don’t get close to the seal. Mark each one with a thick blob from a sharpie.

[@sameetsingh]

Thank you this was a great video! 🙏🏼

[@rgamore]

Very interesting, that was an expensive display of products. Thank you..

[@praack4563]

for long term maybe- but when i ran on the rig we just used a lot of 5x9 , 4x4 , triangular bandages and gauze rolls. worked for everything. heck hospitals on the east coast are usually within an hour. now you have easy to use tourniquets and quick clot if you have a really bad bleeder- but most are not that bad .

[@PrepMedic]

Yeah, ambulances are seldom well equipped to deal with massive hemorrhage. Luckily it’s changing at a lot of forward thinking agencies but ghetto medicine still happens.

[@indyjons321]

The video the world needed.

[@zx9rmadman400]

awesome video! thank you 🙏🏽

[@jeremiahogle5405]

If you never get to train with combat gauze it should be noted that you should atleast clean out the excess blood from the site/junctional with compressed gauze or kerlix before packing.

[@mgbinsd]

Great video!!! Thanks!

[@ekim719]

awesome video. appreciate the info. Yeah most of us dont want to be opening up a few hundred dollars to see what they look like. I am now subbed and liked this. hope you have videos of actual practice use for some of the more complicating stuff.

[@irishrebel1976]

Great video! For many it’s financially prohibitively to buy more than 1.

[@redbeard1775]

Thank you!

[@cslmtech7885]

I JUST KOMMENTED FOR SUPPORT

[@pchilin68]

Thanks!

[@chebbyshev2204]

Thanks

[@dalusa81]

thank you ! 👍👍

[@Leethal1]

Thanks for sharing Sam!

[@Mobus_]

Absolutely great info.

[@CelticCatholic]

I love this man thank you!

[@jayp7171]

What about us old timers who were taught to use gasoline gauze and medical tape for a chest seal?

[@rafterwhomestead]

In going through BLS EMT training recently, we were taught to utilize petroleum dressings as occlusive dressings for sucking chest wounds as an improvisation using tape on three sides. I suppose this is likely due to availability and cost. Is this something you come across often in your area?

[@jameskrivitsky9715]

Do you have suggestions on the chest / back adhesive patches when administering to someone with substantial body HAIR ? I have heard that some petro-chemical plants require employees to shave their faces ( no beards or mustaches ) to wear breathing equipment in case of environmental hazards. If hair gets sweaty or bloody, is it imperative to get the wound dry and clean for the patches to adhere ?

[@coltonmusselman2495]

can the common rolled gauze (not S-rolled) be used to pack a wound?

[@leowolfgang2831]

hay sam do you have any info about items that expired but is still sealed?

[@ajk374]

I just buy my medical supplies second hand/used. It saves me a bunch of money, lol!

[@TheChubbyKid]

duck tape and walmart bags is all you need.

[@Countryboy071]

​@@TheChubbyKidI've seen all sorts of improvised first aid over 40 years of outdoor emergency situations. Clingwrap, electrical tape, tampons, sutures from inside strand of paracord with ordinary needle, sphagnum moss birch bark dressings, strips of clothing for dressing and tourniquet, telescopic fishing rods as splints and probably more. I once even saw a plastic bucket cut down and used with a sleeve from a jumper with a waist belt as a neck brace !!! Anything is better than nothing 👍

[@Memes4succ]

Is there a way I can contact you to ask about how I would treat someone? It’s quite a story and I think some advice would be quite interesting.

[@hongtanke]

Like and subscribe for fixing audio and spending more for knowledge. Cheers

[@SRTNATRAT]

hey prepmedic i have the gauze at 5:38. Do you recommend i take it out of the 2nd sleeve and stage it in pouch in 1st inner one to get and use it faster or no? Worried if i do that the little circle u break might get snagged and open in my med pouch and then make gauze lose some sterility. thoughts?

[@kidmedic]

PrepMedic, Im trying to help North American Rescue develop a SWAT Medical Kit, and I would like to get in contact with you so I could get to know the capabilities and components that you would like to see in a SWAT medical kit. Thanks for reading my comment!, You are my idle!

[@PrepMedic]

North American rescue already has pre made “swat medical kits”. What you carry completely depends on your scope of practice, certification level, environment and mission set. I have many many videos going through my various kits you can look to for inspiration

[@laspirit4adventure]

I wish I could like this video twice for the double effort you gave.

[@Hoosmoose]

Me to !

[@cprn.]

"Buy 2 of everything" would be ideal but the prices you've mentioned are even higher when you get this stuff outside of US and unfortunately there are no local alternatives for the most expensive of these products so if you want to work with what gives a victim the best chance of survival and at the same time be aware of what you work with but you live in a country with typical *monthly* salary ranging from $890 to $1240 you'll end up spending more on a med kit than your "new" used up car. And you really need a good med kit if you're commuting in a used up car. BTW I love your videos even though I have to translate everything to metric system whenever you talk about sizes (forgiven, at this point I can do most unit translations in my head), and I was wondering if you could do a comprehensive step by step how-to-train video for a worst case (salvageable) scenario of a car or motorcycle accident - you know, a direct hit, someone went over a car, hit a sign, lost a limb in impact, got stabbed by a long piece of glass, etc - a real "we've got seconds" situation and real "this might save a life" skills. I've seen your individual videos but I'd love one that explains how to asses what to do first and what to do next. I'm asking because I haven't found any local courses that'd teach me how or when to pack a wound or how to asses what to do first in case of severe bleeding or how to clean airways if the face is massacred... And being a frequent attendant of spontaneous motorcycle trips of 5+ bikes, yeah, I can count on someone knowing what to do in emergency but I'd prefer to be the one knowing. We're usually 20+ minutes out from the nearest ambulance. So far, after 5 courses, I only know how to treat small cuts and calm down the patient. They didn't even taught us how or where on the body to put on a tourniquet. They didn't *have* a single tourniquet to show us and when I asked multiple instructors asked me back "have you been in military?" and "how do you know what a cat tourniquet is?". If that wasn't messed up enough I've been told the only way to get advanced training is to got to a med school to become a medic and there I'll be taught how to use things like tourniquets, nasal pipes, etc, and these "basic" courses are meant to cover what's needed to get a paper that lets you be a designated first aid person in an office (because every office above 10 people here needs one). It's not being a responsible member of a community, it's worthless bureaucracy.

[@legallyfree2955]

Your Australian are you? If you are then yeah, I agree the first aid courses here are corporate box ticking exercises designed so that noone fails.

[@cprn.]

@@legallyfree2955 Central Europe

[@everettrhay4855]

Two is one and one is none

[@legallyfree2955]

Pretty sure if I had forgotten to record the audio after opening a couple of hundred dollars worth of med supplies I would have just dubbed my voice over the video. Glad you went to the extra effort/expense though.

[@tundranomad]

Very good info. As an OR RN, I run across sterile items for surgery daily. Some items have 1 package to open to get to the sterile item, some have 2 outer packages to get to the sterile item inside.

[@Pugrug.]

Quik clot XL is still sold on NAR’s website. They run for $105 so it’s awesome that you showed us what it looks like. Celox works better for coagulapathic and heparinized blood because it works independently from the clotting cascaded. Quik Clot does produce a sturdier clot and has a lower chance of rebleeding. A tip for compressed gauze, once you open it, you’re supposed to crack it like a glow stick, this loosens everything and makes it easier to unroll and find the beginning of the bandage.

[@Minuteman4Jesus]

I've had occasion to use QuikClot when I suffered a half-dozen lacerations in a fall a year ago. I landed on a bunch of ceramic shards, which you can imagine is razor-sharp. Fortunately I keep several IFAKs and trauma kits situated around the house, in my vehicles, and on my plate carrier / duty belt. I know the benefit of staging your supplies, especially when you're the one bleeding - things get slippery and that just adds to the situation!

[@Doc_Egan]

Outstanding video! This is a very overlooked issue. Even for experienced people it is easy to get a bit frustrated when you are thrown a new product that is difficult to open. That's why when I do training I like to have the students open the dressing from the package at least once.

[@frenchroast1355]

So many choices. Been trying to get my IFAK together for some time but am confused as to what to get with my limited budget. I want to go less expensive so i can get multiple items for several kits, but i want quality products also. Do you have a vid that emphasizes a budget kit?

[@Septimius13]

He does! kzbin.info/www/bejne/rpCQXmicqrJkesU

[@MrFooqair]

Check his video titled, "How to build an IFAK and save money!"

[@bashkillszombies]

With the current price of these things due to price gouging by medical supply companies this is basically like watching some bro open limited edition pokemon cards and chew them up then tell you how they taste. It's wild.

[@frozentwiddlelump]

This was a hugely informative video! What are your recommendations for storing these kinds of items from a vehicle FAK perspective? i.e. How much do extreme temperatures (f'ing hot all the way to f'ing cold) impact the longevity or effectiveness of them? I was told that any medication, creams, burn dressings, eye-cleaning solutions, etc were basically garbage if you left them in a vehicle kit the whole time. Which is what I did for years. I'd replace them when they expired, but now they come in and back out with every trip - which being honest, is a PITA. (Think large pelican case....) I'm assuming the gauze probably isn't affected; but the hemostatic ones and the chest seals might be?

[@drmarkintexas-400]

🏆🙏🇺🇲🤗 Thank you for sharing

[@loveylove8077]

I had no idea NAR compressed gauze is essentially a compressed roll/spool. I thought it was just a scrunched up brick of messy z-fold. Thank you for doing this video!

[@ijl-cy9pp]

As a UK Paramedic we mainly deal with medical emergencies and even primary care stuff (major trauma is just becoming increasingly less common - obviously a good thing). These videos definitely make up for the shortcomings of refresher training the NHS ambulance services can provide. Edit I'm not even going to try and guess how much this video cost to make in consumables 😅

[@hoggif]

I've opened one of everything I have. That way I know if there are any tricks and it gives you a trainer too. So things like getting an israeli bandage on your non-dominant hand can really benefit from doing it for practice.

[@CarolinaLandshark]

Quick question...While sterility is important, I've heard don't worry about it too much. They can take care of that in a hospital. Use whatever you can to stop the bleeding. Is that true??

[@legallyfree2955]

More or less true though it's situation dependent, if the wound is fairly clean and non life threatening and you only have a filthy muddy rag at hand you will probably do more harm than good using that vs just having them put their hand over it for a while. It also depends how far you are from said hospital, its different to use whats available when the hospital is an hour away vs your hiking out in the middle of nowhere and you wont be getting to any hospitals for the next 3 days. But even then, if you bleed out your wont make it to hospital either. You just have to kind of assess and guess what the best thing to do is based on wound severity (are they going to make to hospital without said treatment or not?), current wound cleanliness (does it matter if you use a slightly dirty shirt to pack a wound that's already full of mud?) and how contaminated your improvised/non sterile medical equipment is, along with the type of contamination (is it just little normal dirt, a lot of dirt, is it filthy warm water, are there chemical contaminants, or perhaps its quite clean just not strictly sterile). Also take all this with a pinch of salt, I'm not any kind of infection specialist, this is the viewpoint of a regular run of the mill nurse.

[@CarolinaLandshark]

@@legallyfree2955 Thank you!! You're MORE thank a run of the mill nurse. You're a NURSE and, I'll bet, a good one. I appreciate your answer. I'm thinking more along the lines of being in civilization and a knife or gunshot wound. Maybe a puncture wound from a fall or something and running out of sterile gauze, etc...and having to resort to the shirt one is wearing or something, then off to the hospital in, hopefully, an ambulance. At my age, heading out into the wilderness days are long gone. I prefer comfort!! 🙂

[@dagrazytcom5492]

Hey man, I'm trying to save your life but there are six stinking packages to get through first.

[@bloody_bear4443]

Such Videos are great und pretty uncommon, but really needed. I wish to so more stuff opened.

[@marcush4741]

I post this on every IFAK video I remember to. If youre not in a warzone with people who have already been screened and denied over diabetes... you need glucose gel in your med kit. Glucose gel comes in packets with 15g of glucose. 15g of glucose is the suggested dosage for hypoglycemic diabetic shock. And gel (unlike tablets) can be administered to an unconscious patient. Add glucose gel packets to your med kit. You will be around more diabetics than GSWs anywhere outside the military.

[@Cetok01]

Much appreciated. I've bought some of these products for personal use, and it's definitely helpful to know exactly what I'll run into when I need to use it on myself or someone else in an emergency. Everyone should build their own IFAK, because you never know... I make additional opposing 'v;' cuts - like the manufacturer provides - in the packaging seal (> half the width of the seal) on each side so I can tear them open easier if it's dark, or if my hands are bloody or otherwise slippery. I highlight each cut with a permanent marker.

[@MrKzspy]

Great vid. I have these items in my kits but can't afford to just open them for training so I'm glad to know what to expect now!

[@zlensink8998]

Brother, this video is amazing. Especially for those who are less experienced with the kit. Thank you.

[@DH-.]

I like to carry bicycle food in my first aid stuff... It's a packet of nutrition gel with caffeine and electrolytes, they are awesome and effective!

[@tomgosy]

Surprised we didn't see an Israeli Bandage. P.s. thanks for basically throwing away $500 for our education

[@PrepMedic]

Haha I only had one Israeli bandage and I used it in the first video 😂

[@tomgosy]

@@PrepMedic it is what it is

[@roland.j.ruttledge]

Very informative as ever, many thanks UK

[@VladVortal]

Nice video!

[@KaylynnStrain]

bummer you had to do this twice but still a great demo of these fiferent products !!!!!

[@scoutkids614]

PrepMedic, I have a Couple Questions for you and I would like to get in Contact With You and an Idea for North American Rescue SWAT Kit and would like to know the capabilities you would like to see in a SWAT Medic Kit that would be sold on NAR

[@sad.jackfr00t]

I’m planning to become an EMT so this channel has been perfect for studying! Thank you for helping out!

[@David.Stryker]

so ive heard of something like a quick clot powder. sprinkle it on and it does sorta the same thing as the quick clot with gauze. would that be a effective means to treat multiple wounds with standard gauze bandage or would a it be better to just use the quick clot with gauze. im thinking in of a multi wound situation such as multiple gun shots without spending the $50 for each quick clot gauze.

[@brianmurphy6760]

Can you please advise me on the best tape to use in the field? And, Do you personally frown on 6.25" Shears rather than full size even if they hare good quality? Thanks for all of your videos. There hasn't been one that I didn't learn from. I love this channel

[@PaulyM856]

So that's why an ambulance ride is ridiculously expensive. A bandaid literally costs you $55.

[@M0J0HAND]

No Israeli Trauma Field Bandage? Are the other pressure dressing of equal quality? The one with the metal hook on it looks more difficult to apply.

[@maigematthews5620]

Thank you for this! Wow, $500 worth of products!

[@3mikeyw]

Hey, thanks so very much for showing those bandages properly

[@RoughWalkers]

If you dont know whats what i wouldnt let you touch me simple as that

[@tylerduncan7599]

I’m by no means new to this but always have “what-ifs” so I’ll ask if there are multiple chest wounds and you have a large chest seal or multiple (small or large) what’s the best course of action?

[@RT-fb6ty]

Wouldn't it be nice if companies that make this stuff had videos of how it works, and even include a cheap training package or clear instructions!

[@paularndt6111]

Like your content. Breif but very informative and strait to the point. Thank you for the educational vids!😊

[@clintmcintyre6165]

Personally thank you for going over this stuff. I just have Personal stuff like surplus kits. 😊

[@Ratchety]

Thank you, the comparison is interesting. I can get a pretty good idea of what I would choose or avoid from your demonstrations.

[@Sourpusscandy]

Let’s estimate the average cost of each of those at $20, so thank you very much for your investment and time. !!

[@avngr3218]

Could you please record a video on how to use jett junctional emergency treatment tool? If you have a chance of course. Thank you!

[@josephgillilan3548]

I'm working on a medical duffel bag so far I got cheap vacuums sealed bandages and gauses and self adhesive bandages and tourniquets I now know packing bandages are what im missing and better training.

[@TheHuma999]

Dude blow 1000 in products to show us, thank you very much