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I don't recommend anything this extensive for you, this is actually just my training bag from time as a Special Operations Combat Medic.  I took a picture to show how stuff can be made smaller and organized into functional use rather than just left in original packaging, which is usually far from waterproof.  I use a vacuum sealer to make them so.  It also leaves supplies far more compact. 

I will make an appeal for folks to consider tourniquets more seriously.  Planning to use a cravat, or triangular bandage as @MN Fisher termed them, is one of the leading reasons the KIA rate in Vietnam was so high.  They were used (or not) and failed making exanguinating hemmorage the predominant cause of death for servicemembers in that war.  They can work on the upper extremities, and do better than thong underwear which I've also seen used in the attempt of a tourniquet.  They require 2 cravats, one to make the circumstantial loop and the other to tie off the windllass.  There are better ways.  If you're carrying 1 or 2, 1 should be the rachet strap tourniquet (actually developed by a fellow Ranger).  This one functions in the same way the originals did, but has a lot more 'creature comforts' https://www.chinookmed.com/item/05182/m2-inc.-tactical-ratcheting-medical-tourniquet-rmt/1.html?source=froogle&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIyNzGzNmE7gIViYVaBR355ABCEAQYASABEgLDuPD_BwE.  The original was really just a rachet strap that fixed back on the buckle, worked like a rachet strap, and cost $3.  This one is probably more comfortable for training purposes, but when you need a tourniquet, I doubt tourniquet comfort will be a concern.  Other ready-made tourniquets are fine for upper extremities, the CAT tourniquet worked well for me.  It's light, fast, and easy to use on yourself.  Tourniquets are shunned by civilians, undeservedly so.  They do not cause irreversible tissue damage, especially not within the first couple of hours.  You can convert them to pressure dressings after they successfully stop the bleeding, but that shouldn't be a focus (getting to a facility that can manage the injury should be).  For tourniquets remember, it goes over a single bone above the joint (thigh or 'upper arm's, even if the injury is at the wrist or ankle level.  It works best against bare skin.  Tighten it until the bleeding stops, and check frequently.

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Most fisherman are hooked in an arm, hand or leg.  A fishing hook can be removed with a piece of string as long as it's only in the skin and not near an eye.   Youtube.com has videos showing this procedure.  The first time I hooked myself was when I hung a Rattle Trap in some pads.  I tried to free the lure by pulling on the line.  The Trap popped off and stuck me in the leg. Mono stretches and when the lure comes free it will come at you like a bullet.  If you get hung up, don't pull directly toward you.  You don't want a sinker or anything else hitting you that fast.

No, sinkers hitting you that fast HURT. They can even end up buried under the skin. They don't call them bullet sinkers for nothing. 

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