SURGICAL KIT

Consisting of 1 needle holder, 1 Adison forceps with teeth and 1 without teeth, 3-0 Ethilon sutures, 5-0 Ethilon sutures, and 3-0 gut sutures. The 3-0 and 5-0 sutures should have s circle, cutting needles. The gut sutures are best placed with a half circle for use potentially within the mouth.

✓ Many surgical kits are available online, including practice kits. Once in the field, butterfly bandages can be fashioned from tape as described on page 126. Lacking other means of fastening gaping wounds together, use the technique of open packing the wound with a wet-to-dry dressing described on page 122.