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How do you define average people?

Honestly, if a person isn't, they'll know it and already know which components they need anyway. That's sort of a non-answer, but I meant to convey that I'm asking people with little to no medical training in case anyone wants a good place to start for intermediate trauma/medical preparedness.

If you know you'll be using advanced or surgical airways (and other higher level stuff), then this would be a boring build. It's going to be for my travel kit. My home or work kit would have these things in addition to other systems for more advanced care. I'm happy to share that stuff too, but it isn't all that useful for average people in every day life (meaning non-professionals).

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Ahi 6mo ago

It still not easy for even professionals to pack all things needed. Too accustomed to get what I need by only asking and reaching a hand.

Just would have needed nose elevator in an off grid setting. Dull table knife didn't fit in 😁

Matt 6mo ago

That's part of the challenge (and fun) of building these kits. I work in an ED now, but I have spent time on ambulances and the difference is significant. You really learn to make it with a lot less. Even less than that with some private or tiny services 😂 I also try to make custom or multiuse things to save space/weight.

Another challenge is that "needs" are often dictated by chance. All we can really do is use data and critical thinking to do the best we can. I've had people code or become critically ill in the ED (arguably the best place to do it, and mine is at a major city hospital) and still die. I still have to improvise sometimes even in that environment due to shortages, rare cases, etc.

Matt 6mo ago

And medicine, particularly emergency, is really young. So we probably need a lot of things we can't even imagine today.