Statpacks

[Timmy]

I don't want to sound like a whacker or anything but can someone give me like a product review on statpacks. Reason being that a sports medical committee has recommended the bags and before we go out and buy 15 of them for our local sporting clubs I want the low down. I’ve had a look on their website and like the look of the Backup packs. Any info would be great! Cheers guys n gals.

[canadian_ghost]

Seeing as how this was posted in September, I'm sure you have already made a choice, but from what I have heard do not buy them but thats only from what I have heard by word of mouth. So if you Did buy them maybe you could let me know how they are working out for you?

Thanks!

[AZCEP]

Did your "word of mouth" indicate why you shouldn't buy them?

I've used one for the last 3-4 years as my personal OH S#!T kit, and I've never had any issues with it. Plenty of room for what I need, easily compartmentalized, very durable, etc...

[p3medic]

One of my partners uses one, seems pretty good, certainly and improvement over the abortion of a bag he used to have.

[canadian_ghost]

Um.. no, he just said he didn't like them, he had bought some from some prive contracting.

[Fox800]

We use them as our primary packs. Each ambulance has two bags. The first (primary) bag carries BP/steth, glucometer, thermometer, King LT's, surgical airway kit, chest decompression kit, intubation stuff, BVM, bandaging stuff, and some first-line cardiac/anaphylaxis/ACS drugs, also has a small O2 tank and a small IV start kit (250mL bag). The second bag is for IV/med supplies. It has big bags o' saline, the EZ-IO, a bunch of syringes/needles/catheters, and a ton of drugs. They work fairly well. Seem pretty durable in the 1-2 years we've been using them.

[Chief1C]

Too expensive, taking advantage of the warranty of Pacific Packs, I have a brand new one for the next five years..

[WolfmanHarris]

I bought a pack from Sands Canada for my latest set of teaching equipment and their Angus BT5000 is a great bag for pretty cheap. ($205 CAD). I've been really happy with it to this point though we don't use them too hard teaching first responder courses.

[Chief1C]

Wow.. Even their sales items are over priced.. like twice the actual retail value. That's a pure profit business.

[WolfmanHarris]

Really? Want to recommend a better supplier? I do most of my ordering from them and if there's a way to decrease my overhead for teaching that would be great. Packs are still good all the same.