Video: Rescue Kit

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We are supposed to have these on site, ready to go.

Obviously another bag of rope and spurs would be good too, I have them in another bag that's all. But the bags are usually but not always there on the job site.

What would be really good is having some-one on the ground competant enough to use it! /forum/images/graemlins/icon14.gif

Just showing you how mines made up etc. You guys may also have some with other gear in there, post and pics would be good of the stuff you got. Every crew needs to have one, all in one bag so when the S H I T hits the fan it's go go go not digging around under the seat looking for a biner or prussik loop.

In comps you got 5 mins but that's from when your foot leaves the ground, in the real world 10 mins would be great but there's many factors... like how high he is and where he is etc.

For those of you who have large crews it would be wise to train everybody in aerial rescue and say every 3 months a drill.

This one 7.49mins and 39.41MB in wmv streaming format.

http://www.palmtreeservices.com.au/video/rescuekit.wmv
 
you need at least 3 of those large wound dressings imo. If the blood is still coming through you need to be able to put another on top, and always have one spare, in addition to the one carried on the back of the harness!
Latex gloves or pervert gloves as they are sometimes called are a must with any kit.
Another essential is an oral dam. I have performed mouth to mouth on an unconsious casualty, and when they start breathing and vomit into your mouth, well its an experience i do not recomend.
 
Good ideas, I'll get some.

Man, that oral dam thing sounds like the go ... err what an experience! /forum/images/graemlins/crazy.gif
 
Nicely done Erik, as usual. You're the professional tree guy, but as a someone who's seen his fair share of nasty injuries in my line of work, I'd recommend some burn dressings. They come in a sealed envelope and are pre-impregnated with a salve. You just open the envelope, and slap the whole thing on the wound, and it seals it up really well. It'd work better for a cavity wound, like something in a chest, stomach or head. Slap that on there, wrap it once to hold on the way down, and keep it there until the paramedice arrive. Won't do much for aggressive hemorraging, but like I say, does really well for cavity wounds.

And have you thought about duct tape instead of masking tape? Duct tape will seal the overalls as well or better than masking tape, and it can also be used to litterally tape someone's arm together as a first response. If someone's soft tissue is hanging off their bones, or their arm or leg is opened up to the bone, I'd have no problem throwing down some absorbant (I carry Maxi pads) and wrapping the whole mess in duct tape...as a first response.

We deal alot with med kits in our rescues, and I could add all kinds of recommendations, but for a saw-oriented kit, I think you're pretty well covered.

Jeff
 
Good thinking and advice.

Duct tape, tough stuff and the burn dressings ... yeah, I never thought about them. Maxi pads is what we were recommended to use for bleeding wounds.

I bet you've seen some uglies in the line of work you do.

Thanks

Oh, about the only real problem that's of serious concern on most job sites is having some-one else present that can climb and rescue. I often look down at the ground and think ... if I do something stupid up here I have buckleys chance of anyone down there coming to get me.
 
For the bleeding wounds, the product from http://www.hemcon.com/ sounds like it'd be the hot ticket.

When I reported here that I'd heard about it last July the latest information was that it was being sold to the military and that it would likely become available to the general public at some point. I don't know yet whether it has or not.
 
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For the bleeding wounds, the product from http://www.hemcon.com/ sounds like it'd be the hot ticket.

I interpret that website as saying that it is only available to medical professionals, if outside the military. Perhaps a doctor could order for you? I'd like to get a couple of those bandages, just in case.
 
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I have performed mouth to mouth on an unconsious casualty, and when they start breathing and vomit into your mouth, well its an experience i do not recomend.

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I think that is why in my German 1st aid course, they taught mouth to nose, not mouth to mouth.
 
Dang, that hemcon is expensive. Couldn't find a price off their site, so I found it on US calvary's site. http://www.uscav.com/Productinfo.aspx?productID=10312&TabID=1 $170 for a bandage? Yeouch. Also states right on their packaging "Federal Law restricts this device to sale by or on the order of a physician"
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On the other hand, lol, US Cav has some other nice first aid supplies, like the quick clot sponge http://www.uscav.com/Productinfo.aspx?productID=10092&TabID=1 and bandage rolls that are a little more user friendly http://www.uscav.com/Productinfo.aspx?productID=7207&TabID=1

Here's my favorite combo with the ACS sponge, consisting of pouch, sponge, gauze, and a bandage roll. http://tinyurl.com/nwth5 (tinyurl used because BQ's link was 500 characters long, lol).

The ACS and the hemcon aren't that far apart in design, both using chitosan(a shrimp extract, for those of you wondering), just differing in design of the bandage.

AFIK, the powdered quickclot(basically just the chitosan- dump it in the wound, gauze it, wrap with a pressure bandage, and hightail it to a trauma centre) was the first hemostatic trauma device released. I'd first heard about it 3 or 4 years ago from a friend in the military.

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I don't know about the Duct tape Jeff. I used hockey tape many times, but if you use it on a serious injury it is very painful to disturb that area and remove that super tape.

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I assume that duct tape would be used wrapped around dressing material, compress, maxi pad, whatever, to hold everything together and wouldn't actually be taped directly to body tissue. Then it could just be cut off w/scissors later by the medical professionals. Right? If it was taped directly to an uninjured part of the body it wouldn't be the worst thing to pull off, not pleasant though but workable if needed.
 
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