Doctors Explains First Aid Kits for Camping, Travel, & Hiking

Oh god, this has to be the best med EDC I've ever seen because you explain what is what for, not only say the names like most of med kits out there. You truly are the best, thank you!

Finally an enjoyable, usable, easy to understand and medically accurate first aid kit video 🚒😉 keep up the good work 👍🏻

Why do you have less than million subscribers?! a doctor discussing emergency first aid kit is like finding gold. thrilled to have found you!

Trash bags are the number one survival essential. Collecting rain water. Transporting water. Application to a sucking chest wound. Flotation device………

OMG doc, the famotidine tip is a life saver. My allergies have been a KILLER this summer/fall and benadryl just aint' do it. I use to use drixoral which worked amazingly well, but the manufactured stopped making it and I've been hooped ever since. Thanks Doc!

I heard the safety pin trick before on a green beret medic video! Awesome video DOC

One thing to note: the clotting factor to quikclot (and possibly hemostatic bandages) are bad for people with a shellfish allergy. (Like myself) I like knowing how things work so the clotting mechanism is derived from crustaceans

Great video! Another suggestion for wound irrigation: Sawyer back flush syringe.

Loved it, and definitely stocking up on more Band-Aids

Very much appreciate you for this! Love the discussion of multi-use, and the inclusion of some real aid (instead of the usual ultralight, three bandaids and an ibuprofen “kits”. Also, smiling at the humor. Informative and a pleasure to watch, that elusive combination! Thanks much. Off to watch more of your videos…

Perfect timing for the Wilderness retreat...

That tourniquet isn’t a Gen7 CAT. Edit: Also instead of recommending an invasive maneuver with the safety pin, the recovery position is an effective way to prevent the tongue from obstructing the airway and it can help prevent aspiration.

I.m one who has a nasopharyngeal airway in my kit. But I don’t have the mineral oil, yet. Thanks. Taking wilderness first aid class now. Been in a number of situations where i have come upon others needing care than my own crew. You are the second medical person to recommend a pregnancy test in a group kit. I subscribed, thanks. I’m a first responder and have had to act more while on vacation than when working. Wrong place at wrong time. Leatherman shears will cut a ring off a broken swollen finger too. Nice job Doc.

Thank you for your video. The discussion around “choosing multifunctional use items” was the most important take away for me. It’s in-line with the way I think + when practicality, space, time, + energy are all at a premium in an emergency/survival situation - that’s important info! Your visual examples of the ‘burning cotton ball’ was quiet eye opening (plain vs. with vaseline vs. with mineral oil). My family sails in remote areas + just this weekend we ‘reviewed’ our first aid kit for inventory/expired items etc. (which is why/how I came across your video today). I didn’t feel happy/satisfied [read: safe/prepared] with the kit mostly from a perspective of ‘ease of use’ in an emergency situation. That includes the kit container itself, to how it’s laid out, to the selection of items in it. Also… your “pressure irrigation” info very worthwhile as well as item checklist resource links. Brilliant + important! Thank you again.

This video was informative and a pleasure to watch. 😄

No, vaseline-cottonballs are still a single use item. Carry a tiny tin of vaseline and a small amount of cotton balls, in your medkit. You know how to make them. Your space blanket (sheet of mylar) belongs in your medkit. You need to keep people warm to prevent shock. That lip/tongue trick, you've never done, I'm pretty confident in saying that. The next thing they do when coming to is biting down, bye tongue. Splint the tongue outwards with tongue depressors, or sticks, it restricts the biting, achieves the same.

Excellent video.

Tape is very important...I find it useful to carry or at least for me I carry a roll of good medical tape and then on a market lighter pencil or old credit card I'll put on good electrical tape and duct tape.. not only useful for medical purposes but emergency gear repair or clothing I've actually repaired my sleeping pads multiple times with duct tape..and still to this day holds!!! So carrying multiple kinds of tape is VERY useful since it weighs almost nothing

Thanks for the video. If Steri Strips are too expensive, you can use butterfly bandages for lacerations as well. Menstrual pads and tampons are great for absorbing blood (tampons are great for nosebleeds). Appreciate all the other great suggestions. I'm an FP and it's been a long time since the conference i attended on wilderness and tropical medicine; thanks for the reminders. :)

Excellent information thank you. The background music is too loud though.