A must have for the first aid kit!

[boneaddict]

Yarrow is also a natural pain killer.  Its the little purple roots.  Don't believe me, chew one and see what happens to your mouth. 

[rezboy]

Superglue is awesome.  I cut my eyelid open one year snowboarding at White Pass.  The first aid person dumped some glue on it to keep it closed until I got to the hospital.  Took 9 stitches after it was all said and done, but the hospital said that having it glued helped with the scarring and kept it clean.


I usually carry a fifth of whiskey with me too for those really bad accidents!    

[Da stump]

Superglue is awesome.  I cut my eyelid open one year snowboarding at White Pass.  The first aid person dumped some glue on it to keep it closed until I got to the hospital.  Took 9 stitches after it was all said and done, but the hospital said that having it glued helped with the scarring and kept it clean.


I usually carry a fifth of whiskey with me too for those really bad accidents!    

For the really bad ones a half gallon at least. Might run short with a fifth.

[rezboy]

For the really bad ones a half gallon at least. Might run short with a fifth.color]

Amen brother!   

[Cascade_Sherpa]

Ok, so here's my suggestion.  Hockey tape. I already carry electrical tape, but on a hike when your toes begin to burn, I wrap the offending toes with hockey tape and there's no more friction point to blister.

[boneaddict]

have to admit, the whiskey might taste better than chewing Yarrow roots. LOL

[ctwiggs1]

Hemcon, Combat Gauze, Quik-Klot, Cric kits... all good things.

Oh, there's the medic in me...

Curtis

[ICEMAN]

ctwiggs, What is a good source for that Quik-clot....?  Any idea?

[Cascade_Sherpa]

Hemcon, Combat Gauze, Quik-Klot, Cric kits... all good things.

Oh, there's the medic in me...

Curtis

He's right, my little brother was a navy corpsmen with the marines over in the mideast.  He carried a compact triage kit with all of the above mentioned stuff.  Really handy when an ax goes into a shin, or a skinning knife slips into your other hand.

[Al Bundy]

Hemcon, Combat Gauze, Quik-Klot, Cric kits... all good things.

Oh, there's the medic in me...

Curtis

I asked a EMT buddy of mine about QuikKlot. He said it works great, but it creates heat which some people don't like. He recommended a product called CELOX. It works the same as QuikKlot, but it doesn't make heat.

I'll be ordering some before camping season.

http://www.celoxmedical.com/