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First Aid kit - always available!
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First Aid kit - always available!

To ensure, however, that we limit to the smallest possible degree any risk, let's look at what is needed for a general-use pharmacy that you may have forgotten, and my wish is unnecessary, always in your backpack.

It is critical that you know that from the moment something happens, it is good that we stop our course and return as quickly as possible, so that the best medical help can be provided to the victim. The First Aid kit is simply for first aid and nothing else!

Basic first aid list.

Type - Medicine - Quantity - Size - Case

  1. Bandages- All sizes - Minor wounds
  2. Self-adhesive stitches (butterfly type)- 4-5pcs - Cuts-lacerations
  3. Sterilized gauze - 3-4pcs (1-pack) - Larger wounds
  4. Hemostatic bandage/ compress - 2pcs- Larger bleeding wounds
  5. Non-self-adhesive bandages - 3pcs - Reusable bandage 1 - Sprains
  6. Compeed- 2pcs of each size - Blisters
  7. Fucidin gauze - 2pcs (10×10 cm) cut to size - Burns-frostbite
  8. Betadine ointment - 1pc - Antisepsis
  9. Fabric self-adhesive tape - 1 wide roll - general use, mainly securing bandages, gauze
  10. Triangular bandage upper limbs - 1pc - For securing upper limbs
  11. Elastic bandage upper limbs - 1pc
  12. Thermometer - 1pc - Digital – not mercury
  13. Disposable gloves - 5 pairs - Take up minimal space
  14. Tweezers, scissors, small forceps, plastic bags- Various sizes of tweezers, Bags are used for the trash we create
  15. Glucose or dextrose- 4 tablets - Hypoglycemia
  16. Depon / Ponstan - 3 tablets - Pain relievers
  17. Salt - 2 sachets - Tendency to fainting
  18. Aspirin - 1 card - Fever, headache
  19. Buscopan - 2 tablets - Abdominal pain
  20. Lysopaine - 1 pack - Sore throat
  21. Immodium - 3 tablets - Diarrhea
  22. Hydrogen peroxide - 1 bottle - Wound cleaning
  23. Q-tips – ear cleaning - 1 bag of 40 - Wound cleaning
  24. Liquid wipes soaked with aloe vera or lanolin - 10 - For cleaning wounds
  25. Antiseptic eye drops - 1pc - For the eyes
  26. Ointment, spray or ammonia stick - 1pc - For bites
  27. Cotton and self-adhesive hemostatic strips
  28. Foldable aluminum two-sided blanket - 1pc - Suitable for both high temperature and cold damage
  29. LED flashlight, notebook, pencil, First Aid instruction manual

In the above list you should always add any medicines that you use. Of course, you should know exactly what you have in your medicine cabinet, renew it frequently (many products have expiration dates) and know HOW to use them.

Also, it is good at some point to take part, if you have not already done so, in a First Aid seminar, where you will be trained in how to respond to an emergency situation without panicking.

And above all, after you organize your medicine cabinet and you are sure you know how to use it, put it in your backpack. And make sure you always have it with you. And may it be unnecessary.

Bibliography:

  1. Mountaineering First Aid (Fourth Edition). A Guide to Accident Response and First Aid Care. The Mountaineers Editions ISBN: 0-89886-478-X
  2. «The Doctor Advises: First Aid Kit»
  3. http://www.ogiatros-simvoulevei.gr/arthra_ioul_118to_kit_prwtwn_voithiwn.htm
  4. «Camping Check List – First Aid Kit»
  5. http://camping.about.com/cs/advicetips/a/checklist06.htm