First Aid Kit - Where and when you need it.
Posted: Mon Jul 15, 2013 2:25 pm
I'm sure this idea has been thought of before but I came up with it this weekend...
I finally finished a lightweight yet complete first-aid kit. I have made adjustments for years but arrived at one that will fit my needs and fully stocked it in anticipation for a trip into Big Pine Lakes in a few weeks.
I put it into a pocket on my backpack that fits it just perfectly and thought to myself "Well, I guess that's where this will always go..."
It soon occurred to me that if the pocket would always be used for first-aid it would be a good idea to mark the outside with a medical cross to help with the following scenarios:
1) I'm knocked out unconcious and bleeding in some ditch somewhere and other hikers stumble on me. They are more likely to find items that can assist me if need be.
2) I need to send one of my hiking buddies to my pack to retrieve the med kit. They won't need to dig around in my pack to find it.
3) If I am away from my pack and an unknown hiker needs something from the kit in a hurry. Hopefully someone in search of emergency medical supplies who ran into some trouble they weren't prepared for would be able to find what they needed in as short a period of time as possible. Even if I weren't there to assist.
I finally finished a lightweight yet complete first-aid kit. I have made adjustments for years but arrived at one that will fit my needs and fully stocked it in anticipation for a trip into Big Pine Lakes in a few weeks.
I put it into a pocket on my backpack that fits it just perfectly and thought to myself "Well, I guess that's where this will always go..."
It soon occurred to me that if the pocket would always be used for first-aid it would be a good idea to mark the outside with a medical cross to help with the following scenarios:
1) I'm knocked out unconcious and bleeding in some ditch somewhere and other hikers stumble on me. They are more likely to find items that can assist me if need be.
2) I need to send one of my hiking buddies to my pack to retrieve the med kit. They won't need to dig around in my pack to find it.
3) If I am away from my pack and an unknown hiker needs something from the kit in a hurry. Hopefully someone in search of emergency medical supplies who ran into some trouble they weren't prepared for would be able to find what they needed in as short a period of time as possible. Even if I weren't there to assist.