First - apologies if this has been extensively debated before. I have tried using search, but searching on "first+aid" returns nothing, while "first aid" returns thousands of posts with either the word first in them, or the word aid, so I probably need a tutorial on using the search function a bit more inteligently!
Back to first aid kits - I`m about to put together a small waterproof box of first aid supplies to live in my pannier so I canto patch myself up should the need arise.
As I have mentioned before, my other main obsession is whitewater kayaking and I usually carry a first aid kit in the stern of my kayak on river trips, although in almost all cases I paddle with other kayakers and we ensure we have suitable safety and rescue kit between us.
My Kayak first aid kit contains:
Some mixed size plasters (waterproof)
Couple of blister plasters
Steristrip adhesive stitches & wound closure dressings
Antiseptic wipes
Baby wipes
Folded sheets of quality kitchen roll
A crepe bandage & pins
A triangular bandage / sling
4 or 5 small sanitary towels in a waterproof bag
2-3 meter length of 2 inch gaffer tape rolled flat around a business card
Half a dozen 9 inch cable ties
A small roll of electrical tape
Small straight bladed knife
Small pair of scissors
Paracetamol
Glucose tablets
To date I have never used any bandages or plasters, but the gaffer tape and electrical tape have been called upon often to stem blood loss on knuckles and protect blisters on cold wet hands. The steristrips have been used on my nose after a close encounter with a boulder underwater! The sanitary towels are a recommendation from a coach as something cheap and absobent which can be gaffer taped over a wound in an emergency, or a couple rolled and used either side of something still embedded in a wound! The cable ties can be used to help stabilise an arm with dislocated shoulder combined with the starps a paddler usually has on their bouyancy aid.
(I also carry a small repair kit, which is the kayaking equivalent of a spare inner tube, tyre levers, pump etc, plus torches, glowsticks, emergency phone, foil blanket and some other safety equipment such as ropes and carabinas, group shelter, spare dry clothes etc which dont all have a cycling comparison)
So - I`m thinking of a similar list of ingredients for my pannier first aid kit.
Do you carry one?
Have you had cause to "use it in anger" ?
Is there anything else people have found usefull and added to theirs?
All the best
Bob_about
Back to first aid kits - I`m about to put together a small waterproof box of first aid supplies to live in my pannier so I canto patch myself up should the need arise.
As I have mentioned before, my other main obsession is whitewater kayaking and I usually carry a first aid kit in the stern of my kayak on river trips, although in almost all cases I paddle with other kayakers and we ensure we have suitable safety and rescue kit between us.
My Kayak first aid kit contains:
Some mixed size plasters (waterproof)
Couple of blister plasters
Steristrip adhesive stitches & wound closure dressings
Antiseptic wipes
Baby wipes
Folded sheets of quality kitchen roll
A crepe bandage & pins
A triangular bandage / sling
4 or 5 small sanitary towels in a waterproof bag
2-3 meter length of 2 inch gaffer tape rolled flat around a business card
Half a dozen 9 inch cable ties
A small roll of electrical tape
Small straight bladed knife
Small pair of scissors
Paracetamol
Glucose tablets
To date I have never used any bandages or plasters, but the gaffer tape and electrical tape have been called upon often to stem blood loss on knuckles and protect blisters on cold wet hands. The steristrips have been used on my nose after a close encounter with a boulder underwater! The sanitary towels are a recommendation from a coach as something cheap and absobent which can be gaffer taped over a wound in an emergency, or a couple rolled and used either side of something still embedded in a wound! The cable ties can be used to help stabilise an arm with dislocated shoulder combined with the starps a paddler usually has on their bouyancy aid.
(I also carry a small repair kit, which is the kayaking equivalent of a spare inner tube, tyre levers, pump etc, plus torches, glowsticks, emergency phone, foil blanket and some other safety equipment such as ropes and carabinas, group shelter, spare dry clothes etc which dont all have a cycling comparison)
So - I`m thinking of a similar list of ingredients for my pannier first aid kit.
Do you carry one?
Have you had cause to "use it in anger" ?
Is there anything else people have found usefull and added to theirs?
All the best
Bob_about
