What do you carry and use – as trained medical [semi-] professionals – when not on duty?

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Would be very interesting to see and understand what you – as a trained medical professional or a member of the medical aid organizations – carry with you when not on duty/on a call, and what you would apply to which persons (like spouse, own kids, relatives, colleagues, stranger)?

I do carry as part of my (off-duty) EDC:

IFAK

H&H mini compression bandage
3M Steri-Strips
band-aids
4″x4″ gauze pads (to apply on top of wound)
paraffin gauze pad
large gauze pad (for torso)
medical tape
disinfect liquid (octenisept)
mylar blanket
“hot hands”
alcohol swabs
cotton triangular bandage (for slings, make-shift TQ, stabilize an impalement object)
nitrile gloves
tweezers
magnifying glass
tick remover card
cotton swabs
first aid manual – to support laymans what and how to apply this stuff

Trauma Kit

Israeli pressure bandage
TQ (SOFT-T wide or Cat Gen. 7 or SWAT-T)
NAR z-folded gauze (for wound packing or wrap around extremities)
HyFin mini vented chest seal (dual)
nitrile gloves, N95/FFP2 mask, and swimming goggles (hand, mouth/noise and eye protection)
trauma sheers

I would apply all of those to me, my spouse, my kids and my relatives.
I would apply most of it to colleagues and strangers; hesitate to use: disinfect liquid, gauze for wound packing, chest seal.

How about you? What’s okay in your jurisdiction, and how do you balance will and ability to help vs. potential legal consequences?

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