Question - First aid kit

[BillAnd]

At the other you have the "Get professional help to the casualty" type - the person is not going to recover with your help alone, so your task is to keep them in the best state for the professionals - that means keeping airways clear, doing CPR, Stopping serious bleeding, watching for signs of shock. After that it is a question of watching and keeping the casualty comfortable.
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fek - me thinks someone hasn't quite got to grips with the 'risk assessment' bit of urbexing


sits and waits quietly for barrarge of bullsh1t and nonsense firing my way :

 

[Treadstone]

Do expand ...

You can fall while doing anything, including urbex - there is a slightly higher risk on an explore - and falls can range from laugh it off, to death. So let's say your buddy falls through a floor and gets seriously cuts on the way. You can stop them bleeding to death while waiting for the ambulance (save their life), but you're not going to patch them up so they can go home

Sure you want avoid injuries in the first place ... especially the life threatening kind, and if you are going underground (for example), you probably should ask what happens if someone is hurt and can't get out under their own steam. But I wouldn't worry about having the proper kit to deal with a broken arm. I'd improvise , but like I said I do tend to put things in my bag which I can improvise with

 

[Guy90]

You can stop them bleeding to death while waiting for the ambulance (save their life), but you're not going to patch them up so they can go home

Agreed, basic first aid is the way forward, keep it at that.

 

[Oxygen Thief]

I don't normally carry anything, except on long underground trips (because of the larger rucsac) when I carry a field dressing, antiseptic cream, liquid soap, plasters.

However I do think it's a good idea...

If anyone qualified want's to suggest a sensible retail product it would be appreciated.

 

[Ojay]

If anyone qualified want's to suggest a sensible retail product it would be appreciated.

Gloves :

 

[Oxygen Thief]

Gloves :

Gloves wouldn't have helped there believe me.

 

[Ojay]

Jeez, what you impale it on

 

[Oxygen Thief]

Pallisade fencing

 

[Xan_Asmodi]

This is what I take with me, along with gauze, sterile water and dressings

 

[Ordnance]

A First Aid Kit with more than the basics is no good without a basic knowledge of first aid.

I carry a basic first aid kit, which includes at least:
•plasters in various sizes
•sterile or wet wipes to clean area of wound
• small sterile water 'tubes'
•large sterile dressings for management of severe bleeding
•medium sterile dressing for care of larger wounds
•triangular bandages to support suspected broken bones, dislocations or sprains
•eye pad in case of a cut to the eye
•safety pins to secure dressings
•small role of medical tape
•disposable gloves to implement good hygiene (not bothered about aids, but your hands may be filthy)
[numbers of each vary dependant on space, I carry a large kit in the car]


Looking at the above pack, thats more or less the same contents.

 

[Xan_Asmodi]

A First Aid Kit with more than the basics is no good without a basic knowledge of first aid.

Very good point. I remember there being a first aid weekend course or something organised through 28 a few years back, may it be time for a repeat.

Ordnance; I'm training to be a nurse, mate.

 

[Horus]

Ordnance; I'm training to be a nurse, mate.

I seen a film the other night called "Night Nurses" I hope I don't see you appear in that with stockings :

 

[Xan_Asmodi]

I seen a film the other night called "Night Nurses" I hope I don't see you appear in that with stockings :

I don't think I quite have the legs for stockings :

 

[Horus]

/me shudders

 

[Ojay]

The only time I ever needed medical assistance I just dialled 999, what you really need is morphine, you can make a tourniquet out of your underpants