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Letter Re: Source for Low Cost First Aid/Medical Supplies?
Sir:
I was wondering if you had any direction to a source for "bulk" medical
supplies. Thinking about tape, gauze, non-stick pads, burn dressings,
etc – all
the items that if you are faced with “any” type of serious
wound you will go thru in large quantities For example 4"x4" gauze
pads - buying those from your local pharmacy in the 10 to box quantities
would bankrupt you - they are available
in 100 count sleeves for almost the same cost as a single box of 10.
Thanks - MSJ
JWR Replies: Wound dressing items that have essentially
unlimited shelf life (such as gauze and splints) can and should be
bought in
bulk. If you can buy those from surplus outlets for "pennies on
the dollar" then don't hesitate to buy a lifetime supply. But
keep in mind that items with
adhesive
(band-aids,
bandage tape, butterfly closures,
et cetera)
have
a limited
shelf life, so don't go hog wild buying those. Otherwise, some will
surely go to waste. Some items can be found on eBay at
reasonable prices. A few dealers that I can recommend are: JRH
Enterprises, Ready
Made Resources, Safe
Solutions, Sportsman's
Guide, and
Nitro-Pak. Other
low cost U.S. military surplus sellers include Civil
Defense Supplies and Spruce
Mountain Surplus. (I haven't done business with either of the
latter, so I can't
vouch
for them.) A vendor with a very wide selection of civilian wound dressings (albeit
at
slightly
higher
prices)
is Quality
Medical Supplies.
