Trauma Pack Essentials

Tom Hackett MD

The Steadman Clinic

Vail, Colorado

Trauma Pack/

First Aid Kit Tailored to specific event or

experience

Full trauma kit ?

Limited first aid kit ?

Prior Planning Prevents Poor

Performance

Create a plan and sort equipment

based upon anticipated:

geographic, environmental and cultural

expectations

Sport specific

Medical Kit should reflect the Plan

Emergency Action

Plan

Ski/Snowboard Event

Could be applied to

any event-

General template that

is used globally

Planning

Environment

Remote

Vehicle access?

Helicopter access?

Ambulance or Helicopter on site?

Resources

Hazards

Size of Kit Matters

Space

Travelling internationally?

Country specific medication restrictions

Mobility

Hike, bike, ski, sail?

Weight

Can you lift it?

What is the number one

item in a first aid kit?

Satellite Phone

Loaded with numbers

Evac service

Consultants

Second opinions

Notification tree

Xtra Battery!!

Translation Apps

USSA Kit

Size?

Diagnostic Tools

Stethescope

BP Cuff

Otoscope

Sharpie

Airway

Nasal

Oral

Non-rebreather

Pertrach Kit

Life saving

SAM Splint

Versitile

lightweight

Cervical Collar

Adjustable Size

Lac/Wound Kit

Suture

Lac tray

Dressings

ABD

Multiple adhesives

Duct tape

Israeli Bandage

Multiple uses

Versatility

Cost

Size

HALO Seals – Occlusive seals that

can be used for a sucking chest

wound

The adhesive used on them enables

the HALO seals to be removed and

relocated without losing adhesion.

Combat Application Tourniquet (CAT)

This is one of the most widely fielded

tourniquets in combat theaters today

It can be effectively applied with one

hand

Hemostatic Agents

Hemostatic Agent

QuikClot Combat Gauze

kaolin-impregnated rayon and polyester

Mineral activates factor 12

Stimulates prekallikreine to kallikrein

Stimulates platelet adhesion

Wayne Pneumothorax Kit

Life Saving

Kendrick Traction Device

Tapenade hemorrhage-

Prevent additional trauma

Comfort

Small lightwieght

IV

IV Set

Angiocaths

18 ga

22 ga

1 Liter Saline

Medications

Local Anesthetic

Corticosteriod

Glucose

Epinepherine

Albuterol MDI

WADA

MEDS

Concussion

SCAT

Concussion Consultant-

Summary

Trauma Kit is tailored

to the training of the provider

to the environment and situation

Communication plan and device

esential

Thank You