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Many of them are quite pricey. What do you recommend, preferably Canadian made, that I can stock up on?
Buy just the bag and find a medical supply house in your area. The supplies are pretty cost effective and can be bought separately. Look in the industrial parks in the cities around you or that you live in. There will be medical supply houses that stock first aid kits and supplies as well as hospital supplies and such. Get a list of goods and stock everything you can. They may also be designated as rescue supply or safety supply. Avoid drug stores as the costs are exorbitant..
If you can't manage all the goods buy PPE (gloves especially), trauma bandages, chest seals, tourniquets, tape (hockey tape works surprisingly well for a lot of things) and a pair good heavy medical shears. Stock as many as you can manage. Those will be the most used items.
Here is a list for a good basic Field kit you can follow. Put it in a pouch that can attach easily to a belt or a pack and be accessible always.
PPE (gloves, mask, eye protection)
Small pocket mask, NPA, OPA
Trauma scissors
Quick clot
1 or 2 tourniquets (SWAT-T, CAT)
Chest decompression kit
2-3 trauma dressings (Israeli type)
4-6 hemostatic dressings
2-3 open chest seal (Bolin, Hyfin, Asherman)
4 roller gauze, compression bandages
1 heavy duty 2" tape (e.g. NARP Gecko tape)
1 personal care kit (PCK) that includes personal medications, sunscreen, insect repellant, and/or contact lens supplies
Edit: here is an online supply house from Canada that has many items to choose from. Canadian made is going to be hard but I'm sure if you contact them they will do their best to help you out.
https://canadiansafetysupplies.com/
And sands has been a Canadian supply house for years. I have ordered from here quite a bit over the years.
https://sands.ca/
They have this very basic premade kit as well...
https://sands.ca/products/blood-stop-kit-1199468348-html?_pos=12&_sid=f0108cf11&_ss=r
Wow, thanks for the detailed response!
When you asked I realized I actually had all the answers and I had literally just read a lengthy post about protecting yourself at protests written by an American. I made sure to thank them as well.
This is the time we need to be sharing information and making connections with our fellow man. If we have the knowledge and someone requests it we have a true need at this time in history to share that information regardless of consequences.
That's how I see it anyway.
Thanks again bud, and I agree about sharing info, but some information is best not to share... Like if you're feeling like doing some 'improvising'. Know what I'm sayin'? You know, if you're "looking to join an improv group". Ya get me?
Yeah don't share that info or you'll have the RCMP at your door. You only share that info in person.
Keep up the good work!
Just some medical kits. Nothing to see here. As always 1312.