Chainsaw / Arborist First Aid Kits

[Jamie Jones]

Any suggestions/recommendations of suppliers for proper Arborist First Aid Kits and for the Trauma Coagulant Sprinkles & Bandage?

Need to get a whole new first aid kit and my old one is now out of date and not really chainsaw friendly....

[trigger_andy]

25 minutes ago, Jamie Jones said:

Any suggestions/recommendations of suppliers for proper Arborist First Aid Kits and for the Trauma Coagulant Sprinkles & Bandage?

Need to get a whole new first aid kit and my old one is now out of date and not really chainsaw friendly....

I have some liquid morphine. Lets face it, its all you really need to help the passing-.  

[Haironyourchest]

Aloft, nothing except a CeloxZ-fold Rapid. On the ground, Celox, CAT tourniquet and Israeli bandage. And a whistle. In the van, CPR Faceshield, a proper one, rescue remedy, burn treatment pad, various bandages and gauses, band aids, iodine tincture, painkillers, and most importantly, an eye cup and some tubes of saline. And wipes and all that. And a travel homoeopathic kit. Also, some elbow, wrist and knee Velcro compression wraps for strains.

[jfc]

Morphine is good but not much use for bleeding out.

On my first aid course the trainer recommended "lomo" kits. They do forestry/chainsaw specialist kits, as well as wet suits etc. Google them.

[Darrin Turnbull]

55 minutes ago, Jamie Jones said:

Any suggestions/recommendations of suppliers for proper Arborist First Aid Kits and for the Trauma Coagulant Sprinkles & Bandage?

Need to get a whole new first aid kit and my old one is now out of date and not really chainsaw friendly....

I think some kits have a self life of twenty years 

[westphalian]

They missed the travel homeopathic kit Hairy! I didn’t [emoji6]

I would imagine a military field dressing for a fiver, a bandage and a few plasters would be cost effective

[peds]

18 hours ago, trigger_andy said:

I have some liquid morphine. Lets face it, its all you really need to help the passing-.  

 

I learned about morphine lollipops the other day, those definitely sound like they are worth tracking down.

[trigger_andy]

8 minutes ago, peds said:

 

I learned about morphine lollipops the other day, those definitely sound like they are worth tracking down.

Never heard of them? I buggered my back a few years ago and when they finally put me up to morphine level thery just continued to throw it at me. God boxes and bottles of the stuff now.

[Gary Prentice]

10 minutes ago, peds said:

 

I learned about morphine lollipops the other day, those definitely sound like they are worth tracking down.

After a quick search, I think that these aren't actually morphine but Fentanyl, which is another opiate that is apparently a fair bit stronger. 

 

 

[peds]

14 minutes ago, trigger_andy said:

Never heard of them? I buggered my back a few years ago and when they finally put me up to morphine level thery just continued to throw it at me. God boxes and bottles of the stuff now.

Awesome, good to have a supply of stuff like that around, what else are you going to do on a rainy weekend? Shame it has to come at a cost of a bad back though, hope it's not too much of a downer. Every year that passes I become more and more grateful that so far I've made it through relatively unscathed.

 

The morphine lollipops are popular with the military, mountain rescue teams, wilderness expeditions, that sort of thing. Worth having a few in your survival kit next to the dextrose tablets and the emergency hipflask, I reckon.

 

7 minutes ago, Gary Prentice said:

After a quick search, I think that these aren't actually morphine but Fentanyl, which is another opiate that is apparently a fair bit stronger.

Ach, whatever, I'll take anything I'm offered if the situation calls for it and not ask too many questions. Fill me up!

Edited November 29, 2018 by peds