WHAT I NEED FOR FIRST AID AT THE MOUNTAIN?

Hi walkers and bikers!!

Today we're going to talk about what is necessary to carry when you go to the mountain in order to avoid serious consequences if you or your friends suffer an accident. 

 

First aid kit from pixabay.com

The basic things that a first aid kit has to have are the follows, but is not necessary to carry a huge amounts of those things if you're going to be a short period of time at the mountain. The details of the things inside this kit (for 1 to 14 people) should be:

General:

• 1 x  Primary Care leaflet
  
• 1 x Tweezers
• 6 x Safety Pins
• 1 x Scissors (5.5 cm blade)
• 4 pairs vinyl gloves
• 1 x Shears (6 cm blade)
• 1 x Glo Stick
• 1 x Resuscitation face shield
• 1 x Spot check thermometer

Paracetamol tablets from pt.wikipedia.org

Medication:

• 16 x Paracetamol tablets
• 16 x Ibuprofen tablets 

Bandages:

• 2 x Open woven bandages 7.5 cm x 5 m
• 1 x Crepe bandage 5 cm x 4.5 m
• 1 x Crepe bandage 7.5 cm x 4.5 m
• 1 x Triangular calico bandage 90 x 127 cm

Hand bandage from pixabay.com

Preparations, disposables & tapes:

• 10 x Hygienic cleansing wipes
• 1 x Micropore tape 2.5 cm x 5 m
• 1 x Zinc oxide tape 2.5 cm x 2 m
• 1 x Ducr tape 2 m roll
• 10 x 4-Ply gauze swabs 5 x 5 cm
• 3 x Burn gel sachets (3.5 g)

Dressings:

• 1 x Pack of assorted plasters
• 1 x Medium wound dressing 12 x 12 cm
• 2 x low adherent dressings 5 x 5 cm
• 2 x low adherent dressings 10 x 10 cm
• 1 x small plaster fabric strip 4 cm x 1 m 
• 1 x large plaster fabric strip 7.5 cm x 1 m
• 6 x Wound closure strips
• 1 x small eyepad wound dressings 
• 2 x blister plasters

Other days we'll see how to use these things on determinated situations that can occur at the mountain! And remember that the most important thing at the mountain is to ensure your own and others safety!

Mountain with the signal of GR from fotolibre.org