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[i]Drac are both medical proffesionals and so will carry quite different stuff to me because of their higher level of training, experience & expertise.[/i]
I don't carry anything. 😮
If I may thin this out for you.
Primary care leaflet & scissors - scissors aren't really needed but can be handy
Tweezers, safety pins, shears - Not needed at all
Fabric dressing strip & burn gel- Not really needed
Wound closure strips - Please don't close them unless you know what your doing
Woven & triangular bandages - Ok maybe not the woven
Crepe bandage & thermometer - None of which are needed
Zinc oxide & micropore tape - Micropore maybe
Low-adherent dressings - Hmm ok
Medium & eyepad dressings - Not needed
Fabric & blister plasters - If your prone to blisters maybe
Vinyl gloves & guaze swabs - Yes
Paracetamol & ibuprofen - For self use maybe
Antiseptic wipes & duct tape - No need
Resusci-Aid & glow stick - Personal choice
If I was to compile and I do keep meaning to for trips away.
Wound dressings
Triangular bandages
Micropoe
Abosrbant dressing
Gauze dressings
Non latex surgical gloves
I may add some other stuff but only as I know how to use it.
Just pack Drac in your camelbak. Sorted.
Hahaha! I probably weigh less than all that too, sadly without most of my gear I'm limited to first aid too.
It is interesting different peoples thoughts.
I quite like zinc oxide tape, its so goddam sticky it solves a lot of problems and I've used it in the past for strapping my once weak ankles.
I tend to carry antiseptic wipes and plasters to look after other people. Most of the time my first aid kit gets opened for 'there, there' first aid where an antiseptic wipe and plaster make someone feel better, rightly or wrongly!! :rolleyes:
Fortunately I haven't needed to use my first aid kits for anything significant for quite a while, its expensive for a start 😉
The list I posted was cut and pasted from the lifesystems website and is not what is in my first aid kit as thats evolved over time. Haven't got a definitive list of my group first aid kit at the moment.
[i]I quite like zinc oxide tape, its so goddam sticky it solves a lot of problems[/i]
Which part of it's problem too sticky.
[i]Most of the time my first aid kit gets opened for 'there, there' first aid where an antiseptic wipe and plaster make someone feel better, rightly or wrongly!! :rolleyes:[/i]
Ah! Right I see you'll be looking if I acknowledge such wounds.