patches

[Man of Tanith]

inspired by waylands pimp your pack thread i have a few ideas to personalise my pack
i'm looking for a subdued first aid cross, union jack and possibly a blood group patch (need tocheck my blood type first)_
any suggestions?
the pack is khaki so not really after greens

 

[Wayland]

Try this lot. They will put any text you like on their Zap badges.

Alternatively there are several other sources for blood group patches on Google but I haven't seen just a first aid cross anywhere yet.

The closest is this from MBL

 

[Retired Member southey]

Here you go matey, medic patch

 

[Jared]

Heinnie sell some JTG patches by way of Boker

http://www.heinnie.com/Bags-and-Wallets/Boker-Accessories/JTG-Red-Cross-Medic-Patch/p-281-1142-8049/

 

[Native Nathan]

I've used these guys before and their service is good

RV OPS

They also do some good demos of their kit on you tube

 

[Wildgoose]

Www.ukkitmonster.com do some, patches are quite popular at the moment. Blood group is a bit of a sticky point, no medical professionals, Nhs, military or mountain rescue etc would ever give bloods without cross matching first no matter what it said on your kit.

 

[santaman2000]

Www.ukkitmonster.com do some, patches are quite popular at the moment. Blood group is a bit of a sticky point, no medical professionals, Nhs, military or mountain rescue etc would ever give bloods without cross matching first no matter what it said on your kit.

Do they check for Medic-Alert ID?

 

[Wayland]

I would also hope that my "No Penicillin" patch would be recognised.

 

[Retired Member southey]

Or id discs and mod90?

 

[woof]

On the pack you've got Sam, you have to have a union jack.

Rob

 

[Donny732]

Also, unless you are a military medic, or involved in the provision of medical services to military personnel, or are in the employ of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, then you should not wear or use the Red Cross symbol on any clothing or equipment. It's an internationally protected distinctive emblem. For civilian first aid kits, the most common symbol is a white cross on a green or red background.

 

[Wildgoose]

If you have a medic alert bracelet or similar alerting medics to an allergy this would not be ignored and a medic wouldn't give you a drug likely to cause further harm. It also aids a first responder in their diagnosis of your illness/injury. ID discs are used more for victim/cas identification than for treatment plans. I don't recall the mod 90 containing blood group info.
Outside of a military operation medics treat ID disks with caution. They became fashionable and often sold on surplus Market stalls, who's to know the info is correct? I have seen pooled armour and webbing with numerous names, numbers and BG types written on. Which one do you trust? Ever brought army surplus or borrowed a mates kit?

 

[Man of Tanith]

On the pack you've got Sam, you have to have a union jack.

Rob

Panic not Rob there will be one
just don't want any too bright or glaring ones so i plan to have subtle colours on it
thanks for the links folks

 

[Retired Member southey]

HA! sorry your absolutely right, For some reason I thought it was my new one, but no just the same but with rank added now,

 

[Wayland]

Also, unless you are a military medic, or involved in the provision of medical services to military personnel, or are in the employ of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, then you should not wear or use the Red Cross symbol on any clothing or equipment. It's an internationally protected distinctive emblem. For civilian first aid kits, the most common symbol is a white cross on a green or red background.

I did say it was the closest I had found.

As you say, it's not suitable for this application. Some of those found since are much better.

What I used was a simple cross of leather stitched directly to the pouch I always carry my first aid kit in.

 

[Man of Tanith]

may well go the leather cross route myself
still covet that nordic compass patch of yours wayland
on one of the links i can't recall which they had a homeguard patch ala dad's army that i liked the look of for comedy effect

 

[Wildgoose]

Generally known as 'morale' patches. Designed to have a dig at senior officers who won't ask what they mean. SNAFU anyone?
The leather patch is ideal, as you can feel it in the dark or with vision blurred through injury, smoke or beer!

 

[Donny732]

I did say it was the closest I had found.

As you say, it's not suitable for this application. Some of those found since are much better.

What I used was a simple cross of leather stitched directly to the pouch I always carry my first aid kit in.

I saw that on your pimped Crusader. It looks great.

 

[Man of Tanith]

well printed some patterns of cross and union jack out at work
might and i do mean might try making leather patches