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I have few first aid supplies at my med cabinet. I need a good first aid kit for a family of 4, till the EMT are on the scene. few minutes max I guess as I live 2 blocks away from the fire station.

I keep one of these in my range bag. http://www.midwayusa.com/product/633614 ... st-aid-kit

I just had the extreme pleasure of taking a "First Aid for Firearms" class. A couple of months ago we took a more intensive "Tactical Medicine" course that the First aid was a nice refresher/addendum to. We coach pistol for 4H kids and attend a lot of defensive pistol classes as well, we thought this would be valuable for our knowledge inventory. This class included a "starter kit". In the kit was a SOF-T tourniquet, a small israeli type bandage with a second "mobile" pad a CPR barrier, a small sport quick clot, and a pair of gloves. For our Range bag we have more gloves, more compression bandages, gauze pads a chest seal and a boo-boo kit with small bandaids, wound cleaner, some Benadryl, Tylenol, Aspirin, and sundries.

Personally, living in "hurricane" territory, this type of training could be valuable in the event that EMS services are delayed etc like during Hurricane Ike. JMPHO

I'm going to make some assumptions.
1. You said "home" so space and weight is not a big consideration.
2. You said "EMT" so I'm not going to address ouchie first aid concerns.
3. You're willing to get some training. Maybe not a lot, but some.

Based on those assumptions, here's my suggestions.
Gear:
1. A few Israeli Battle Dressings, Olaes Modular Bandages, or similar.
2. Some kind of tourniquet. (Perhaps one you can apply solo...)
3. Some kind of occlusive dressings. (Olaes includes one.)
4. Extra gauze. Rolls are good for packing but pads are useful too.
5. Duct tape. Yes, I'm serious.
Training:
1. CPR. If nothing else, take a basic CPR class as a family.

There's lots of other gear you can buy and many training opportunities, but for a family on a limited budget (money and time) those are my suggestions. There's youtube videos to show you how to use an IBD or Olaes. If you want to get QuikClot that's fine. If you want to buy an Asherman Chest Seal or Bolin Chest Seal, go for it. If you know what to do with a NPA or ARS then add them too, but then you probably don't need my advice.