First Aid Kit
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Urgency Care
Short of ER or regular doctor: go to ex Mosaic Urgent Care. https://www.mymosaiclifecare.org/Main/Location/st-joseph-mo/mosaic-life-care-at-st.-joseph/Urgent-Care/
From Jeff Frazer, EMT in Maysville MO
EMT kit - 
- Maxipads x 2: Wound Dressing or for its intended purpose.
- 4x4 Sterile Gauze x 2: Wound Dressing
- 4 Inch Non-Sterile Roller Gauze: Wound Bandage (Combine item 1, 2, 3 in plastic bag)
- Zip Tie: To hold tourniquet windlass rod in place or attach casualty card to patient
- Triangular Bandage: Use for a sling, a pressure dressing or tourniquet
- Tongue Depressor: Finger splint or visualizing the airway
- Sterile Roller Gauze: Wound dressing, bandage, or for packing wounds. As an alternative, a roll of coban or an ace wrap could be included instead.
- Tourniquet Windlass Rod: 8 tongue depressors taped together for tightening a tourniquet
- Nitrile Gloves: 1 pair.
- Providone Iodine Pads x 2: For wound cleaning or water purification
- Alcohol Prep Pads x 6: For wound cleaning or fire starting
- Bandaid Assortment x 20: For protecting small cuts or as tape for splints
- Butterfly Closure x 5: Wound closure
- Casualty Card: To record treatment given, as well as medical history
- Red Zipper Pouch: To contain items. Safety Pin attached to zipper to ease use under stress.
Liquid:
- Iodine - disinfectant
- Rubbing alcohol - disinfectant
- Hydrogen peroxide - oxidizer
- Eyewash bottle
From Yoonseo
Latex-Free Powder-Free Exam-Quality Disposable Gloves 200pce
Case Studies
Marcin of sweet Maysville, Missouri in the United States
Case: stepped on a screw which went in about an inch. One week later after a trip to Spain, the subject's foot is swollen:
Eric Lotze
- So the main injuries i've seen on the jobsite are:
- Heat Stress / Heat Exhaustion
- Not entirely relevant to First Aid ; almost a step above it, BUT having Water / Bottled Water + Ice Available, as well as some form of Electrolytes (Be it a Sports Drink (with electrolytes plants crave!), or even just extra Granola Bars / Protein Bars in your Lunch Box for others as well as yourself just in case etc) can help a TON with that, and along with looking out for yourself + others can help turn something that would be work day ending/an ER visit into a calm break etc
- Cuts/Scrapes
- On the scale from a small abrasion, to a pretty nasty slice from a Pocket Knife opening something, or Sharp Corners/Edges on Sheet Metal etc
- These aren't some HUGE concern, but spreading blood all over is a Bloodborne Pathogen risk, and even if that is irrelevant etc (due to the person not being infected and/or being properly treated etc) it is unsightly and can spook others etc so getting the bleeding under control+under a bandage gets someone back in the game, even if it would be overkill if you were chilling at home on the couch etc
- Most of the Abrasion Ones are just:
- Clean if Off (if there is dirt in there etc), either in a sink / with a bottled water, OR with Sterile Saline Spray or Sterile Saline Rinsewater (Although aseptic would be cooler!)
- Get some Antibiotic Ointment on there (Although from an Antibacterial Resistance perspective this may not be the best)
- Get your Bandaid Bandage on there
- For cuts that are in the annoying area between "instantly clots up, just a scrape" and "bleeding out and dying need Hemostatic Gauze wound packing and/or a Tourniquette etc, some of that Clotting Powder may be a nice (and more inexpensive) way to reduced the time sitting there waiting on a cut to clot as you want it MOSTLY stopped pre-bandaid or it will soak through
- This is from personal experience with the occasional razor knife/blade pocket knife cut/sheet metal scrape RIGHT ON a damn capillary etc
- On the scale from a small abrasion, to a pretty nasty slice from a Pocket Knife opening something, or Sharp Corners/Edges on Sheet Metal etc
- Migraines / Aches and Pains
- Cold/Flu/Covid (Although the latter especially SHOULD be a stay at home / self isolate type situation, this is just due to crappy Sick Leave policies and people needing the money)
- Heat Stress / Heat Exhaustion
- SO the majority of what you are preparing for can be covered by:
- Packing a big lunch + cooler with ice in it + keeping a watch on how you+your team are doing
- Having a Cuts and Scrapes First Aid Kit
- Having a bin as a sort of " Portable Medicine Cabinet " with your NSAIDs / Pain Meds, Some Allergy
Antibiotics
- Vitamin C, A, D (10000 units), A, and K