Iodine dressings ( e.g. Inodine ) - 10cm x 10cm x 2
Light stick
Needle & Syringe - A wide bore, blunt needle (i.e. 18G 'Pink' Mixing Needle) and a 20ml syringe is used for wound irrigation.
Non-adherent dressing - 5cm x 5cm x 5
Non-adherent dressing - 10cm x 10cm x 5
Plasters - assorted
Saline solution - 25ml sachets x 2
Blunt/ Sharp Scissors - 'Nurses scissors' with one blunt and one sharp tip.
Steri-strips - 6mm x 2 packets
Steri Strips - 3mm x 2 packets
Surgical blade - #20 is a usable size and shape.
Tegaderm - 2 (Tegaderm is an advanced dressing; it is a thin, stretchy, flexible and low-adherent plastic film which is ideal for covering wounds on traditionally awkward places such as knuckles, jawline, elbow or places which experience constant movement. Being transparent it is ideal for monitoring wounds without having to repeatedly expose them.)
Tincture of Benzoin x 2
Transpore tape
Triangular bandages x 2
Tweezers
Waterproof pen
Wound dressing - Trauma bandage as above.
Zinc Oxide tape
Minimum basic personal first aid kit that most people should be able to carry with them, will suffice for most paddling-related stuff that could happen:
2 triangular bandages
2 packs steristrips
Roll of compression bandage
Sterile dressings, small selection of.
Waterproof plasters
Waterproof dressing tape
Thoughts or additions/removals? I think that the burns stuff isn't that relevant to the paddlers, but would be useful for when camping at least.
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One thing I'll say is that steri-strips are absolutely useless if there's water with a kilometer radius or if the person is sweating, or if they're bleeding for that matter. you might as well just hold strips of paper against their skin and expect if to hold a wound closed.
Also to support Keyes' assertion; ductape (better than any steri- strip for the same fuction and a million others) and superglue which can be used on blisters, and if you're hardcore and need stitches, just glue it closed!
Also the saline solution eye drop packs are a good multi-use item. Eye drops obviously, if someone wears contacts they can be used to clean a contact that falls out (and is somehow recovered?), clean out grit from wounds and eyes alike, and squirt people when they're not suspecting. Probably less suspicious than carrying a syringe too.
Yea Andrew if people want this done I can do it! I wont be able to do it until the day were packing tho but can easily do it in half an hr at that stage! Also does anybody have a laminator i could use for this?!
