sgn Posted October 16, 2012 Share #1 Posted October 16, 2012 I know that we can't cover everything but what are most using and what does your have in it. Seems I have been thinking about this a lot lately and want something on the bike with me. So lets hear your ideas .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
etcswjoe Posted October 16, 2012 Share #2 Posted October 16, 2012 I bought a 20 dollar one at walmart and just added what it did not have: Basic First Aid items: - Ace bandage - Air splint - Anti-bacterial ointment - Bandage Tape - Bandages - assorted sizes - Chemical (instant) heat and cold packs - Eye drops (for wind dried eyes, allergies, or to rinse out a foreign object) - Gauze - Razor blade or pocket knife - Scissors - Surgical gloves - Safety pins - Telfa pads to cover road rash (they don't stick to wounds) - Triangular bandages (for sling, although a belt works too!) - Tweezers (pull out glass and other items embedded in skin, ticks) - Wet dry towels - Water (to rinse injury) Medical items: The little vending machine type packs - Allergy - non-drowsy (Benadryl for air, plants and insects) - Antacid (Tums) - Anti-Diarrheal (Pepto-Bismol, Imodium A-D) - Aspirin (in case of heart attack) - Glucose tablets (for diabetics) - Ibuprofen or other type of anti-inflammatory/pain reliever Comfort items: - Sunburn lotion - Sunscreen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wes0778 Posted October 16, 2012 Share #3 Posted October 16, 2012 I bought a 20 dollar one at walmart and just added what it did not have: Basic First Aid items: - Ace bandage - Air splint - Anti-bacterial ointment - Bandage Tape - Bandages - assorted sizes - Chemical (instant) heat and cold packs - Eye drops (for wind dried eyes, allergies, or to rinse out a foreign object) - Gauze - Razor blade or pocket knife - Scissors - Surgical gloves - Safety pins - Telfa pads to cover road rash (they don't stick to wounds) - Triangular bandages (for sling, although a belt works too!) - Tweezers (pull out glass and other items embedded in skin, ticks) - Wet dry towels - Water (to rinse injury) Medical items: The little vending machine type packs - Allergy - non-drowsy (Benadryl for air, plants and insects) - Antacid (Tums) - Anti-Diarrheal (Pepto-Bismol, Imodium A-D) - Aspirin (in case of heart attack) - Glucose tablets (for diabetics) - Ibuprofen or other type of anti-inflammatory/pain reliever Comfort items: - Sunburn lotion - Sunscreen Think ours is from Wally World too, but the wife also included a CPR mask. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pegasus1300 Posted October 16, 2012 Share #4 Posted October 16, 2012 Be sure to add a card with your name allergies blood type medication taken medical conditions and emergency contact information ( someone besides your wife if she rides with you.) And keep it up to date!!! When we had our accident last year that was what gave the paramedics what they needed cause I was out cold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stroker ace Posted October 16, 2012 Share #5 Posted October 16, 2012 I bought a 20 dollar one at walmart and just added what it did not have: Basic First Aid items: - Ace bandage - Air splint - Anti-bacterial ointment - Bandage Tape - Bandages - assorted sizes - Chemical (instant) heat and cold packs - Eye drops (for wind dried eyes, allergies, or to rinse out a foreign object) - Gauze - Razor blade or pocket knife - Scissors - Surgical gloves - Safety pins - Telfa pads to cover road rash (they don't stick to wounds) - Triangular bandages (for sling, although a belt works too!) - Tweezers (pull out glass and other items embedded in skin, ticks) - Wet dry towels - Water (to rinse injury) Medical items: The little vending machine type packs - Allergy - non-drowsy (Benadryl for air, plants and insects) - Antacid (Tums) - Anti-Diarrheal (Pepto-Bismol, Imodium A-D) - Aspirin (in case of heart attack) - Glucose tablets (for diabetics) - Ibuprofen or other type of anti-inflammatory/pain reliever Comfort items: - Sunburn lotion - Sunscreen Pretty much the same here except it came from CVS and we always have the Sunburn/Sunscreen lotion. Should cover most of the oh crap moments anything worse you've had a bad one. IMHO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
playboy Posted October 17, 2012 Share #6 Posted October 17, 2012 Be sure to add a card with your name allergies blood type medication taken medical conditions and emergency contact information ( someone besides your wife if she rides with you.) And keep it up to date!!! When we had our accident last year that was what gave the paramedics what they needed cause I was out cold. Good call We keep all of that Info. in a red plastic folder with a clear side to be able to view. Well it was actually made for medical info with and adhesive side but for other applications like refrigerator. It's like 4"x 4" and thin and tucks nicely under the top pad of our helmets and remain visible once helmet is removed. I just hope in the event it's needed and I or my wife is out cold that it's a trained professional that removes my helmet and not some well intentioned person. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
friesman Posted October 17, 2012 Share #7 Posted October 17, 2012 Think ours is from Wally World too, but the wife also included a CPR mask. Thats probably just to drown out your snoring when youre travelling..... Brian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dynodon Posted October 17, 2012 Share #8 Posted October 17, 2012 I bought a kit made for motorcycles from our local GWRRA club. Not sure if these are available just in Illinois, or our region or nationally. Maybe contact someone in your area and see if they have them. They include an ice pack, and large pads to cover road rash. Most store kits have small pads for the type of cuts regular people get, we need bigger pads. (these in this kit are womens Maxi pads, cheap and they do a great job). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cabreco Posted October 17, 2012 Share #9 Posted October 17, 2012 I have the same Walmart Kit. The only addition I made to it was a 1st aid manual & a couple of packs of Quickclot. http://www.secureyourweapon.com/images/products/quickclot_sport2.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgn Posted October 17, 2012 Author Share #10 Posted October 17, 2012 I have the same Walmart Kit. The only addition I made to it was a 1st aid manual & a couple of packs of Quickclot. http://www.secureyourweapon.com/images/products/quickclot_sport2.jpg Thanks to all for your ideas. Wife is a Registered Nurse and we would need two tractor trailers and a VW bug to haul her ideas.... Sent from my DROID RAZR using Tapatalk 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brake Pad Posted October 18, 2012 Share #11 Posted October 18, 2012 other then the kit, I carry thermal blankets, and a warning flasher, and more food then you will need for a trip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainJoe Posted October 19, 2012 Share #12 Posted October 19, 2012 I bought a 20 dollar one at walmart and just added what it did not have: Basic First Aid items: - Ace bandage - Air splint - Anti-bacterial ointment - Bandage Tape - Bandages - assorted sizes - Chemical (instant) heat and cold packs - Eye drops (for wind dried eyes, allergies, or to rinse out a foreign object) - Gauze - Razor blade or pocket knife - Scissors - Surgical gloves - Safety pins - Telfa pads to cover road rash (they don't stick to wounds) - Triangular bandages (for sling, although a belt works too!) - Tweezers (pull out glass and other items embedded in skin, ticks) - Wet dry towels - Water (to rinse injury) Medical items: The little vending machine type packs - Allergy - non-drowsy (Benadryl for air, plants and insects) - Antacid (Tums) - Anti-Diarrheal (Pepto-Bismol, Imodium A-D) - Aspirin (in case of heart attack) - Glucose tablets (for diabetics) - Ibuprofen or other type of anti-inflammatory/pain reliever Comfort items: - Sunburn lotion - Sunscreen Like the list. I would also include saline solution(type used for contacts) and a small eye cup. When you get dust or something in your eye, the solution and a cup gets it out in a hurry. You can also wash a injured area with the saline solution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucy 2 Posted October 19, 2012 Share #13 Posted October 19, 2012 I also added oragel for tooth ach's, sting away for bee stings, and splinter out for splinters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caveman Posted October 19, 2012 Share #14 Posted October 19, 2012 I'm impressed guy's. Pretty comprehensive kit's there. Add 2 large bore/14 Ga. IV catheters, 2 bags of normal saline, c-collar, spine board, 2 pack's of vicryl suture on a PS3 needle, lidocaine injectable;no epi...... I think that'll do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
etcswjoe Posted October 19, 2012 Share #15 Posted October 19, 2012 I'm impressed guy's. Pretty comprehensive kit's there. Add 2 large bore/14 Ga. IV catheters, 2 bags of normal saline, c-collar, spine board, 2 pack's of vicryl suture on a PS3 needle, lidocaine injectable;no epi...... I think that'll do. Forgot the radio to talk to Rampart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caveman Posted October 19, 2012 Share #16 Posted October 19, 2012 my bad. How could I forget, and a GPS for flight coordinates. What else are we missing here, I know there's something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainJoe Posted October 19, 2012 Share #17 Posted October 19, 2012 Ok then, what about 500 cc ringers lactate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgn Posted October 19, 2012 Author Share #18 Posted October 19, 2012 Now you guys are sounding like the wife. 20 years of emergency medicine and she says "It's only one more item" (tapping foot on garage floor). I guess my only response at this point should be "Yes Dear" Now to hire a first responder unit to follow us around, and buy enough fuel to keep the med evac unit airborne. I least she loves to ride!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reddevilmedic Posted October 19, 2012 Share #19 Posted October 19, 2012 being a combat medic for 12 years in the 82nd Airborne, ive learned a few things, especially about carrying around a 40lb aid bag.... 1. i dont need all this crap, not enough room for granola bars. 2. Motrin! carry a few basics like band-aids, 4x4 pads, bacitracin, super glue, an ankle wrap, bottled water (to clean wound, wash out eyes, etc.), Motrin, waterproof tape. the best item for a first aid kit is a fully charged cell phone! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caveman Posted October 19, 2012 Share #20 Posted October 19, 2012 Ok then, what about 500 cc ringers lactate? Another good choice as a volume expander in hypovolemic shock:thumbsup: Yeh, after 18 years in emergency medicine, it's hard not to respond this way....you can never have to much good stuff in an emergency, but these saddle bag's are very limiting in that aspect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saddlebum Posted October 19, 2012 Share #21 Posted October 19, 2012 I carry a truckers first aid Kit of the type that comes in a soft case about 3"x6"x8" it has the main essentials including a few field dressings usefull for most any injury big or small. I add a small container of peroxide to clean and flush wounds, a film cartridge with sugar in it (sugar is an excellant anti bacterial when used to dress open wounds and not as dificult to clean off once at the hospital as maney ointments are) a film cartridge of salt (a field dressing soaked in salt water is an excellant way to cool and dress burns). A small container of saline solution to rinse eyes sounds like a good thing to add ( as someone pointed out in an earlier post. My kit does not contain water but then I usually carry a couple bottles of drinking water any way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chabicheka Posted October 19, 2012 Share #22 Posted October 19, 2012 I just lick my wounds......hey, if it works for a dog, it should work for me too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saddlebum Posted October 20, 2012 Share #23 Posted October 20, 2012 I just lick my wounds......hey, if it works for a dog, it should work for me too. Apparently cats and humans carry the most bactaria in their mouth. Better to just get a dog to do the licking for you:178: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJ44 Posted October 20, 2012 Share #24 Posted October 20, 2012 What was most useful was the bottled water for swishing the blood out of my mouth, the towel for stopping the blood from the broken nose.........and a plastic grocery bag to put all the other stuff that flew out of the trunk when it cracked open First person on the scene was a volunteer firefighter who was driving past. He had a huge first aid kit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chabicheka Posted October 21, 2012 Share #25 Posted October 21, 2012 Apparently cats and humans carry the most bactaria in their mouth. Better to just get a dog to do the licking for you:178: Okay, smart Alec...how do i fit my ****zu in the emergency kit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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