In reply to webbie88:
Just like all the other Frist Aid threads, this one has/is going OTT.
My First Aid Kit has simple stuff like:
Bog roll
plasters
water purifyers
paracetamol
ibrufen
anti-poo tabs
anti-sick tabs
triangle bandage
tape
swiss knife
whistle
rubber gloves
other such small stuff like safety pins.
Basically, my First Aid Kit is designed around me, and my everyday ailments and nobody else. This is not being selfish in any shape form or fashion.
If things go tits up, what can I realistically do?
If there is red stuff, stem it. If something is squishy or mis shapen, imobalise it as best as possible. The injured person will let you know if this is not an option as they will make their views well known.
Once help has been summoned, I'd sit tight with the person and reasure them as best I could till the grown ups arrived. I'd use common sense too. If they had a broken finger then we'd walk out but if the were immobile then I'd never deram of going Rambo and put the on my back, its just too weak and frail to cope with a 14 stone weight put on it.
I'm a big advocate of K.I.S.S.
Keep it simple, Keep it stupid.
Thankfully this topic hasn't morphed into strokes or cardiac arrests. If I was on top of Helvellyn and my mate had a cardiac arrest, I would start CPR for as long as my little arms would hold out knowing full well that, realistically, it was game-over.