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Trauma Pack/
First Aid Kit Tailored to specific event or
experience
Full trauma kit ?
Limited first aid kit ?
Prior Planning Prevents Poor
Performance
Create a plan and sort equipment
based upon anticipated:
geographic, environmental and cultural
expectations
Sport specific
Medical Kit should reflect the Plan
Emergency Action
Plan
Ski/Snowboard Event
Could be applied to
any event-
General template that
is used globally
Environment
Remote
Vehicle access?
Helicopter access?
Ambulance or Helicopter on site?
Resources
Hazards
Size of Kit Matters
Space
Travelling internationally?
Country specific medication restrictions
Mobility
Hike, bike, ski, sail?
Weight
Can you lift it?
Satellite Phone
Loaded with numbers
Evac service
Consultants
Second opinions
Notification tree
Xtra Battery!!
HALO Seals – Occlusive seals that
can be used for a sucking chest
wound
The adhesive used on them enables
the HALO seals to be removed and
relocated without losing adhesion.
Combat Application Tourniquet (CAT)
This is one of the most widely fielded
tourniquets in combat theaters today
It can be effectively applied with one
hand
Hemostatic Agent
QuikClot Combat Gauze
kaolin-impregnated rayon and polyester
Mineral activates factor 12
Stimulates prekallikreine to kallikrein
Stimulates platelet adhesion
Summary
Trauma Kit is tailored
to the training of the provider
to the environment and situation
Communication plan and device
esential