Compiling a list of medical supplies for SHTF

**RICHFL** · 03-18-2012, 06:57 PM

What you have to decide is are you staying or bug out. Both allows you to select items for a medical bag.

Something to remember the disaster will require us all to do things we normally do with a machine or buy the product at the store. Once we start gardening, tending animals, blacksmith, security patrols, etc. all sorts of injuries will happen that you normally would run to the hospital for. Broken bones, cuts, blisters, pulled muscles, and with any injury, infections.

Also staying at home allows you to build up a lot of supplies that you cannot take with you. My set ups allow me to do most anything at home or at my farm up to including minor surgery. I have supplies to last over 2 years to handle most medical problems for 16+ people.

**blkhawk21** · 03-26-2012, 04:53 PM

Originally Posted by Iron mike

maric is absolutely right there more then once Quick Clot has made me a believer in Afghanistan for real I owe that company

You are right about Quick Clot. As a nurse deployed to Afghanistan area afew times it is great stuff. It was actually tested there with pararecue medics and SF forward surgical teams (fst) in 2002.

**Ravens Shadow** · 03-26-2012, 05:45 PM

Powdered Alum will work like Quick Clot same stuff they used in the styptic pencils for razor cuts.

**Ravens Shadow** · 03-26-2012, 05:49 PM

If you can find a tincture of Usnea or Oregon Grape root they are excellent natural antibiotics. Comfrey mashed draws out poisons. I know that for a fact had a bad abscess one Friday night Raven Fox put some in a press and seal tea bag in boiling water till it got all slimy put it on for about 20 minutes and it literally drew all that crap out. I swear by it.

**gayla** · 03-30-2012, 05:30 AM

I would add Antidiarrheal, Quick clot, Ace bandage to keep kotex secure over a wound,Tums, and a box of baking soda for bites and stings and itching, hand sanitizer and baby bottom wipes. O dont forget seperate adult and childrens dosage on fever reducers, cold pac's.

**nakadnu** · 03-30-2012, 06:37 AM

I collect popsicle sticks to be used as finger splints. Some sort bigger splint material for a broken arm etc. Eye wash. Of course I have no experience with a true SHTF situation but the majority of injuries I have experienced or seen at work are too the hands and fingers, eyes and the head or feet. My priorities are to control bleeding in a serious situation or to provide comfort or pain relief in a minor one. When the time comes and there is no one at the emergency room there won't be much else I can do anyway.
You used to be able to buy over the counter Primatene mist inhalers for asthma. I don't know if they are still available but they would be quite helpful for some allergic reactions. I haven't seen them in a long time.

**Beanie** · 04-26-2012, 10:55 AM

Shadowbender, anitbiotics are available on the net without a prescription.

I would add sutures to your kit

**Oscar Wilde** · 04-26-2012, 11:04 AM

Originally Posted by cocowen

Thousands of home and hospital medical equipments are offered on fairwholesale.com,

Appreciate the info CoCoWen. Welcome to the forum.

O.W.

**JimC** · 04-27-2012, 08:21 AM

Any suggestions on what to do about on going perscriptions? How would you go about aquiring perscription pain killers, anti-biotics etc,etc? For example, my brother had a kidney transplant & if supplies of his meds are disrupted for more than a couple of weeks, he's pretty much screwed. I doubt a doctor is gonna put his license on the line by over persrcibing just so you can be prepped. Also, if you manage to aquire a supply of any of these, how would you go about storing them so they don't lose their potency? Any suggestions?

**bravokilo17** · 04-27-2012, 08:21 AM

for the quick clot that iron mike suggested i would recomend the combat gauze, for someone who doesnt have much experience with quick clot it is easy to use, i know from personal experience, also it lowers the risk for fragmentation of the clot, for the anti biotics a really cost effective way to stock up would be fish antibiotics, you can get a 1000 mg erythromycin for $20, me and my wife stock up on it, also asher chest seals, are great for sucking chest wounds, and the biggest thing i can say number 1 should be a CAT tourniquet it is 100% effective, easy to use and can be used on yourself one handed