First Aid Kits

[Veronica]

We used to carry a first aid kit when we biked. I don't know why we stopped. After Thom's mishap, we decided to put one together again.

So if you have one, what's in yours?

V.

[Irulan]

I keep mine in a zip lock.

a small roll of tape, gauze squares ( 4x4 & 2x2) , sample packs of antibiotic. A couple of bandaids, a set of gloves, sample packs of advil, antiseptic wipes, TP.

The first aid tape came in really handy last night when I busted off my cateye mount.

[Technotart]

the rubber gloves - absolutely! I always end up helping someone who is bleeding, so they are good for that. They are also good for keeping dirt off your hands while you change a flat

[SadieKate]

I started with one of the little Atwater Carey 1st Aid pouches. I like the red color so anyone can find it in my pack (particularly important if I am the unconscious one ).

Roll of gauze
Rubber gloves
tweezers
Vitamin I
1/2" tape
Antiseptic wipes
Alcohol wipes
Safety pins (there should be a bandana in my pack always)
Sting relief pad
Povodine-Iodine oitment
Antibiotic oitment (now down one )
Gauze pads in a variety of sizes(down one also)
Cotton tipped applicators
moleskin
Benzoin tincture swab stick
Bandaids in all shapes and sizes
Contact lens rewetting drops
Chamois Butt'r

Somehow all this gets jammed into that little bag.

Bottom of my pack gets the duct tape, a space blanket and a roll of Coban

On my road bike, I carry only the contact lens drops, Vitamin I and Chamois Butt'r.

[MomOnBike]

I just bought a smallish commercial kit at Scheels. It seems complete enough. Tape, various potions and pills, some covering wounds type stuff in various sizes, even (I just checked) gloves - and an instruction sheet. As I recall, it wasn't terribly expensive, either. It even keeps my rule of not hauling anything I don't know how to use. Good stuff.

[Irulan]

the most important ingredient of any first aid kit is the knowledge of what to do in the event of a first aid emergecncy. All the bandaids in the world do not make up for training.

irulan

[bounceswoosh]

It even keeps my rule of not hauling anything I don't know how to use. Good stuff.

Wow! That's about the opposite of my philosophy. I carry tons of tools and figure that *someone* will know how to use them. So far that's held true, and I've been able to help many riders out of nasty jams just by having the right tools along.