Today my wife and I decided to go bike riding at a park that we have never been to. Well I had been reading Bear's thread about his rattle snake episode and thought that I should probably bring a few things with me. I had my RC4,camel back,3 bottles of water,snacks,whistle with compass, and something that I have never made and carried with me since the Marines, a first aid kit. I remembered reading Bear's post and others on his "dumb ass" thread and they mentioned a first aid kit, so I made a quick little kit. Band aides, gauze and tape, and some neosporin. We get to the park and I'm looking at the trail map. The trails are fairly short 2 miles max one way. Wife says lets just ride this place is not that big. We start down the gravel packed red dirt trail. My wife is staggered behind me to my right. I come up to a dry creek and slow down to look, then I hear a crash behind me. I look and my wife is face down on the gravel road and her bike is flipped over in the bushes. Apparently she slammed on her front brakes when I slowed down, and went flying. I rushed over and made sure nothing was broken. Nothing was. She had the wind knocked out of her,her palms and knee where chewed up from the gravel (they're pretty nasty cuts). I was able to clean and dress her cuts with my first aide kit and return her back to my truck. I just wanted to say Thanks to Bear and everyone that posted in his thread, because it made me stop and think just a little bit more about what I need to have on me. You never know when you might need it.:thumbup:
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The one thing that WS&S really taught me was to build a quality first aid kit and take it EVERYWHERE. I have this small adventure first aid kit, supplemented to become a PSK, which goes with me to work everyday in my laptop case; follows me on the trails in my pack and even finds its way on trips (minus sharp things) in my carry-on.
Aside from band-aids and tube of antibacterial ointment (which is far superior than little 1-use packets of antiseptic that comes in most first aid kits), the thing I dig in the most is the over-the-counter drugs. Can't say how many times I've reached for that friendly packet of immodium when it looked like things were turning for the worst.....Immodium, antihistimines, aspirine and gravol (anti-nausea pills) are my goto drug combo's that serve me well.
Don't forget common things like mole skin also!
Aside from band-aids and tube of antibacterial ointment (which is far superior than little 1-use packets of antiseptic that comes in most first aid kits), the thing I dig in the most is the over-the-counter drugs. Can't say how many times I've reached for that friendly packet of immodium when it looked like things were turning for the worst.....Immodium, antihistimines, aspirine and gravol (anti-nausea pills) are my goto drug combo's that serve me well.
Don't forget common things like mole skin also!
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Glad to hear your wife is OK....I always have a FAK on me.
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People joke that my FAK is a portable hospital.
I bought a couple of those REI Backpacker kits (http://www.rei.com/product/736308) and just kept adding to them. They're like a woman's purse now -- they have twice as much in them as their outside dimensions would indicate, LOL.
One of the first things I do is take the one-use packets of triple antibiotic, immodium, etc out for use in the home FAK. One of the nice things about the kits I have is they came with 4 pill bottles. I filled them with Motrin, Tylenol PM (same ingredients Benadryl, plus 500 mG of tylenol -- heck, if I need Benadryl I'll probably want a tylenol too anyway -- at half the price of Benadryl), Immodium and Dramamine. The empty pockets where the single use packets were carry things like cortisone cream, triple antibiotic tubes, moleskin, I keep the antiseptic wipes, and I keep a relatively enormous amount of gauze. Everything from 2 x 2 pads to 4" rolls, plus some Kerlix and Telfa pads. Two rolls of paper tape and 1 roll of waterproof tape, 2 SAM splints, triangular bandage, etc. I also have some prescription wound care supplies like Promogram and Fibracol pads.
It's 11x6.5x3 inches, although mine's bulged to about 4 inches deep. If I'm carying a backpack, it's what I have. I have a second one for the car. My home FAK is, well, huge. I know, it's bigger than a lot of guys' entire woods kit, but. . .
If I'm shoulder bagging it, I have one of those GI surplus personal FAK containers that has 4 2" gauze rolls, 2 2x2 and 2 4x4 Gauze pads, a roll of paper tape, small bottle of alcohol, bandage scissors, tweezers and a triangular bandage.
Hi, I'm Cpl Punishment, and I'm a first aid junkie.
I bought a couple of those REI Backpacker kits (http://www.rei.com/product/736308) and just kept adding to them. They're like a woman's purse now -- they have twice as much in them as their outside dimensions would indicate, LOL.
One of the first things I do is take the one-use packets of triple antibiotic, immodium, etc out for use in the home FAK. One of the nice things about the kits I have is they came with 4 pill bottles. I filled them with Motrin, Tylenol PM (same ingredients Benadryl, plus 500 mG of tylenol -- heck, if I need Benadryl I'll probably want a tylenol too anyway -- at half the price of Benadryl), Immodium and Dramamine. The empty pockets where the single use packets were carry things like cortisone cream, triple antibiotic tubes, moleskin, I keep the antiseptic wipes, and I keep a relatively enormous amount of gauze. Everything from 2 x 2 pads to 4" rolls, plus some Kerlix and Telfa pads. Two rolls of paper tape and 1 roll of waterproof tape, 2 SAM splints, triangular bandage, etc. I also have some prescription wound care supplies like Promogram and Fibracol pads.
It's 11x6.5x3 inches, although mine's bulged to about 4 inches deep. If I'm carying a backpack, it's what I have. I have a second one for the car. My home FAK is, well, huge. I know, it's bigger than a lot of guys' entire woods kit, but. . .
If I'm shoulder bagging it, I have one of those GI surplus personal FAK containers that has 4 2" gauze rolls, 2 2x2 and 2 4x4 Gauze pads, a roll of paper tape, small bottle of alcohol, bandage scissors, tweezers and a triangular bandage.
Hi, I'm Cpl Punishment, and I'm a first aid junkie.