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0:00So most riders don't carry anything when
0:02it comes to a trauma kit. They don't
0:04know what to do and here's the thing is
0:06that if you come up to a crash and you
0:08know what to do but you don't have the
0:09equipment, you're not going to be able
0:10to do much other than direct pressure or
0:13call 911, which is still fine. You still
0:14want to remain calm sure on safety and
0:16you can only do direct pressure though.
0:18So I'm going to go over the trauma kit
0:19that I have. I have designed this one
0:21myself. I use a fanny pack. You can get
0:23any kind of fanny pack, it's easy. I can
0:25wrap it around my waist when I'm riding
0:27and that way it stays with me in case I
0:30don't wear a backpack. I don't like to
0:31keep it in the saddlebag, it's another
0:33good place to put it though, but I don't
0:34like putting it there cuz if I get
0:35ejected, I don't have it with me. So I
0:38have everything in here. So this is what
0:40I use and I use this for general purpose
0:44for the most case. I also uh am a part
0:47of the safety team for my church and so
0:50one of the big concerns is knife attacks
0:52or gunshots and so I have extra stuff
0:56for that kind of stuff, but it also can
0:58apply to motorcycle riding. So inside
1:01the first big compartment, this was
1:03actually designed for concealed carry,
1:04but I use it for EMS. First big pocket
1:07opens up all the way flat.
1:10Now inside this pocket, I have multiple
1:13sets of nitrile gloves. I want to have
1:16not just one set, I want to have
1:18backups. I have like three or four sets
1:20of gloves in there. So I have like about
1:21eight gloves.
1:22That way if it's I'm bloody you know
1:24bloody if I have blood all over the
1:26gloves
1:27um and I need to help somebody else, I
1:28don't want to transfer blood from one
1:30patient to the other. So I'll just take
1:31those off, put on a new pair or if one
1:33rips, I have another pair to use.
1:35All right. So inside here, I talked
1:37about it during the stop major bleeds is
1:39that I carry four CAT tourniquets from
1:42North American Rescue inside this spot
1:45right here. So I have four tourniquets
1:47ready to go because one person has four
1:51limbs. I have four limbs. So if I get
1:53into a crash, I might need to apply it
1:56to myself.
1:58Um and this is also helpful if somebody
2:00if I have multiple people in a group
2:01ride or multiple victims from a gunshots
2:05or anything like that, I can apply one
2:07to one person, two to one person, one to
2:08another. So I can at least help out more
2:10than one person
2:12uh
2:13in pretty much any case. So I have four
2:15tourniquets. I recommend at least two.
2:18One fails, you have a backup. I always
2:20like to have two. I like redundancies. I
2:22also have a pair of trauma shears inside
2:24here in case I need to cut clothes or
2:26motorcycle gear off. Trauma shears are
2:28really nice because they're better than
2:30scissors when it comes to cutting tough
2:31material. These are designed to cut
2:33tough material. You can cut like leather
2:35belts and a bunch of other stuff with
2:36this with ease. So that's what I have in
2:39that first pocket, okay? So it's empty
2:41right there.
2:43Inside the second pocket,
2:45the one nearest to me cuz I'm going to
2:46carry it like this,
2:48is I have uh roll gauze. You can either
2:51pack the wound with this like we talked
2:53about or you can put a 4x4 and then wrap
2:56it like it's just a regular bandage. I
2:58was using this as a demonstration,
2:59that's why it's all loose, but they come
3:01in little packages like this.
3:03So I carry multiple versions of it. I
3:04keep about three or four in my bag at
3:07all times in case I need it.
3:09I have mercy blankets. I carry two just
3:12in case cuz once again, I'm here for
3:13multiple people
3:15at the church, but mercy blankets are
3:17really nice because if it's cold out,
3:20you want to keep the body warm. If it's
3:21super hot out, you can use this if you
3:24have multiple people as a shade. So it's
3:26really nice to have um not just to keep
3:28people warm, but to to provide shade. So
3:31I carry two of those.
3:34And then I have
3:36this is what I would use more so than
3:38the roll gauze and this is a little bit
3:39more expensive, but it's quick clot
3:41combat gauze, okay? So inside here is
3:45going to be
3:47what this looks like inside. It's the
3:49compressed gauze, but it's compressed in
3:52here. And what's the quick clot does is
3:55that it has some coagulant in it. So
3:57it's their branded called quick clot and
4:00think of it as artificial platelets. So
4:03we have blood platelets that will clot
4:05things. This has artificial platelets
4:08that will clot things. So when I'm
4:09packing the wound, not only am I not
4:11only am I applying direct pressure on
4:13the inside, I'm also applying some
4:16clotting agent inside that. Uh fun fact
4:19is that I don't know if you can see it.
4:23I don't know if you can see it, but
4:24there's like a blue streak. It's kind of
4:26transparent through the packaging.
4:28There's a blue streak and what they have
4:29do in there is a blue streak in the
4:31actual um
4:34the the compressed gauze so that when
4:35they do x-rays, they see there's like
4:37the blue streak is visible with x-rays
4:39and stuff. So it's easier to find. I
4:41don't know. That was just gee whiz.
4:43Um when it comes to quick clot and all
4:45that other stuff, it's up to you if you
4:47want to use it. I will. Um
4:50don't be too concerned about it. Don't
4:52get it in your eyeballs. That would
4:53suck.
4:54So that's for packing the wound, okay? I
4:57have triangular bandages, okay? Each one
5:00of these packets come with two uh
5:02triangular bandages, uh cravats,
5:04whatever you want to call it. These are
5:05non-stretchy material. So I can actually
5:08make a sling and swath. So if somebody
5:11breaks their collarbone for pain
5:12management, I can keep them in a sling.
5:15Uh you can actually use this for an
5:16improvised tourniquet. Not really
5:18recommended especially if you have four,
5:19but if you need to,
5:21there you go.
5:22Uh you can use this to tie knots and a
5:24bunch of other stuff. It's basically
5:25like a a
5:27jack-of-all-trades, not really a master
5:28of anything other than having a sling
5:30and swath. So I carry this cuz if uh two
5:33people, you know, crash and both of them
5:36break collarbones, I can actually put
5:37them in
5:38uh sling and swath.
5:40Um if one person breaks both
5:41collarbones, they're kind of just
5:42sitting like this. So it is what it is.
5:45And like I said earlier when it came to
5:47stop major bleeds, we can't really do
5:49much on the torso at all. Can't do
5:52anything abdomen, torso and all that
5:53stuff. If there's like a puncture or
5:54anything like that, don't want to pack
5:56the wound, don't want to do any of that
5:57stuff. So I actually carry chest seals.
6:00Okay, think of this as like a fun little
6:02fabric that is a one-way valve. A fun
6:07fabric that's a one-way valve. It's like
6:08a plastic fabric with a sticky side and
6:11so what it allows is uh for things to
6:13breathe out but not breathe back in. So
6:16it's it won't it won't allow air to be
6:18re-introduced.
6:19And we can talk about tension
6:21pneumothorax and a bunch of other stuff,
6:23but chest seals are great. So if you're
6:24part of the gun community and you don't
6:26have a chest seal
6:27uh when you go to the range and you have
6:28a range bag, uh I highly recommend you
6:31getting some chest seals. So that's why
6:32I have them in here is not just for
6:34motorcycling, but like I said, I have it
6:35for
6:37uh when I work at the church just in
6:40case there's uh a stab wound to the
6:42chest and they pull it out or whatever
6:45or gunshot wound to the chest. So that's
6:47the second pocket. Now the third pocket
6:49I have is like a boo-boo pocket. So
6:52people get little boo-boos.
6:54Um this is really just designed for
6:56people that have minor scrapes. So you
6:59don't want to be using all your fancy
7:01stuff for somebody that like cuts their
7:02finger, you know? It is what it is. You
7:05just put Band-Aids. I have a bunch of
7:07Band-Aids in there. I have medical tape
7:09in case I need to tape two toes together
7:12or two fingers together in case they
7:13break a finger or dislocate a finger. I
7:15can at least tape them together and this
7:18is what I was talking about when it
7:19comes to the 4x4. So when we're talking
7:21about
7:22stop the bleed and direct pressure, put
7:24a 4x4 on and then put direct pressure
7:26through gloved hand. These are 4x4s.
7:29They're just like little pieces of
7:30cloth, non-sterile for the most part and
7:33you know, they they can open up. I'll go
7:35and open one up for you.
7:37Typically they open up cuz they're
7:38multi-layered.
7:45So they get pretty big, but they are
7:48typically square like that. So you got
7:50four layers. You put it on somebody, you
7:53put direct pressure. Um
7:56if it's just like a minor cut and you
7:57don't want it to get exposed. If it's
7:59like a big boo-boo and a Band-Aid won't
8:00be able to do anything to it, you can
8:02get your roll gauze
8:05and you can just start
8:06wrapping it around and taking care of it
8:08that way.
8:10If you don't have compressed or roll
8:12gauze and you don't have like this
8:15compact quick clot gauze, if you have a
8:17bunch of these, you can do direct
8:18pressure. Just keep putting new ones in
8:20on top of the other one. Uh these are
8:23just like a general purpose grade and
8:24that's why I keep them in the boo-boo
8:25bag because if somebody scrapes their
8:27knee, I need to apply that on them, I
8:29could do that and I'm not using quick
8:31clot and I have just Band-Aids. I don't
8:35recommend carrying Well, if you want to,
8:37I don't I don't really need to. Pain
8:39management like ibuprofen, Tylenol. Um
8:42something that, you know, might be
8:44beneficial is Benadryl in case somebody
8:46has an allergic reaction like a bee
8:47sting, they're allergic to the bees, a
8:49Benadryl. But now we're starting to dive
8:51into medications and I'm not going to go
8:54any further. I'm not going to recommend
8:55anything cuz that's
8:58big. That's a big thing. Uh giving
9:00medications, introducing things into the
9:02body that
9:04are medications. So it's up to you. You
9:06choose what you want. If you know you're
9:08a part of group ride and
9:10you know, you need to carry your own
9:11stuff, that's the great spot.
9:14If you're a parent and you know your kid
9:16might need something and you're willing
9:17to take that and do that, then that's
9:19your thing. For me when it comes to
9:20strangers, I'm just going to handle
9:22direct pressure and all these bleeding
9:24control areas. If you notice this is all
9:26bleeding control with a little bit of
9:28pain management and comfort management,
9:31okay? That's really all I have uh inside
9:34here. So that's how I set up my trauma
9:36kit. There are some places that you can
9:38just get trauma kits already set up and
9:40made.
9:41Um highly recommend Trauma Moto, okay?
9:44So Trauma Moto does a good job. I know
9:46Ethan uh we did an um
9:48a seminar at Michigan State University
9:50together and his kit is good. So if you
9:53want to just buy a straight-up kit,
9:54there you go. I pieced this myself. I've
9:57got my own fanny pack and I bought my
9:59own little things
10:01um as is piece by piece by piece and
10:03just built it myself. And then I can
10:05just replace things as they expire or if
10:08they're used. It is what it is.
10:10But that's how I have my trauma kit. I
10:12have it in the fanny pack like I said. I
10:13wrap it around me.
10:15And it's just basics so I can handle
10:17pretty much any situation. Main thing is
10:20calling 911 and ensuring your own safety
10:23though, okay? You're the You're pretty
10:25important.
10:26All right? So there's the kit.