Any one recommend a good field dressing for a fak.

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Lee

Hello.

I recomend and carry the Israeli Bandage 6" with sliding pad.

This is the best bandage I have seen.

The sliding pad can be used to stack and make an enhansed compress, put side by side to cover a larger area, or one pad one one side and one on the other of say a through and through injury such as a gun shot.

I have bought from chinookmed.com and they have great service. I have a few of the "cinchtight" brand bandages but the "hook" device can come off easily and I will NOT spend money on that brand again.

The Israeli bandage is light years ahead o fthe old Army issue "traumedic" type wound dressings I was issued 20 years ago.

I hope this helps.

http://www.chinookmed.com/index.cfm/fa/product.display/Product_ID/1194/category_id/112/Israeli%20Emergency%20Bandage%20-%206%22%20Slider.cfm

Also.

I was recently provided one of these and will be getting a few more for my out and about medical kits for when it hits the fan.

http://www.chinookmed.com/index.cfm/fa/p...0Tourniquet.cfm

I would recommend this field-dressing:

http://forums.equipped.org/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=107838&an=

I've got a couple of them and I like them very much. You don't have to mess around with a additional pad or a pressure hook like with the Israeli-bandage. Instead there is a pressure-cup and 4 yards of gauze and a occlusive layer built into the bandage.

http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=y4XJx1PoivQ

I whole heartedly agree with the others about the israeli dressing. It is a vastly superior design.

My only concern with the Israeli dressing is if one would be a tourist and venturing outside the U.S. Be aware of where you are going.

If I were going outside the Western hemisphere, I think I would leave the Israeli dressings at home and use the Bloodstopper dressings. It is a Swiss or Swedish design.

Those are just my thoughts on the matter.

Fielddoc

An old fashioned OB (Kotex) pad makes an excellent medium battle dressing, IMHO, and they are cheap to purchase.

Before i got some of the smaller trauma bandages (israeli) i used to carry around a bunch of surgical pads and a self-adhesive ace stretch bandage. The nice thing about this setup is that either can be used by itself, the surgical pads are good dressings by themselves and the ace bandage can be used for sprains. But together they're basically the same thing as the trauma bandage.

Does anyone know if menstrual pads have any chemical treatment that would make it unsuitable for putting directly on a wound?

They do work pretty well, but you need some way (other than tape, which is kinda hard to apply yourself sometimes, and doesn't like to stick to wet surfaces) to attach the pad to the wound. Kling (or whatever that stick to itself is being marketed as today) works pretty well...

I keep 5x9 Abd pads, 4" and 6"kelix gauze and ace wraps along with standard GI trauma dressings. I have used a zillion 5x9 dressings quite effectlively working ER and Ambulance service.

For my present FAK, I would like to buy better, such as the Israeli variety, but the cost is a problem right now.

Hi

Could you clarify that point ? Why would it be a problem to travel with the Israeli bandage ?


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