Hygiene and medical.

[SkiwM1A]

I do very much appreciate staying clean and well cared for in the backcountry. Thought I'd share some ideas here.

Some basic first aid items.

Basic first aid for my hands. These are the injuries I most often see while camping and hiking. Several types of finger splints, some finger tip bandages and some tape.

It's polite and customary to shave the area to be taped up BEFORE applying the tape!

These all make bandaging much easier.

[SkiwM1A]

Analgesics and antibiotics.

A ladys purse mirror. This makes it easy to inspect those un viewable places for ticks and to look for injuries.

Some items for wound cleaning and irrigation. These make applying analgesics for suturing quick and sterile too.

[SkiwM1A]

Sam splint and EMT shears.

Cravats or triangular bandages. I always have at least 5 of these. Their uses are infinite.

Sliver tweezers! Never go into the woods without them! We'll discuss all this later guys and gals. I gotta dinner date.

[unseenone]

I would recommend that you consider Celox™. This would be something you might use in the event of a severe cut, bullet wound, etc. There are several products to check out on their web site, these are the two that might be worth having in your kit;

Granules http://www.celoxmedical.com/usa/prod...celoxgranules/

Applicator / Granules http://www.celoxmedical.com/usa/products/usaproductscelox-a/

[kickstand]

Wow, that is pretty impressive stuff. Lets just pray that none of us ever have a use for it.

[W.Lynn]

You kidding? I have that stuff in the kitchen, in the RV, in my edc, AND in the compact range-trips first aid kit. It's small and fits in any of our range bags in case of a solo run out to shoot, but usually stays in "the big range kit" with the extra tools and stuff.

[MillenniumMan]

*wheels turning in mah head*

*celox plus laxitive* evil.gif

[W.Lynn]

Won't work the way you're thinking MM, the digestive tract would take it apart.

[MillenniumMan]

Won't work the way you're thinking MM, the digestive tract would take it apart.

[Gwynmael]

Ski,

If you need to use the silver sulfadiazine on someone else, if they're conscious, ask them (or know) their medical allergies.

That could cause an anaphylactic reaction for RD.

[SkiwM1A]

SAMPLE???
National Ski Patrol acronym for; S= signs and symptoms, A= allergies, M= medications, P= pertinent medical history, L= last oral intake and E= events that led to your current predicament.
Yeah, an anaphalactic reaction would not be good in the backcountry. I know for certain that I am NOT allergic to sulfa drugs courtesy of the US Army.
The Celox and tourniquites are in my aid bag/blow out kit along with the airway interventions, c spine collars both juvenile and adult and all the rest of the stuff I carry skiing at the lift areas.
I'm glad to see folks here are awake and very likely as well or better equipped than myself. That's why I wanted to start this thread. So we can all share ideas and experiences. Just as a "Fer instance"??? Any body notice the hydrocortisone?? All my best efforts at thwarting bugs fail at some point. The hydrocortisone at least lets me get some sleep without scratching bites that itch like mad all night. Mandatory backcountry kit.
Keep the suggestions coming folks. We have a lot of newbies here that do genuinely come here for usefull information.

[unseenone]

Yes, noticed it. It's something we stock in the advanced first aid kits as well as injectable. In the travel first aid kits, we carry it in the form of 2% burn gel in small packets. http://www.amazon.com/Water-Jel-Firs...caine+burn+gel

[Gwynmael]

un,

You've got me confused. Ski mentioned the hydrocortisone but you posted link for lidocaine.

We've got tubes of the hydrocortisone all over the dang house (cuz I can never seem to find it when I need it because it rarely gets returned to its designated location). The skeeters and spiders here change every year who they decide to lunch on. Which reminds me that I need to be checking expiration dates.

[unseenone]

You're right... for some reason I was fixed on that. We've got Hydro cortisone all over as well.

[SkiwM1A]

Yeah. I've pretty much got lots of stashes all over the place too. Truck, caches, multiple kits in various stages of use and upgrading. Just so's you folks know? If you belong to an organization like Red Cross, any volunteer fire department, National Ski Patrol you can itemize all your emergency first aid stuff. I often find myself spending quite a few hundred $$$ each year just before tax time.