[highspeedmdd]

Just a couple of words to add.

I decided that I was going to be a SF Medic, not just a regular medic. To me, this meant that I was not going to get into the lickie-chewie business. While I had all that kind of aspirin, cough drops, eye drops, etc, I made a basic pack for everyone and made them carry it, along with IV bags, admin kits, etc. I decided I was not going to replace "life saving" equipment/meds space for "feel better in the morning" equipment/meds space. By all means provide that stuff if your guys want it and need it, but I never really felt compelled to carry band aids and cough drops. All of that stuff falls into the "self service" lane.

Also, just remembered. I put in an order to replace the regular field dressing with the small abdominal dressings. You can sew a compass pouch to the outside of another pouch on your kit and fit an abdominal dressing in that thing and it works much better when you have a real injury. The basic field dressing stops absorbing rather quickly if there is a real bleeder. Your guys are better off with the small abdominal dressings.

My 2 pennies...