How good, and current, is YOUR first aid training?

[Low Level FJR Pilot]

I am way off certs. I haven't done anything since I got out of the Navy. I was atleast certified for CPR then as an Electronics Technician. Also learned how to whack somebody really hard with a board if they got hung up in the high voltage stuff. I took a look at the write up Jill (Silver Penguin) did and this looks like it would be a good thing to have again. I would participate in a heart beat. B)

 

[Duff]

Current on basic First Aid, current on American Heart Association CPR, couple years out of American Red Cross CPR.

Kind of like my insurance and my tire patch kit... hope I never need any of them... stupid not to have them.

 

[Joe2Lmaker]

They have these...https://tinyurl.com/4ajafn

You could paint it red.

Thanks KM

This is what I have now:



There is a kit available in a Pelican case for about $250, but all I want is the case and it's not listed on the Pelican website.

 

[Checkswrecks]

They have these...https://tinyurl.com/4ajafn

You could paint it red.

Thanks KM

This is what I have now:



There is a kit available in a Pelican case for about $250, but all I want is the case and it's not listed on the Pelican website.

OK, this looked enough like mine that I had to go look and I have the REI version of the same thing, then tailored like I wrote in a previous post, and kept in a gallon zip-lock. It's a great size, in that it has pretty much everything and isn't so big that you leave it at home.

 

[Tenchi]

Used to carry a first aid kit everywhere I went. Don't have one yet as I haven't made one up. I bought my last one pre-made, but after looking at the components I think I can make one up myself for much less than the $100 they were charging back home. My kit was more extensive than the kit mentioned above; it was a general kit for Australia (aka it will help you feel less pain and hopefully recover faster should one of the 465,489 things that can kill you in the outback stings/bites/poisons/eats/mauls you). I had to use it a total of 4 times over 2 years for minor reasons, and in every case I was glad to have it. One case would have been even better if she didn't have a boyfriend

My first aid certification is current, as a senior first aid. Basically we're good if no one else is around. I know a lot of "in the bush on the fly" first aid stuff too from my days back in the Air Training Corps. although most of that is rendered redundant with 1-2 tie down straps and 2-3 triangle bandages (the stuff I carry right now).

Going on a long ride this weekend, and will probably have a little time on my hands before the ride - perhaps it'll be time to drop by the drug store/supermarket to pick up some medical supplies to prep my own kit.

EDIT: Oh, and I keep a card with my CPR stuff in there in my wallet.

 

[Thug]

Ah yep same boat here...18 years Paramedic/paramedical (Nurse) 2 x Health Science Degrees lecturing in Emergency Care Education at all levels etc I'd say I'd be ok at any accident site and I like Kurt's basic set-up, just a half-a-dozen bits of kit is all you really need to get you well and truly out of the shit... and because we will be more than likely the ones to come across someone with a helmet who has gone down the road, on do yourself a favour and see how it is removed by the professionals and practice it, it may save a life or three....

As I understand it even in your country I am not sure but I think no one has ever been sued there either for assisting someone who is who in need of help.

 

[vabrzn]

I take the two day class at the local rescue squad every three or four years.
I carry:

butterfly bandages

band aids

guaze pads

tape

ammonia capsules

sting kill

guaze in a roll

neosporin

aspirin

aleve

tweezers

burn cream

Army spec compression bandage

instructions for CPR

whistle

magnesium fire starter

eye bandage

and some other stuff.....

Sounds good. Having served in the US Army as a Combat Medic,

I would say that every emergency firstaid kit should have a tube of superglue.

Works great on small to large lacerations alike.

WW

Good point, I have a friend who recently had surgery. The surgeon glued him back together.

 

[Checkswrecks]

I take the two day class at the local rescue squad every three or four years.
I carry:

butterfly bandages

band aids

guaze pads

tape

ammonia capsules

sting kill

guaze in a roll

neosporin

aspirin

aleve

tweezers

burn cream

Army spec compression bandage

instructions for CPR

whistle

magnesium fire starter

eye bandage

and some other stuff.....

Sounds good. Having served in the US Army as a Combat Medic,

I would say that every emergency firstaid kit should have a tube of superglue.

Works great on small to large lacerations alike.

WW

Good point, I have a friend who recently had surgery. The surgeon glued him back together.

Don't know how true it is, but I heard somewhere that superglue was actually developed to be a battlefield suture during the Viet Nam war. No wonder I have such trouble getting my fingers unstuck without solvent!

 

[radman]

I know enough to know I won't be able to do much for this guy..............

 

[radman]

As I understand it even in your country I am not sure but I think no one has ever been sued there either for assisting someone who is who in need of help.

I know Minnesota for sure has a Good Samaritan law that relieves one of any responsibility if when helping an accident victim something goes wrong. Most states do now I think. It also obligates those who come across said accident to render aid if possible.

Mn GS Law

 

[Joe2Lmaker]

Don't know how true it is, but I heard somewhere that superglue was actually developed to be a battlefield suture during the Viet Nam war. No wonder I have such trouble getting my fingers unstuck without solvent!

Not true.

History of Super Glue

 

[Khunajawdge]

I've always been curious about Sulfa Powder?

In Wikipedia it says; "Sulfonamides are prepared by the reaction of a sulfonyl chloride with ammonia or an amine. Certain sulfonamides (sulfadiazine or sulfamethoxazole) are sometimes mixed with the drug trimethoprim, which acts against dihydrofolate reductase. It is also known as Sulfa Powder. It received widespread use in the treatment of wounds during the Second World War."

Are these still in use?

 

[Blue Flame]

I am lucky that my work provides me with a basic first aid and CPR training class every year. I took a first responder course about years ago and plan taking an EMT course next semester. I carry a first aid bag in all my cages (3) but not on the bike. That will change very quickly. Thank you for the reminder.

 

[kurt]

I've always been curious about Sulfa Powder?
In Wikipedia it says; "Sulfonamides are prepared by the reaction of a sulfonyl chloride with ammonia or an amine. Certain sulfonamides (sulfadiazine or sulfamethoxazole) are sometimes mixed with the drug trimethoprim, which acts against dihydrofolate reductase. It is also known as Sulfa Powder. It received widespread use in the treatment of wounds during the Second World War."

Are these still in use?

I've never seen the stuff.