payydg
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Did a bit of a search and there doesn't seem to be any dedicated expedition med pack/first aid kit thread, although there's some great info embedded into other threads.
So what's in yours? I know a bit about medicine but very little about expeditions, so would love to hear people's stories and tips on what useful and what works. Got any good anecdotes?
This is mine:
DRESSINGS AND EQUIPMENT
Sterile dressings x 5- mixed sizes including eye dressing.
Crepe bandages x 4 - mixed sizes.
Stretch bandages x 2 - mixed sizes.
Israeli field dressing x 2 - better than the British army ones as the dressing pad is attached to a stretch bandage not a crepe, i.e. doesn't turn into a auto tourniquet as everything swells.
Celox impregnated dressings - much better than powder and avoids the superficial burns of quickclot.
Sterile gauze and dressing pad x 5 - mixed sizes.
Triangular bandage x 1
Micropore tape x 3 - mixed diameters
Safety pins
non sterile gloves x 10
Sterile gloves x 2 - medium.
Guedel airway - size 2 and 3. Good for multiple unconscious casualties.
Asherman chest seal - better than a credit card taped down on 3 sides.
SAM splint - prob the most useful thing I carry.
Foil survival blanket.
Tympanic thermometer plus spare covers
Combat Application tourniquet -
Sterile kit
Suturing kit plus lidocaine - basically for personal use only, suturing in the field generally = infection.
DRUGS
Pain killers - neuromol (paracetamol and ibuprofen in a single rapid release tablet - very good indeed), anti-inflammatories, ibuprofen gel. Rectal paracetamol!
Tropical meds - depending on destination, antimalarials, malaria treatment, antifungals, anti parasitic drugs.
Antibiotics - topical and oral.
Iodine tincture and potassium permanganate - great for making up large quantities of antiseptic solution and for starting fires.
Antiemetics - cyclizine. Good for travel sickness, N&V and can be used as a sleeping tablet.
Antihistamine - oral and topical.
Steroids - oral and topical.
All of this fits into a handy snugpak response pack!
Dave
So what's in yours? I know a bit about medicine but very little about expeditions, so would love to hear people's stories and tips on what useful and what works. Got any good anecdotes?
This is mine:
DRESSINGS AND EQUIPMENT
Sterile dressings x 5- mixed sizes including eye dressing.
Crepe bandages x 4 - mixed sizes.
Stretch bandages x 2 - mixed sizes.
Israeli field dressing x 2 - better than the British army ones as the dressing pad is attached to a stretch bandage not a crepe, i.e. doesn't turn into a auto tourniquet as everything swells.
Celox impregnated dressings - much better than powder and avoids the superficial burns of quickclot.
Sterile gauze and dressing pad x 5 - mixed sizes.
Triangular bandage x 1
Micropore tape x 3 - mixed diameters
Safety pins
non sterile gloves x 10
Sterile gloves x 2 - medium.
Guedel airway - size 2 and 3. Good for multiple unconscious casualties.
Asherman chest seal - better than a credit card taped down on 3 sides.
SAM splint - prob the most useful thing I carry.
Foil survival blanket.
Tympanic thermometer plus spare covers
Combat Application tourniquet -
Sterile kit
Suturing kit plus lidocaine - basically for personal use only, suturing in the field generally = infection.
DRUGS
Pain killers - neuromol (paracetamol and ibuprofen in a single rapid release tablet - very good indeed), anti-inflammatories, ibuprofen gel. Rectal paracetamol!
Tropical meds - depending on destination, antimalarials, malaria treatment, antifungals, anti parasitic drugs.
Antibiotics - topical and oral.
Iodine tincture and potassium permanganate - great for making up large quantities of antiseptic solution and for starting fires.
Antiemetics - cyclizine. Good for travel sickness, N&V and can be used as a sleeping tablet.
Antihistamine - oral and topical.
Steroids - oral and topical.
All of this fits into a handy snugpak response pack!
Dave
