First Aid Kits on Harness

[Dean Lofthouse]

Carrying a field dressing doesn't do any harm and if it suits you, carry one.

 

However the point I am trying to make is there's more to it than slapping on a field dressing.

 

I would like to think that whoever helped or tried to stem the flow of blood on me, would know what he she were doing.

 

...and if we were all honest, we could know a lot more about large wound treatment than we do now. It should really be part of chainsaw training.

[Amelanchier]

Carrying a field dressing doesn't do any harm and if it suits you, carry one.

 

However the point I am trying to make is there's more to it than slapping on a field dressing.

 

I would like to think that whoever helped or tried to stem the flow of blood on me, would know what he she were doing.

 

...and if we were all honest, we could know a lot more about large wound treatment than we do now. It should really be part of chainsaw training.

 

Word.

[Mr Ed]

No handsaw? Unbelievable. Carrying a handsaw is one of the marks of a professional.

 

Guess that marks me out as a total amatuer then...

[Will Hinchliffe]

I carry a firs aid kit on my harness always, doesn't get in the way to much and hopefully i will never use it. A bit daft not having one really.

[MasterBlaster]

Think whatever, that's my opinion.

[Peter]

Guess that marks me out as a total amatuer then...

 

Quite so, and the sooner you quit tree work and leave it to the handsaw toting pros the better!

[Mr Ed]

Quite so, and the sooner you quit tree work and leave it to the handsaw toting pros the better!

I knew I was doing something wrong all these years:thumbdown:

[Husqvarna King]

the bloody starter cord keeps breaking on my Silky - how can i ever become a pro:confused1:

[Linda]

I always make sure I have plenty of differently sized and shaped plasters (that's bandaids for those of you across the pond), comes in handy when the silky gets a bit unruly. The scars will be less visible if you put a plaster on straight away instead of waiting until you've finished the job and get back down on the ground with muck in the cut.

 

I think it only makes sense to carry a first aid kit of some sort, with not just a large wound dresser in it but other bits and bobs. Helps with being imaginative in any given situation! And it doesn't exactly take up much space or weigh you down.

[Andy Collins]

...and if we were all honest, we could know a lot more about large wound treatment than we do now. It should really be part of chainsaw training.

 

Best bit of common sense I think I've read on Arbtalk. Its more important to know how to save a life than any other single thing, and I think it should be covered at each and every level of the CS's. Every course you seem to go on spouts on and on about Health & Safety this and that, this time could and should be also used to refresh on serious emergency techniques, in a range of differing scenarios. It cant be that hard to add it in.