JaseTrauma Kit

Why it's included

A limb wound that will not stop needs a tourniquet high and tight, and the ETQ Wide is a real one: a wider compression band than the usual strap, a compact fold, one-handed application. For the wounds a tourniquet cannot reach, the kaolin hemostatic gauze packs into the wound and speeds the clot, the four feet of z-fold compressed gauze is the amount a serious wound actually takes, and the compression bandage and Slishman pressure wrap hold the pressure on so your hands are free. The Slishman doubles as a splint tie and fits a child or a dog. Tourniquets, wound packing and airways are skills: take a Stop the Bleed class, and read medical preparedness before the day you need it.

Why it's included

A chest wound that sucks air needs a seal the moment it is found, and an unconscious person needs an airway that stays open: that is the chest seal and the nasal airway with its lubricant. The thermal blanket is for shock and for the cold that follows blood loss, the eye shield protects an eye injury without pressing on it, and burn gel covers the burn that often comes with the same accident.

Why it's included

Trauma shears cut a sleeve or a boot off in seconds without cutting the person. Gloves go on first, every time. The flashlight is for the wound you are treating in the dark, and the marker is for writing the time on the tourniquet, which the next person to treat it will need to know.

Why it's included

The kit stops the bleeding; the pill pack covers the days after, when infection, swelling, pain and nausea are the problems. It is prescribed through Jase like the Jase Case and rides in the same pouch. My bug-out bag page lists it alongside the kit.