IFAK Trauma Kit Essentials for Your Bug Out Bag

 

Exterior items

• CAT-type tourniquet
• Trauma shears
• Tourniquet + shears holster
• 5.11 Patch for flashlight and pen
• Tactical pen MTP-6
• SWAT Flashlight
• Molle attachments
• SWAT Knife

You can find the pouch here, but is currently out of stock... search for IFAK pouch rip away from other brands.

You can find the belt I am using with this pouch here.

Interior items

I got many of the items in this Adventure Medical Kits:

• QuikClot 25g
• Trauma Pad, 5" x 9"
• Nitrile gloves
• Small roll of duct tape
• Triangular bandage
• Dressing gauze 4" x 4"
• Scrapes antiseptic wipes

Some more items:

• Israeli bandage battle dressing (compression bandage)
• Emergency blanket
• Clear dressing tape
• Hyfin Vent chest sealing
• Rite in the rain waterproof notebook
• Sharpie black pen
• Rolled gauze
• 3 Ply surgical masks
• Adhesive bandages (not essential in a trauma kit!)

Other things to consider (but bulkier):

• SAM medical splint roll
• Gerber multi-tool

 

You can find out about our online first aid class here