ST MIKE Bag Trauma Kit

High quality, complete kit. Everything in the kit is of great quality, organized, and ready for a user to grab and put to use in life saving situations. This kit we purchased to keep on hand at the gun store/indoor range I work at part time after an incident with a negligent discharge/self-inflicted gunshot wound. No longer will we scramble assembling the items needed.

Reviewing a FAK/trauma kit is difficult to do considering I hope to never have to use it, but that being said, the St. Mike is very well thought out and organized, and the supplies appear to be very high quality. Not sure about the band aids - the downfall of many a FAK, due to extremely poor adhesive. I might just try one to see how they hold up. Anyway, I’m expecting those to be in keeping with the overall high quality. I feel prepared for the apocalypse now! Other perks: Dark Angel is just an hour down the road from me; shipping was fast; ‘Hoot’ is a pleasure to deal with. Great folks, and I doubt anyone would fault their quality, attention to detail, customer service, and even price - no, they ain’t cheap, but you get the quality to justify it. Keep it up, Dark Angel!

I love this bag. It has everything needed except for an IV set up!

This is an excellent bag and well-stocked. great to be kept in the car or at home. I fortified mine to be used as emergency response and also for house calls. Very happy with the product and enthusiastically recommend for any medical person to purchase.

Well made, well stocked, pretty much has everything i need with room to add more if I want. For larger trauma kit this would be hard to beat right out of the box.

It is a well rounded kit. Like any stocked kit, it will need to be customized with a few little additions here and there to meet one's specific needs. I think that I may have misunderstood that it would come with shoulder straps, which could be upgraded with those available from First Spear. Once I repacked the kit by groups, I found that the top closure to the main compartment left a gap between the zipper, top material between the zippers and the Velcro'ed flap. Small items (a roll of surgical tape & assorted small packs of gauze) fell out when I rolled the kit a couple times to test if any items could potentially fall out. I believe that the strip of fabric and zippers could be made longer in the future to close more of the gap on the roof of the compartment; while still allowing it to be swiftly opened when needed. The Velcro'ed side compartment for the TQ's, NPA, Izzy bandages, etc could use a little more fabric & Velcro overlap to ensure that the items stored in the elastic loops do not fall out of the sides of the compartment. A 2-3 inches wider band of Velcro on the inside surface of the same compartment's flap may also help to secure the items from falling out of the sides. I mention this because 2 vacuum packed bandages did fall out of their elastic loop and the compartment. All contents fit in the pouches of the bag with room to spare for additional small items (meds, stethoscope, gauze, tape, etc.) as needed. Just be aware to secure smaller items inside the zippered pockets. It is a good kit and bag, but I question if I will add straps to carry it as a pack due to these concerns.