[Closed] What does your first aid kit consist of?

pain killers, plasters, sterile wipes, bandages
and a tampon for any bullet wounds

Gaffa tape
Big dressings
Triangular bandage
Tick tweezers
Sam splint for remote trips

Some plasters for the look of the thing.

Bucket and sponge.

Its electronic, works via radio waves and has buttons on it 😳

never really thought about having one tbh, perhaps i should!.

Skill. cliche tho it is its the key thing.

I carry a different amount of stuff depending what and where.
There is a very limited amount of injuries where what you carry makes a difference. Minor cut a plaster will be fine, major injuries ones requires evacuation. there is a small area in between where kit and knowledge might make a difference between finishing a ride and bailing out or self evacuation and calling out the big whirly bird.

For remote trips I carry:

steristrips for moderate cuts - one of the areas that you might be able to make the difference between carrying on and not.

A bandage for slings and splints

Tubigrip for sprains

Ordinary and Serious painkillers 'cos I am a wimp

Film and hydrocolloid dressings - good for gravel rash and covering the steristripped lacerations. Kaltostat for bleeding wounds. Mepore for blister prevention.

Antidihorrea pills and antihistamines

Scalpel blade

Sterile absorbent material for drying wounds after washing them with water.

I am a registered nurse tho - and as such I have an obligation to get it right if I attempt first aid.

No point in carrying stuff you don't know how to use or that can be easily improvised. Wound pads for big bleeding wounds - a t shirt will do. Arm falling off? Gaffa tape. ( althought they won't thank you in A&E for the gaffatape)

gaffa tape & some MTFU 😉

crispy. i am with you on this. gaffa tape covers pretty much everything that i can think of. cuts, dislocations, breaks etc.

Couple of plasters
Tampon
Length of bandage
steri wipe
Card of Matches
[b]Space Blanket[/b]

All weighs absolutly bugger all and may come in usefull.

This is my first aid kit:

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/sits back and waits for TJ...

Nowt, maybe gaffa tape, definately the knowledge of what to do.

I always getted slated on here for this but I rarely carry anything. Most minor injuries the type you would treat with a plaster, painkillers etc. can be treated with a dose of MTFU. If you can treat it with a plaster it didn't need treating! If it needs more than a plaster then you need to know what you're doing. Maybe a few sanitry towels as wound dressings. A crepe bandage to hold on the wound dressing. I have been advised by many an outdoor first aider (mountain resuce guys mostly) not to bother with triangular bandages. If you need to immobilise an arm (dislocation, collar bone etc.) then just tie it to their chest using gaffa tape or an innertube. Works pretty well and is quick, especially if you aren't entirely sure how to put on a triangular bandage.

Phone, map, food, water (esp. in summer), warm clothes (esp. in winter in case you stop moving) and maybe a poly survival bag.

hip flask & mobile phone , if its too bad for the hip flask ring the air ambulance 😆

Crazy legs - you still have it wrong

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Yep, called one of those out in my time too. (Well I called out Mtn Rescue, they called the RAF, it was for a mate with a fractured pelvis).

Helicopters are ace! 🙂

he needs some MTFU and all. Good grief. When I were a lad we fixed broken pelvises with brown paper and string

surprised no one has mentioned disposable gloves, always carry a couple of pair...

Jamesons in my ST hipflask

This is my first aid kit:

My 7 year old nephew had a proper tumble going over a kicker at the local bmx track. I'm ashamed to say there wasn't even a plaster or wipe I could use to clean him up.

We do usually have a space blanket and stuff when mtbing proper, out in the hills.

James - You've just gotta stop falling off the bike old chap. Have the latest injuries healed yet?

Phone plus, if I'm out on my own, an old skool perry whistle on cord around my neck.

My first aid kit is targeted at being able to patch up and get on with the ride whilst keeping any wounds relatively clean.

I have a few large adhesive dressings, a can of spray plaster (Which is the most useful tbh), two small bandages and some steri-strips. At a push, I have some super-glue in my tubeless repair kit.

Anything that that lot can't clean/cover is a ride cancellation or rescue services job.

I'm also a first aider, since some basic knowledge is useful.

ooh on a similar post i suffered with the inadequate nature of my -

space blanket - for when mtfu fails you mobility wise
(consensus was marquee/pergola/honda generator/very thick poly bag)
painkillers
tape
big dressings
zipties
whistle
home address
oh and some big plasters so i can have a beer on way home after some stupidity without causing offense

edit steri strips sound a good idea

beer

errm, nothing really. If I'm doing a very big ride I'll carry some plasters and painkillers. I've never needed more.

At what point do you assess the diminishing returns of carrying a mass of stuff that you may never use? I've been riding long and remote rides for 30 years, hopefully the next 30 years will be equally lacking in the need for immediate medical provisions.

kev is correct

Bunnyhop - Member
My 7 year old nephew had a proper tumble going over a kicker at the local bmx track. I'm ashamed to say there wasn't even a plaster or wipe I could use to clean him up.

as you say ashamed- very i hope 😯 - i will admit to taking more stuff when out with kids
piriton, pirate plasters, lipsalve, mystery bump cream, cleansing gel, midge repellent - its different than a ride out on your own

All of the above along with the best thing ever "Steri strips" (paper stitches)

they've fixed my elbows many a time and saved the need to go to A&E for proper stitches.

must haves for N.Wales when you crash on the slate!!!!

a gram of coke and a couple of jonnies

Penrod Pooch - Member
a gram of coke and a couple of jonnies

You don't want them splitting inside you, halfway from Mexico to the US 🙂

I always carry a fair selection of first aid stuff. It's more for the sake of reassuring the injured party than actually doing them any good - first rule of first aid - make the casualty as comfortable as possible.

If you can whip out a bag of tricks and murmur reassuringly whilst applying a dressing, they feel like they're in safe hands. Mission accomplished.

Simple stuff really:
Pain killers (took most of them at this year's PdS whilst OFF the bike!)
Gauze
Bandage
Steri strips
Skin wipes
Clear sticky dressings (Opsite)
Gloves.

Haven't got a clue how to use any of it though... 😉

DrP

Oh - and ALS/ATLS training......!

Hmmm, never carried anything in 20 years - maybe I'll get a mini pack together...

One ambulance dressing, a phone and a pair of scissors (also a space blanket in winter). Anything else is largely irrelevant. Im also an A+E nurse and Offshore Paramedic with qualifications in ATLS and Remote Medicine.

TJ - what the hell are you planning for? Armageddon?

I take the view that anything else can wait until you get home or until the ambulance arrives.

Baby wipes to clean the mud and dust. Also useful for a quick wipe down before entering the pub.

Anything more serious and the local A&E have fitted a GPS locator as part of my loyalty club benefits so I just sit there broken and bleeding until someone turns up.

Nothing on the bike. Morphine, isralei bandages, tournoquet and quick clot at work. Can't see the point of plasters and bandages for "owies". As above, gaffer tape will hold most bits of body in place if you need it to.

Smogmonster - thats my maximum kit for when out in the wilds for long or multiple days. Local runs I don't bother. I do multiday unsupported stuff several times a year by bike of foot and don't have a mobile.

With it I can deal with a fair amount of stuff that would be ride ending without the kit - and have done so a couple of times.

In the case of a medium laceration - say 5 cm full thickness I have enough kit and knowledge to do a proper repair. In the event of gravel rash the film dressings make it comfortable to continue rather than painful. I like to have the right kit to make a repair to save a visit to A&E. Its only a small number of cases where this makes a difference but I have done so.

In the event of broken bones I have some serious painkillers.

Antihistamines and anti diarrhoea pills way virtually nothing and might make a difference. I only have 6 of each pill.

I have only used it a couple of times - but the whole lot together weighs less than 100 g.

Just dug mine out as I've not opened it for years.
It's got antihistamines, water purification tablets, sewing kit, a very flat milky way bar(yuck)steristrips, triangular bandage, finger stalls, insulating tape, a plaster savlon antiseptic cream, suncream.

I think it had painkillers, salt tablets and some decent dressings but those must have been borrowed at some point or other.

Are those kits just for personal use or are any of you using them as leaders or other position of responsibility?

mines for me and anyone who lets me near them - whether they are injured or not.

paracetamol and zipties

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It's a first aid kit, honestly officer. 😉

Are those kits just for personal use or are any of you using them as leaders or other position of responsibility?

I'm a guide (in the Alps) so mine is for professional use. Forgot to add - I do have steristrips in mine as well.

My listing at the top is just the first aid kit, obviously I carry other emergency kit as well.

Aspirin, but only for heart attacks. Wound dressing, to stop blood flow. Wet wipes for number twos. Jamesons for low morale. Roll of sticky tape, to stick stuff.

That'll do it really, anything else improvise.

HemCon dressing
WaterJel burn dressing
Israeli Trauma Dressing
Couple of large bandages
Sam splint for rides in the remote parts of Troodos mountains
Surgical gloves
Co-codamol and Ibuprofen

For an injury that doesn't need any of the above MTFU till you get home 😉

Tourniquet and Sling (spare innertube)
Bandage and wound dressings (jersey)
Wound cleaning fluid (water in cammelback)

A photo of chuck norris to remind you to man the eff up lol. But seriously no point going overkill, ibuprofen, alcohol wipes, bandage and tape. Anything worse and you just need your phone