What do you carry in your medical kit (for wounds, etc.) ?

"Jem Berkes" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Anyway, what I'm curious is, what kinds off stuff do you
guys/gals carry

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your med kits when you're commuting or on the trails? I
really want to carry as little as possible, I was
thinking: alcohol wipes for

disinfecting

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and polysporin antibiotic cream to protect an open wound.
What else?

On tour: duct tape wrapped around seatpost (see other
poster's comments), polysporin. I wash out cuts with a
water bottle.

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Jem Berker wrote Anyway, what I'm curious is, what kinds off
stuff do you guys/gals carry in your med kits when you're
commuting or on the trails? I really want to carry as little
as ossible, I was thinking: alcohol wipes for disinfecting
and polysporin antibiotic cream to protect an open wound.
What else?

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Mike replies On tour: duct tape wrapped around seatpost (see
other poster's comments), polysporin. I wash out cuts with a
water bottle.

Doug responds For commutes and rides of 5 hours from home,
nothing. For rides in rough bush starting a 4 hour drive
from home, I've tried carrying the Red Cross kits but they
have a habit of being unfound after I empty my van so I
carry nothing for those either.

In 5 years of commuting 1 hour each way, year round, I've
had a potential use for bandages for light road rash, uh, 1
time, and actually I didn't really need it then either.

Biking is really boring for hopeful first aid specialists.
Maybe you should try skiing.

Doug For email, a sense of wonder.

Jem Berkes said:

Anyway, what I'm curious is, what kinds off stuff do you
guys/gals carry in your med kits when you're commuting or
on the trails?

Nuttin' honey.

Bill "I've always relied on the kindness of strangers" S.

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Jem Berkes said:

Anyway, what I'm curious is, what kinds off stuff do you
guys/gals carry in your med kits when you're commuting
or on the trails?

Nuttin' honey.

Bill "I've always relied on the kindness of strangers" S.

The only time I've ever needed anything, I had nothing --
Big Grandson fell and scraped his knee. Washed it with
canteen water and wrapped it up with the clean bandana I had
stashed in my trunk-bag and forgotten. I think I have a
couple of really old band-aids in a plastic bag along with
my patch kit now.

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Jem Berkes said:

Anyway, what I'm curious is, what kinds off stuff do you
guys/gals carry in your med kits when you're commuting or
on the trails? I really want to carry as little as
possible, I was thinking: alcohol wipes for disinfecting
and polysporin antibiotic cream to protect an open wound.
What else?

Let's see. I once remember having a bandaid in my bike bag.
I'm not sure how it got there - maybe my wife tossed it in.
It eventually disintegrated from lack of use.

That's been adequate since 1973 or so.

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"Jem Berkes" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Anyway, what I'm curious is, what kinds off stuff do you
guys/gals carry

in

Quoted message said:

your med kits when you're commuting or on the trails? I
really want to carry as little as possible, I was
thinking: alcohol wipes for

disinfecting

Quoted message said:

and polysporin antibiotic cream to protect an open wound.
What else?

My "ouch pouch" currently contains: Envelope of antibiotic
gel Envelope with antiseptic wipe Two large-ish bandaids for
major scrapes Two normal sized bandaid for smaller injuries
Two aspirin ...and now we're in warm weather months, a small
bottle of SPF 30 sunscreen.

Some may scoff, but having this stuff was nice when I
crashed up in Vancouver. And I remember one time, while
signing the registration for a century, some poor fellow
asking where on the route he could buy sunscreen -- it was
nice being able to simply offer him some of mine, as he
would have fried to a crisp by the time he would have passed
by a convenience store on the route where he could have
bought some. Plus, I have at least once held together some
critical bike part with bandaids until I made it to the
shop, much to the amusement of the shop guys.

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In 5 years of commuting 1 hour each way, year round, I've
had a potential use for bandages for light road rash, uh,
1 time, and actually I didn't really need it then either.

Biking is really boring for hopeful first aid specialists.
Maybe you should try skiing.

The one time in 7 years I used the first aid kit in the back
of my pickup it came in quite handy ... I was in the city
and a very cute girl took a spill on her bike and scraped
her knee. I patched her up and bent back her wheel so she
could at least baby it home. I scored some big time points
that day and did date her for a while. Well worth it.

C.Q.C.

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Anyway, what I'm curious is, what kinds off stuff do you
guys/gals carry in your med kits when you're commuting or
on the trails?

I have a little first aid kit containing antiseptic wipes,
tissues, tweezers, scissors, sticking plasters, dressings &
tape, & blister dressings. It came in useful when the
offspring got his front wheel caught in a tramline in
Cologne last summer and left a considerable quantity of his
DNA on the track. He lived
:-)

Cheers, helen s

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Biking is really boring for hopeful first aid specialists.
Maybe you should try skiing.

_ I've got way more scars from 35 years of biking than 40
years of skiing. Anyway if you want to get an idea of what
to carry, try googling for "road rash treatment" and read
the articles that talk about "moist wound healing". My
recent case of road rash on the elbow healed in about half
the time that I would normally expect.

_ Booker C. Bense

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For winter and mountain bicyclists, perhaps those 3 oounce
emergency blankets made of aluminized mylar foil in the
camping section? Has anybody tried one?

Jem Berkes wrote: <snip>

Quoted message said:

Anyway, what I'm curious is, what kinds off stuff do you
guys/gals carry in your med kits when you're commuting or
on the trails? I really want to carry as little as
possible, I was thinking: alcohol wipes for disinfecting
and polysporin antibiotic cream to protect an open wound.
What else?

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Anyway, what I'm curious is, what kinds off stuff do you
guys/gals carry in your med kits when you're commuting or
on the trails?

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funny as you may think... consider clipping your leg hair.
😉 not with a razor, but just a quick pass with a buzzer.
You'll find that you'll use less sunscreen, wash up easier,
and depending on where you live the spring ticks have a
harder time grabbing on.

the only "medical" equipment i bring is a vial of crazy
glue. in case of "serious cuts", just rinse, dry, and glue
the edges together. If I'm going way back off the beaten
path I bring: knife, lighter, foil blanket, a little TP.

my mechanical kit includes a kevlar spoke repair kit (for
badly taco-ed wheels due to broken spokes), which could
double as a tournquet should the need arise.

d

maxo said:

dan baker said:

the only "medical" equipment i bring is a vial of crazy
glue. in case of "serious cuts", just rinse, dry, and
glue the edges together.

Ohhh, Macgyveresque! I have heard that this should work
rather well, ever tried it? Seems you'd still want to tape
it up, but what the hell do I know. :P

What do you do when you get home and want to clean the
wound out? Ouch! [riiiiiiip!]

You don't -do- anything. This kind of glue (though sterile
application) is used in actual surgery.

That and cammo duct tape are all you need for cuts and
stuff.

-B

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Quoted message said:

Anyway, what I'm curious is, what kinds off stuff do you
guys/gals carry in your med kits when you're commuting or
on the trails?

------------
funny as you may think... consider clipping your leg hair.
😉 not with a razor, but just a quick pass with a buzzer.
You'll find that you'll use less sunscreen, wash up
easier, and depending on where you live the spring ticks
have a harder time grabbing on.

I've considered. The sunscreen thing has always made me
wonder, since I find the sunscreen is very difficult to
apply (I've got a lot of hair).

The ticks are nasty, they're all over the place here for
the next few weeks at least. Those things make me nervous
as hell...

Quoted message said:

the only "medical" equipment i bring is a vial of crazy
glue. in case of "serious cuts", just rinse, dry, and glue
the edges together. If I'm going way back off the beaten
path I bring: knife, lighter, foil blanket, a little TP.

Wow, this is the first I've ever heard of crazy glue used
like this. I think I'll stick to (ha ha) duct tape for now.
The foil blanket is also a good idea; I usually have a knife
and matches on me too.

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Badger_South said:

That and cammo duct tape are all you need for cuts
and stuff.

Camoflage duct tape's better?

Oh, I get it!

Stealth....

LOL

[/me loves the duct tape too 😉]

maxo said:

Badger_South said:

That and cammo duct tape are all you need for cuts
and stuff.

Camoflage duct tape's better?

Oh, I get it!

Stealth....

LOL

[/me loves the duct tape too 😉]

Plus ppl don't have to know you got an injury, b/c they're
thinking 'cool fashion statement', even if I'm wearing it on
my forehead.

-B

On 20 May 2004 07:00:31 GMT, [email hidden]

(dirtylitterboxofferingstospammers) said:

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I've considered. The sunscreen thing has always made me
wonder, since I find the sunscreen is very difficult to
apply (I've got a lot of hair).

Bite the bullet & shave your legs. You won't regret it.
Just think of how attractive your legs will be - tanned,
smooth muscles ;-)

It's funny, b/c I have such large muscular calves and quads
that they rub the inside of my jeans and all the hair is
missing except for a patch down the front of the shin bone,
and a little below the back of the calf near the ankle. I'm
not all that hairy on the body to begin with and it's light
colored so you can't really tell. But actually shaving feels
creepy, and stubble is the worst. I might go with the idea
of using the beard trimmer to make it like 1/8th inches
long, dunno.

My daughter says 'dad are you shaving your legs?' I say,
'yeah, but just in patches'. She laughs, b/c she knows it's
the jeans rubbing b/c I've fretted about it a couple times.

-B

Jem Berkes said:

Wow, this is the first I've ever heard of crazy glue used
like this. I think I'll stick to (ha ha) duct tape for now.
The foil blanket is also a good idea; I usually have a
knife and matches on me too.

Bring your Swiss Army knife. The one with tweezers. Removes
slivers from the body and wires from the tire. Bernie

On 20 May 2004 08:00:17 GMT, [email hidden]

(dirtylitterboxofferingstospammers) said:

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But actually shaving feels creepy, and stubble is the
worst. I might go with the idea of using the beard trimmer
to make it like 1/8th inches long, dunno.

Nah... We women shave our legs all the time - you get
used to it.

Well the operative words are 'all the time'. heh.

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Besides which, what you need is your romantic interest to
shave the bits you can't reach ;-)

BTDT. Can be fun in the right context.

But there's nothing I can't reach myself should that be of
interest. As I said, I'm not very hairy, but have a full
head of hair and a nice beard. My wife just told me that
getting out on the bike has made me look 10 years younger.
Sheesh, I already looked like I was 39. If this keeps up
I'll have to carry ID to the bar.

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Glad to have you here in rbm. You're a hoot.

Best,

-B

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Cheers, helen s

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(dan baker) said:

the only "medical" equipment i bring is a vial of crazy
glue. in case of "serious cuts", just rinse, dry, and glue
the edges together. If

I did some googling on this last year; while it works in a
pinch, there's a moderately dangerous chemical in it (I
forgot what). The medical-use superglues (I think one is
called "Dermabond"😉 are almost the same but replace the
dangerous chemical with a safe one. IIRC, it's not a huge
issue, but one of which to beware anyway.

Therefore, it's probably a better idea to keep the made-for-medical-
use stuff in your med kit.
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