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I don't know how many kits I've gotten or been given over the years, and they all seem to boil down to useless crap to carry. I keep an Israeli bandage in my range bag, because I might shoot myself and I know how to use it. In my kid's skateboard bag, I keep a SAM Splint and a couple triangle bandages. Everything else has been tossed.

I do keep a bandana in my back pocket (it's concealed - not a gay thing on display) to blow my nose and clean my glasses (not in that order). That bandana (there are many, I always have a clean one at the start of the day) is my first aid kit. I've used it as a band aid to stop boo-boos from bleeding and messing up my car, I've used it as a splint on a broken ankle, used it as a sling on a broken elbow, as an ace bandage on a twisted ankle and in a pinch I could use it as a tourniquet.

Sure, I know how to use the stuff in the big kits for the most part, but I'm not going to carry it consistently, so it won't be there in an emergency. The bandana will always be there.

<blockquote data-quote="tuna" data-source="post: 8063551" data-attributes="member: 1385">I don&#039;t know how many kits I&#039;ve gotten or been given over the years, and they all seem to boil down to useless crap to carry.&nbsp; I keep an Israeli bandage in my range bag, because I might shoot myself and I know how to use it.&nbsp; In my kid&#039;s skateboard bag, I keep a SAM Splint and a couple triangle bandages.&nbsp; Everything else has been tossed.&nbsp; I do keep a bandana in my back pocket (it&#039;s concealed - not a gay thing on display) to blow my nose and clean my glasses (not in that order).&nbsp; That bandana (there are many, I always have a clean one at the start of the day) is my first aid kit.&nbsp; I&#039;ve used it as a band aid to stop boo-boos from bleeding and messing up my car, I&#039;ve used it as a splint on a broken ankle, used it as a sling on a broken elbow, as an ace bandage on a twisted ankle and in a pinch I could use it as a tourniquet.Sure, I know how to use the stuff in the big kits for the most part, but I&#039;m not going to carry it consistently, so it won&#039;t be there in an emergency.&nbsp; The bandana will always be there.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="tuna, post: 8063551, member: 1385"] I don't know how many kits I've gotten or been given over the years, and they all seem to boil down to useless crap to carry. I keep an Israeli bandage in my range bag, because I might shoot myself and I know how to use it. In my kid's skateboard bag, I keep a SAM Splint and a couple triangle bandages. Everything else has been tossed. I do keep a bandana in my back pocket (it's concealed - not a gay thing on display) to blow my nose and clean my glasses (not in that order). That bandana (there are many, I always have a clean one at the start of the day) is my first aid kit. I've used it as a band aid to stop boo-boos from bleeding and messing up my car, I've used it as a splint on a broken ankle, used it as a sling on a broken elbow, as an ace bandage on a twisted ankle and in a pinch I could use it as a tourniquet. Sure, I know how to use the stuff in the big kits for the most part, but I'm not going to carry it consistently, so it won't be there in an emergency. The bandana will always be there. [/QUOTE]

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