In PFD pocket:<\/strong>Another 55-gallon trash bagSpot messenger6′ 3mm cordFlashlightKnife<\/p>\nAnd here are Eli’s comments:<\/p>\n
“I have done emergency medicine in a number of outdoor environments, and by far the most used things in the first-aid kit are 4×4’s bandaids, and duck tape.<\/p>\n
That being said, I have had to use everything on this list with the exception of the stapler, but only because the steri-stips worked well enough. You could certainly add more stuff to this list, but I find this kit covers almost every scenario in which you are not calling for a helicopter, while still being compact and light-weight.You could probably cram most of this stuff in a an Otter\/Pelican box or Nalgine and wrap the sam-splint around the outside, but I think a drybag works better.<\/p>\n
I consider a sam-splint mandatory as it is super versatile and I have been in 3 situations where the sam-splint saved the day. Don’t forget to pack any prescription medications people might have. If you are doing more of an expedition, I would also consider carrying several antibiotics along with a copy of “The Sanford Guide to Antimicrobial Therapy” to make sure you know which one is appropriate. And it goes without saying, but I will say it anyway, you should get good medical training so you know how to properly utilize all this stuff.”<\/p>\n
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I’d never heard of a SAM Splint but I looked them up and they appear to be pretty amazing, we’ve ordered two in the meantime. Seeing as over the past few years of kayaking I have been a regular consumer of the services of our great medical system, this is probably a way overdue investment. ;)<\/p>\n
Anyway, I thought this was a great list and I hope you find it useful. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
If you’re looking for a good whitewater kayaking first aid kit that’s suitable for multi-day trips, here’s the best one I’ve seen, compliments of Eli Ren. (Used with his permission from his post on Professor Paddle,which is linked to here.) The following is all from Eli’s post, and you can click here for the printable […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4413,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,58],"tags":[339,360,341],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ireneskayakingblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2991"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ireneskayakingblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ireneskayakingblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ireneskayakingblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ireneskayakingblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2991"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ireneskayakingblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2991\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ireneskayakingblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4413"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ireneskayakingblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ireneskayakingblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2991"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ireneskayakingblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}