Comprehensive Medical Kit
Emergency Medical Kits for
Crisis Intervention

A comprehensive medical kit is a must if you are preparing for the possibility of a disaster, evacuation or other emergency situation. Tsunamis, terrorist attacks, epidemics and earthquakes, along with other natural occurrences, always leave someone bloody or broken, so preparing for it is one of the best decisions you can make, as it could save a life.

These kits are even useful for daily injuries, such as scrapes and bruises, or the unexpected car accident so odds are that at some point you are going to use this kit.

Accessibility

If you find yourself in a crisis, a medical kit should be handy at all times and while it might not be the most fashionable look, the First Aid Fanny Pack offers the quickest access to supplies. At a moment’s notice, you can pull out nitrile gloves, bandages, or gauze pads if you need to apply pressure to stop a wound from bleeding.

Once the blood is under control, you might use alcohol wipes to clean the surrounding area and an ice pack to help numb the pain.

In the event you need to raise a person’s body heat, you can reach into this comprehensive medical kit for a body warmer and blanket.

Additionally, this small, easy to carry pack also includes other items to help you survive or manage an injury, such as:

• Eye Wash
  
• Tweezers
  
• CPR Mask
  
• Antiseptic
  
• Over-the-Counter Pain Medications
  
• Burn Cream
  
• Light Sticks
  
• Utility Knife
  

You might not know how to use all of these products but if you buy the pack in advance, you have the time to research their functions. If you are lucky enough to never use the supplies in this comprehensive medical kit for an injury, some of the tools, such as the tape and scissors, could still help in an emergency.

A Comprehensive Medical Kit in Crisis Intervention

Trauma Kit Soft Bag

As someone who prepares in advance, you probably have just the basics or are the type of person who has all of the “just-in-case” supplies, like the Trauma Kit Soft Bag. The contents of this bag are somewhat different from the essentials that come in the fanny pack with regard to quality while others simply appear in only one of the two kits. The trauma bag is more of a comprehensive medical kit because it contains the type of supplies a doctor might use, such as iodine and splinter forceps.

It also has utility shears, water-jel dressing and a compress made with the specific purpose of stopping blood. This pack does have a smaller number of bandages than the fanny pack but they are better in quality, size, shape and function; in other words, each bandage is up to medical standards to protect a certain type of wound.

Some of the other basics, such as the blanket, scissors, CPR mask and tape are also of a medical-level quality, which, when used correctly, can help reduce the risk of infection and actually help the wound to properly clot and heal.

Standard Emergency Kit

If you opted for the Standard Emergency Kit instead, you would not find much difference other than price, a small bottle of sodium chloride, also known as salt, and a special dressing you can apply to a burn. As someone who likes to prepare, this kit would do well in an emergency and the price is not bad, as per consumer reviews.

It might seem small, but salt and a no-stick burn bandage are huge positives to have in an emergency, as the salt helps to stop bleeding and the bandage prevents infection and further damage.

Emergency packs usually come with food and shelter so purchasing a comprehensive medical kit is a smart idea, especially when you consider its portability, affordability, and life-saving capability. If you do not want anything too big, opt for the pocket size kit; it may only be some bandages and antiseptic wipes but at least you have something.

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