Very small belt-mounted Immediate Trauma Kit?

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@RogerStenning … as time passed by did you have a chance to test your small trauma kit? On one side I hope not (avoiding injured people) – on the other side if you had to, how well did it work for the purpose? Anything you would change?

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@RogerStenning … as time passed by did you have a chance to test your small trauma kit? On one side I hope not (avoiding injured people) – on the other side if you had to, how well did it work for the purpose? Anything you would change?
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As yet, we’ve not had to test the kit ‘live’, thankfully. Also, given COVID-19, the events we would have been attending this year have been cancelled or postponed, so we won’t really know how they work out until next year, I would imagine. As a result, we really don’t know whether some or all of the parts will require rethinks or substitutions, until such time as we have to use them.

This said, I suspect there will eventually be substitutions / swap-outs as time goes on, with new items emerging on the market to replace various parts of the kits over time. We’ll see, anyhow.

I’ll update the thread as and when things change or get used ‘live’, as it were.

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RogerStenning said: ↑
As a result, we really don’t know whether some or all of the parts will require rethinks or substitutions, until such time as we have to use them.
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From the picture above it looks like you settled on the Hyfin Vent Chest Seal Twin Pack, which has a folded format of 7.5 x 4.5 inches and runs 2.5 oz (according to the NAR web-site).

In case you want or need to replace (expired) items, maybe you want to consider its smaller sibling, the HyFin Vent Compact Chest Seal Twin Pack, which seems to be smaller: 3.9 x 6.6 inches and 1.55 oz also lighter and cheaper too.

I have both and carry the compact version in my daypack trauma kit.

Another item in the small but useful category is the H&H Mini Compression Bandage, just saying 😎

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This is the Condor First Responders pouch. Picked it up for around 20 US Dollars on Amazon. Fits everything I need for a IFAK. Can easily be put on a belt or any molle platform. I actually have 2 of these and these one goes everywhere with me.

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Thanks for the input, gents. We’re currently on hold, with the rest of the planned year out the window thanks to the current unpleasantness, but I’ll keep those posts in mind 🙂

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FiaOlleDog said: ↑
From the picture above it looks like you settled on the Hyfin Vent Chest Seal Twin Pack, which has a folded format of 7.5 x 4.5 inches and runs 2.5 oz (according to the NAR web-site).

In case you want or need to replace (expired) items, maybe you want to consider its smaller sibling, the HyFin Vent Compact Chest Seal Twin Pack, which seems to be smaller: 3.9 x 6.6 inches and 1.55 oz also lighter and cheaper too.

I have both and carry the compact version in my daypack trauma kit.

Another item in the small but useful category is the H&H Mini Compression Bandage, just saying 😎
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I edc a small trauma kit with the H&H Mini which I think is perfect for that use. There are other compression bandages which have thicker pads and closure bar which helps add pressure, but they are also bulkier.

I don’t usually edc carry a chest seal, but do have one in other first aid kits. I might have to look into the HyFin Vent Compact.

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