Personal Medic Kit

**Mr_Medic** · 19-07-2013, 08:49

Originally Posted by KingMST

I am now a Level 3 first aider!

I just finished my practical, oral & written exams. 129/130 for written! BOOM!
In practical I CPR'ed so hard, my prosthesis came off, I only noticed this after I had saved little Anne... lol
(BTW, Dischem CPR masks are useless, Clicks ones are great...)
I took one of my older OLEAS bandages along and used it (GASP!) to pack and bandage an imaginary hemorrhaging arm, just to get a feel for the stuff I will actually be using. These are the most awesome bandages ever!

Although I'm not a doctor now, I still feel a great sense of achievement, I now have a clue, I can save a life.

I learned a hell of a lot more than what I went for to learn, this was one of the best things I could have ever done with R2K.

very very well done, dont forget now to keep practicing.

**KingMST** · 19-07-2013, 09:07

Originally Posted by shadowfox

King, where did you do your L3? The place I went to only offered L1 and I'm looking to further my training.

Go check here Fox, that's where I went, it's in Montana PTA:
http://www.abceasytrain.co.za/firstaid.html

If you want to go even further (BAA etc.):
http://www.actiontraining.co.za/trai...amedic_baa.asp

I'm gonna do BAA, but @ R8K+ and full 4 weeks it will have to wait till next year.

**shadowfox** · 19-07-2013, 10:31

Originally Posted by KingMST

Go check here Fox, that's where I went, it's in Montana PTA:
http://www.abceasytrain.co.za/firstaid.html

If you want to go even further (BAA etc.):
http://www.actiontraining.co.za/trai...amedic_baa.asp

I'm gonna do BAA, but @ R8K+ and full 4 weeks it will have to wait till next year.

Sweet I'll have look. Thanks King.

**prepare2win** · 23-07-2013, 10:10

The Olaes bandage looks like a great product. Where are they available from locally, and approx cost? I see they're $7/$8 for the 4"/6" on the tacmed website.

**Klasnikov** · 23-07-2013, 12:27

Completed my FA level 2. Now to find time to do level 3.

**Mr_Medic** · 24-07-2013, 08:45

Originally Posted by prepare2win

The Olaes bandage looks like a great product. Where are they available from locally, and approx cost? I see they're $7/$8 for the 4"/6" on the tacmed website.

Hells bells now thats a neat bandage! Must order me some of those!

**KingMST** · 24-07-2013, 09:16

Originally Posted by prepare2win

The Olaes bandage looks like a great product. Where are they available from locally, and approx cost?

These really are as perfect as you're going to get a bandage, it has LOTS of gauze in the flap (Z-packed for easy removal of as much as you need then cut off and leave the rest in there), and the little plastic sheet can be used as a chest seal if you take it out & tape around 3 sides. You can of course leave it all in the bandage and have a firm pressure pad, the plastic sheet is folded up and behind the gauze so it will (mostly) seal it off. Even with the gauze and plastic removed it has a nice pad, tegaderm/opsite-like pad, eventhough not as stiff or absorbant as with the stuff in the flap it will still give good coverage if you need to pack a wound with the gauze first.

The pressure cup is very stiff, looks flimsy in the vid but it doesn't distort at all, it sinks in very nicely and keeps great localised pressure on the wound.

These were absolutely designed with gunshot wounds in mind.
Their blast bandage is the same thing but without the pressure cup and a very very large wound pad & plastic sheet.
It's large enough to cover an eviceration...

I saw last week that Hailstorm had some 4" bandages left, when I bought from them (last year), they were under R100 each.

Ordering from TacMed themselves is a breeze and shipping is really quick, the shipping can just make it a bit much to swallow.

Oh, and P2W, thanks for sharing on FB...