Don't bring anything that only does one thing, don't bring anything you don't really know how to use.Although no longer, spent 15 years as one. I always felt the same, you need little to do a lot. Or you figure it out in a hurry.
Had a rig full of stuff that never saw the light of day.
I am sure you can attest, you find your favorite items and find a bunch of uses for them.
One of my favorites was the lined disposable pillow cases for people vomiting. Cause vomit was my kryptonite.
Basketball size opening for them to hit, vs the french fry tray. Nothing says "you're welcome nurses" like rolling a patient covered in and reeking of vomit into the ER.
They worked well as a pillow case as well.
Another was Zap Straps. The duct tape of prehospital trauma care.
Zap Straps
Realistically you are looking at what will cause us to have to end our hunt early or not. Most of which are solved with the items mentioned in Pathfinders post and whatever else you have with you.
Game bags for large would dressings, clean ones of course. Trekking poles for a split. Paracord to secure either. Hell, you could use a tarp or tent to rig up a gurney to carry someone out. Plenty in your kit already that'll do double duty.
You'd never want to carry as much stuff as you'd need for when something really went south.
Improvise with what you have, you'd be surprised what you'll figure out when things start to happen in a hurry.
Without realizing it. It'll just flow. Most humans tend to get pretty "smart" in a crisis. Once the initial "Oh boy..." wears off.
Trace a c collar with sharpie on your closed cell sit pad. An empty back pack, flipped around, makes a decent short board w/head bead and (hip belt) straps.
In order
1) can it keep me in the field?
2) can it help me facilitate my own rescue?
3) can we evac towards rescue?
4) if rescue needs to come to us, can we make notification and maintain this situation for 24-36 hrs?
If it doesn't support the above it's wasted space/weight.
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