Sh!t H!t the Fan

Scary stuff there, really makes you thankful for just how lucky you really are. Been a few secs from being involved in several serious accidents, keep your eyes wide open and drive defensively.

similar situation happened while I was helping a friend move. pulled my old highschool friend out of her upside down truck, couldn't do much but comfort her as the u haul had nothing in it.
we did have a crowbar in the back to get the door open at least. loaded up the first aid kit in the truck the next day.

Feminine Napkins are a good thing to put in a kit as the are sterile, easy to open and absorb a lot of blood...no joke.

Originally Posted by KzScrapper

Feminine Napkins are a good thing to put in a kit as the are sterile, easy to open and absorb a lot of blood...no joke.

Great idea never would have thought of that!

Originally Posted by KzScrapper

Feminine Napkins are a good thing to put in a kit as the are sterile, easy to open and absorb a lot of blood...no joke.

I rolled my quad and ripped the side of my leg open real bad up at the lake. Probably about 8in long gash. Inch or so wide. Road rash all up my leg. Should have gotten stitches but never did. (Friggin awesome scar!) Ran out of gauze so someone grabbed a pad and threw it on. Never even thought about that and it worked great. My pride was a little hurt, and my buddy's had lots of ammunition for jokes that weekend but hey, it worked!

A buddy of mine who is an EMT carries both tampons and pads in his car first aide kit, tampons work great for gunshot wounds.

Oh yeah. I almost never leave home without my first aid kit. I carry around a large Vietnam era Alice Pack. The pockets are full of a few basic medical supplies. A couple bottles of alcohol and peroxide, about 50 6x6 gauze pads, a roll of gauze, a few rolls of medical tape, standard bandages, and a lot of other crap because it doubles as a survival kit in case i do anything stupid... I also carry a small serrated edge knife that has a glass breaker and seatbelt cutter on it. Soon ill be adding a Taurus Model 65 .357 to the mix but thats a completely different topic...

Originally Posted by street_sweeper

Last night we were driving home on a dark two lane road and the car in front of us got taken out by a Ford ranger that ran a stop sign at 30 mph. Both vehicles ended up 40 feet off the road and took out 20 feet of chain link fence. I pulled over and tried to help out and the guy from the truck was hysterical and rambling around and the other driver was hurt real bad. It was chaos until the medics showed up and I couldn't get the guy to shut up or sit down. You never know whats going to happen another 10 or 20 secs I would have been wearing that truck bumper. If you have a first aid kit get some big 4" X 5" gauze pads or something to put pressure with it's not possible to treat a massive head wound with a band aid.

Oh my gosh, how scary that must have been for you to witness! I do carry a small first aid kit with me with the basics but after reading your thread I'm going to add to it.