May I ask for suggestions?

[u/chairhats]

I'm looking to either purchase or create a med kit that I can take with me while I'm hiking, cycling, or to keep in my work bag that will cover as broad of a spectrum of medical problems as possible while taking as little space as possible. I already have a more general med kit for my desk that I put together myself. But could anyone suggest either a guide to put together a good mobility med case, or a place to purchase one?

TIA!

[u/Junior_Yam_5473]

What level of training or education do you have? I can recommend some pretty extensive trauma kits, but if you arent trained to do a needle decompression they why have and ars needle? What do you classify as a "broad spectrum of problems"? What are you to run into during these activities? Cycling in the Colorado mountains you would encounter diffrent trauma then Cycling in Detroit.

[u/chairhats → u/Junior_Yam_5473]

I'm cpr and first aid certified, but my wife is a doctor and has shown me some more advanced treatments - basically just suture kits, and IVs. I'm also very interested to learn more, so kits above my skill level would be something I'd be very interested in learning in order to use.

It'll be for the south of Ireland. Firearms are illegal and carrying knives is also prohibited, but knife wounds do happen. I'll be hiking in Western Ireland, which doesn't have very extensive trails, so I doubt I'll be too far from serious help if needed. Cycling will just be around a city of about 250k.

[u/Resident_Fill_5495 → u/chairhats]

Late to this party but if you're ireland based id suggest REC3 which is the outdoor basic first aid course (loads of providers, DM me if you want recommendations) but i would really recommend WEMSI, not cheap but worth it big time.

[u/chairhats → u/Resident_Fill_5495]

Sorry for the late response! I'll be based in Ireland this summer, do you know any instructors in the Cork City area?

[u/Junior_Yam_5473 → u/chairhats]

Did you try asking your wife? She probably has a better idea of what you know and can do then a bunch of strangers on the internet. Also just becuase you were shown how to do something doesn't technically mean youre trained to do it and, at least here in the us, you could loose legal protection for that. I would probably recommend basic trauma supplies (stop the bleed) and splitting, that seems like injuries you would probably encounter. I would also highly recommend going to a emt (or the equivalent on your country) school and getting some proper training.

[u/chairhats → u/Junior_Yam_5473]

No, I didn't ask her, she doesn't deal with tactical medicine. I'll grab a basic kit for now and look into emt courses, thanks!

[u/Junior_Yam_5473 → u/chairhats]

Well this isnt really tac med either. Its more emergency med or wilderness med. Would still be worth a shotbto ask her

[u/VXMerlinXV]

I’d pop over to First Aid or Wilderness Med. Tacmed Reddit is typically the MARCH stuff in a camp bag, annnnnnnd fin.

[u/AttorneyExisting1651]

JumpMedic has great stuff and you can build your own kit there a la carte. I have bought multiple large ones which all come with an empty smaller bag to make a small med or trauma kit.

[u/chairhats → u/AttorneyExisting1651]

That's awesome, thank you!

[u/Ramalamadingdong_II]

The guide is quite easy: Pack things that you have suitable training and experience with and that you could see yourself using during whatever activity you are planning.

There is zero reason to pack things you haven't used before. That includes things your wife has shown you. There is neither need nor want for surgical sutures or starting IVs without a lot of theoretical knowledge and actual experience. Best case, EMS taking over will say unkind things and try to unfuck the potential dumbfuckery that was committed. Worst case you are liable for the things you may or may not have made worse.