I have mad respect for the Dark Angel medical stuff. My question is, do they have a bag that’s comparable to the one in the post above?
Like the one you posted? They have a couple that contain some more general supplies, maybe not the exact same things though--their Adventure Medical Bag might be worth a look to store the same amount of supplies. I'm personally a fan of their visor setup, but don't have one yet...having the trauma gear right there would be nice IMO. I see they also have a hard sided kit that appears to be a in a Pelican-like case, too...not sure if that'd be big enough for what you've got. I think ITS Tactical and a few others may have bags more like what you're looking for...I'd definitely be interested to see what you come up with. I currently have multiple little kits for different things...blowout/trauma for the cars and range, booboo kits in the munckin's bag-o-stuff, and hiking specific kits for outdoors and more remote things. It'd be nice to combine these/their contents, at least for travel and going off the beaten path--so I'll be curious as to what you find. On another note, any experience with the Leatherman Raptor shears? I have a few friends that love them, but I haven't bitten the bullet yet...
On the topic of kits in general, for others reading or wondering about what to put in them, etc, etc...
The Adventure Medical Kits are a great base for sure...I've personally found that I add to my own kits as needed...I have several hiking/outdoors based kits that contain less trauma supplies, for instance, and more "booboo" stuff. One might argue your needs/wants in a kit, as a paramedic, could differ quite significantly from that of some of the rest of us too...something that I think is worth considering for everyone reading. If you are the first responder but not in your EMS vehicle, you have more capabilities (and the training to go with it) than the rest of us...so the splint for instance is helpful, and a stethoscope. For our purposes, maybe the broken ankle is a relatively minor concern and can wait to be dealt with until EMS arrives (assuming one isn't remote...in which case the kit needs would/should differ). There's a lot of fine tuning one should do, IMO, to almost any kit based on the situation. It was funny to see in action...at one time out on the shooting range, 3 of my friends all had trauma kits, but not a single band aid between any of their kits or vehicles, other than me. For those without kids, maybe not a huge deal, but I found it surprising that it was others with kids too... :)
I'm just a Dark Angel Medical fan cause that's the kit I had on me when I needed it, and they stood by their Kit for Life program, and several from the company reached out to me personally to thank me for what I did, which I didn't feel was necessary at all (while I'm proud of what I did, and happy I was there to help with the right mindset, training and tools, I'd like to think others given the same would have done no different), but they made it clear that it was a big deal to them and should be considered as much.... There are plenty of other companies out there making good trauma kits and general first aid kits.
