First Aid Kit

[helenoftroy]

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.

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

Agree with both you guys -and carry a small kit similar to you two & that i have made up myself

I am a nurse,a Duty Manager,& am trained( level 5) in resus & emergency response...

Have twice been on the scene of 2 significant bike accidents

[CookMySock]

Great info, thanks guys.

I don't know that I'd cope around a serious crash situation, so I don't think I'd be much use at all.

But yeah something to bind up a twisted ankle, something for stings, and a strong painkiller would be most useful to me.

Steve

[Bounce001]

Won a small MC 1st Aid Kit at a rally a couple of years ago. Usually carry it on long trips but not short ones unless I have room. The kit has all the basics and so far I haven't had to use it. Nice to know it is there if needed tho.

[BiK3RChiK]

I've got the dinkiest lil first aid kit but I don't think it's going to be of any use in a serious situation....

About the only think I'd use out of it regularly is Panadol, and occassionally, anti-histimine tabs for stings.

Good thread though...

[Ladydragon]

Has anyone got an OXFORD UNDERSEAT FIRST AID KIT? that's the one that I was looking into buying but after reading all these different things people have written i've just decided to make my own up

[varminter]

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

Butterfly bandages, there's sod all left of the buggers when they hit my helmet. Let them die I say, especialy the white one's.

[Edbear]

Agree with both you guys -and carry a small kit similar to you two & that i have made up myself

I am a nurse,a Duty Manager,& am trained( level 5) in resus & emergency response...

Have twice been on the scene of 2 significant bike accidents

If I ever have a crash, can you please try to be there..?

Good thread!

[helenoftroy]

If I ever have a crash, can you please try to be there..?

Good thread!

Sorry buddy!
Just a wee bit too far away for my helping hands to reach!

[bkker]

First Aid Kit: Summary
You only need - survival blanket, bandage, strip plaster, strapping tape, sissors (the sought that cut thru THICK material), gloves, resus mask, panadol.
a triangular bandage, some tweezers, propax (gauze pads) and a couple of vials of saline solution.
invest in a multi tool - I use a Gerber Suspension. Some cash.
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.
Add some butterfly bandages. These will close a wound, sort of like a temporary stitch. (or a sewing kit )

Cheers guys, I'll use this list to make my own :P

[crazyhorse]

I carry pain killers - figure if I fall off, I might need a bit more than a bandage. In all the years of riding, never thought of a first aid kit, and never been in a situation where I though, gosh, I could do with one now.

But really good comments on here - food for thought