Thread: ...and then it hit me!

Similar to yours, bandages, gauze, antiseptic cream, scissors and tweezers all in an easily reached and identified cupboard over the sink. Also a phone with a speed dial to ring an ambulance which I hope I'll never need to do.

Peter.

A packet of band-aids and a box of tissues.

A large tube of very fast super glue. For gluing together the BIG cuts. Don't laugh. I was told this by an ambo at a first aid class. If it's bleeding too bad for bandage, glue it up. Along with that I'd have several wound dressings (bandage with a pad attached, devised by war medics), some normal bandages. Torniquet's are a big no no but to slow a bad bleed you can use a wide bandage above the wound to the top of the limb. Apply firmly, not tightly and start at the wound, work to the top of the limb then back down.

Hope you don't need any of it.

Dan (sporting a large band aid from a scary sharp chisel).

All of the above - but several packs of bandaids of all shapes & sizes, plus little tubes of saline for washing wounds, eyes etc. Scissors. Needed most of the kit at one time or another. I blame my dad - though thankfully I'm not quite as accident prone. Nothing like a bad example to make you think twice

You probably already know this but I would recommend a St Johns Ambo's kit readily available from any chemist for about $30 and a course in first aid - perhaps your employer may spring for this if you agree to be the first aid warden for your dept/floor/etc...

I originally bought one when I did thier first aid course and have subequentally added to it over the years where it doesnt fit in the original bag anymore. when we go on trips I take it with us just in case - thank god I havnt had to use it on us (yet!!!).

remember to go through it regularly and throw out the old stuff and renew any items that have thier plastic wrappers damaged.

I would recommend that to get some extras like:
elastoplast sticking plaster, (the stuff that comes in a roll)
real band aids (made from cloth not plastic)
sulfer power,
talcum powder,
sterile eye flush solution,
real scissors,
needle and thread,
real tweezers,
matches,
a first aid book,
pencils and pads,
clip lock plastic bags,
a couple of condoms,
Ky lube,
space blanket,
paracetamol,
cotton wool (the type your missues uses for make up removal - the small balls are crap)
A towel,
rubber gloves,
sharp pocket knife,

play safe guys...

a couple of condoms,
Ky lube,

Zed, I am intrigued . Just what do you do in your workshop.


Peter.

Zed, you forgot to add the machine that goes 'bing'.

my wife is very attractive. (hubba hubba!!!)

The real answer is im a full on saftey nazi... the other day I went through the first aid kit with my beloved and walked her though all the items - she gave me the "jeez you're anal" look but knows not to cross me on the safety issue.... The only way i got her to agree was to paint a doom and gloom picture of me falling through the ceiling and needing her to fit a splint etc...

condoms can be useful for all sorts of stuff - like protecting the end of something from water or other liquid entry - eg in the army they issue condoms for putting over the end of rifles to keep the water out of the barrel. (and for blowing up as balloons).

Ky lube - water based lubricant is a most useful item - you figure it out for yourself....

I often root (smirk) through my first aid kit for scissors, cloth, tape or whatever ? dont you ?

I had an ingrown toenail hacked out a few years ago and the doc told me to put a condom on my toe when I had a shower or went swimming. How was I to know that the edible ones disolved in water?

If I had condoms in the garage my wife would think something was up!

I use the nearest clean ploishing cloth for big cuts so I can make it inside to more aseptic conditions for major surgery (splinter removal etc.). For small cuts etc I rap the offended part in the nearest spider web to stop the bleeding, much better than bandaids.

Geoff

First aid kit?
I have a bag of rags (mainly the wifes old knickers etc.) and a fire extinguisher!

A fire extinguisher? I suppose CO2 will stop the bleeding by freezing
Usually a scream will get my wifes attention, but I am still waiting for the permit for my workshop (council not Mrs).

Now hands up all those with a decent first aid kit in the car?


I have the St Johns kit, designed for road trauma.


Don't need it?

In the last few years I have been first to arrive (just driving around doing my normal every day stuff) to a couple of accidents.

One bright fellow tried to beat a train accross a level crossing. He was bloody lucky. Walked out of it. (what was that smell coming from his...oh...it really does happen...)

Some English tourist saw a "wombat" crossing the road and swerved to avoid it (a wombat on the Bruce Highway near Yandina?). No, I think he had just pushed himself too far, going from Hervey Bay to Brisbane with no stops...bounced his hire Falcon between road barriers at each side of the road (zig zagging) for about 100 metres before crashing into the barrier at the end (one more metre and he would have been in the ditch).

I think there was another, but it mustn't have been as spectacular or memorable. Lucky me.

The bloke with the train was very very lucky. Spent two and a half years on trains and got the great job of investigating the accidents. Not many bounce off 180 Tonnes (Or was that tons) of loco and survive. Usually the impact will explode the harder round parts of your body and if you don't hit your head anywhere on the torso is usually enough blunt trauma to stuff all your internal organs. Don't even ask about the ones who go underneath. :eek:

Dan