First Aid Kit

[Ladydragon]

How many people carry first aid kit on there bike and have you ever had to use it?If you have one what is a good one to buy?

[gilly]

I carry a kit.
Contains pain killers - used heaps.
Don't bother buying a made up kit, full of useless junk.
You only need - survival blanket, bandage, strip plaster, strapping tape, sissors (the sought that cut thru THICK material), gloves, resus mask, panadol.

[rustyrobot]

I agree with Gilly. Have been a volunteer ambo for about a year and we were told the same thing in our training. You can get most of what you need from the supermarket. I just use a little toiletry bag to keep it in. I also have a triangular bandage, some tweezers, propax (gauze pads) and a couple of vials of saline solution. As with Gilly, it mostly gets used for the pain killers

[Flip]

The thing that gets used most on mine is the anti-histamine as I don't like bees. Apart from that I have been carrying it for 10 or more years, attended at last 4 accidents that needed an ambulance and all these cases its been useless.

To me its a bit like carrying a few tools and a tire repair kit, hopefully you won't need it but if you do...... its a kind of insurance.

[mazz1972]

On long trips we take a small St John first aid kit that we were given a few years ago. I added one of those tiny hotel room sewing kits to it, and panadol, antihistimines, & a couple of throat lozenges & quickeze.

I have to say I don't carry a first aid kit on day/short rides, which is a bit dumb. I should really make up a smaller one for that purpose.

[Shadowjack]

I carry one I got years ago from St Johns - stays permanently in the tail-bag. Never had to use it - it's a "just-in-case" thing. On the other side of the tail-bag is the tyre repai kit - which has been used recently.
As the kids got their licences/jobs/First Aid Training/cars, I shouted them similar kits for their vehicles, as well.

[Usarka]

Survival blanket and a big bandage.

What are the tweezers for? I'll just realign your compound fracture with my Swiss Tweezers ^TM

[rustyrobot]

Tweezers are for pulling out grit/splinters/glass. Could probably use a knife. Have mostly used them on our boy, kids seem to have an uncanny ability to attract small sharp objects to themselves.

[Ladydragon]

Thanks for all the good information

[gilly]

Strapping tape came in handy on the weekend - and being flesh coloured it blended in quite nicely

[rustic101]

Might sound a bit mental however I also have a $50 dollar note tucked inside my survival blanket in my home made 1st aid kit.

O and invest in a multi tool - I use a Gerber Suspension. Very very handy

[.produKt]

Strapping tape came in handy on the weekend - and being flesh coloured it blended in quite nicely

Bwaaahahhaa! Made me laugh

Thats for all the info peoples. I don't have tweezers or triangle bandages or painkillers in mine. Just a CPR mask, scissors (basic), wound cleaning wipes, bandaids, aNd splinter probes O_o.

'Here ya go matey. here's a bandaid for your broken clavicle sticking out yer shoulder :P

[Radar]

Add some butterfly bandages. These will close a wound, sort of like a temporary stitch.

[rustyrobot]

Add some butterfly bandages. These will close a wound, sort of like a temporary stitch.

I thought that was what the sewing kit was for?

I added one of those tiny hotel room sewing kits to it

Have found those butterfly clips pretty useful in the past actually, both when on the ambulance and around the house. Should get some more!

[Metastable]

I always kept on in the trunk when I had a street bike... hence I like having a semi usable tail section.
CPR mask is important as are triangular bandages if things are serious.

I liked to have one just in case. The worst feeling would be not having anything and not being able to do something to help out a friend if things went wrong. Plus it's good Karma you know. If you have a first aid kit, hopefully you won't have to use it.