Andrew Prince
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I'd like to pick the brains of the 1st aiders in our club. I want to get a reasonable first aid kit to leave in my LC. I am not a trained 1st aider and I'm a bit squeamish around blood, especially my own! So I realise I have limitations, so full trauma sets, administering drips etc is not for me.
I would envisage needing a kit to deal with cuts, scrapes, maybe a broken limb, burns, maybe scratched eye and I guess I would attempt stitching/suturing if I had to (but would use steri-strips if I could). I would anticipate most of the usage would be for child accidents - so I'd want to prepare mostly for those sorts of injuries. As the kit will be in my truck, you can add any typical injuries on camping/overland/greenlaning to the mix.
Also a couple of big bandages, swabs etc if I had to assist at a car accident. Obviously another aspect of a first aid kit is having the items available for a trained first aider to use.
Thinking of something like this as a starting point and then adding to it as necessary:
http://www.firstaidwarehouse.co.uk/xpp-travellers_complete_first_aid_kit_with_green_pouch.html or
http://www.spservices.co.uk/item/Brand_BS-8599ApprovedEvolutionFirstAidKit-Medium_25_0_3773_0.html
There are loads of similar kits for sale - if anyone has a recommendation, please point it out!
I've seen the Burnshield kits, so would add one of these and pop it into the kit.
In terms of a tourniquet for a major injury, I guess I could add a C.A.T (Yes, I know these are controversial but if my child was bleeding out in front of me, I'd take my chances using one.)
Any suggestions or ideas? I am not looking to create a complicated set from scratch (as per Gary's list), but to buy something sensible and add a couple of important bits. Yes, I could go to the extreme and buy some all-inclusive kit for many 100s of £ but never take it because it's too bulky or whatever. The idea here is compactness and cover age of most likely needs.
I would envisage needing a kit to deal with cuts, scrapes, maybe a broken limb, burns, maybe scratched eye and I guess I would attempt stitching/suturing if I had to (but would use steri-strips if I could). I would anticipate most of the usage would be for child accidents - so I'd want to prepare mostly for those sorts of injuries. As the kit will be in my truck, you can add any typical injuries on camping/overland/greenlaning to the mix.
Also a couple of big bandages, swabs etc if I had to assist at a car accident. Obviously another aspect of a first aid kit is having the items available for a trained first aider to use.
Thinking of something like this as a starting point and then adding to it as necessary:
http://www.firstaidwarehouse.co.uk/xpp-travellers_complete_first_aid_kit_with_green_pouch.html or
http://www.spservices.co.uk/item/Brand_BS-8599ApprovedEvolutionFirstAidKit-Medium_25_0_3773_0.html
There are loads of similar kits for sale - if anyone has a recommendation, please point it out!
I've seen the Burnshield kits, so would add one of these and pop it into the kit.
In terms of a tourniquet for a major injury, I guess I could add a C.A.T (Yes, I know these are controversial but if my child was bleeding out in front of me, I'd take my chances using one.)
Any suggestions or ideas? I am not looking to create a complicated set from scratch (as per Gary's list), but to buy something sensible and add a couple of important bits. Yes, I could go to the extreme and buy some all-inclusive kit for many 100s of £ but never take it because it's too bulky or whatever. The idea here is compactness and cover age of most likely needs.