First Aid kits
 

"riverman" wrote:
A friend skinned his elbow playing basketball, and came to me for some
antiseptic and a bandaid. He figured I carried some in my vest because of
all those hooks swinging around, etc. Funny thing is that it never crossed
my mind to have a First Aid kit with me while I'm out on the water, but
considering all the times I've fallen trying to hop from rock to rock in wet
waders, slipped on rough ground, face planted into bushes, etc, I think I
ought to.

My question: how many of us out there carry a small first aid kit in their
vest when they're fishing, or in their float tube? How many folks carry them
in their car instead, and how many don't carry anything at all?

And what do you carry in them?

I carry a small kit in my fishing duffel and it normally stays in the
car. It's basically just some antiseptic, various bandages and maybe a
few OTC pain killers (best for hangovers, probably). It's been in the
bag for like three years and I've never used it. If I were a
responsible fellow, I'd go get it right now and and discard & re-stock
any time-sensitive items. As it is, screw it. I haven't needed a
bandaid in three years astream...

Who needs first aid when they've got whiskey?
Tom G
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First Aid kits
 

"riverman" wrote:
A friend skinned his elbow playing basketball, and came to me for some
antiseptic and a bandaid. He figured I carried some in my vest because of
all those hooks swinging around, etc. Funny thing is that it never crossed
my mind to have a First Aid kit with me while I'm out on the water, but
considering all the times I've fallen trying to hop from rock to rock in wet
waders, slipped on rough ground, face planted into bushes, etc, I think I
ought to.

My question: how many of us out there carry a small first aid kit in their
vest when they're fishing, or in their float tube? How many folks carry them
in their car instead, and how many don't carry anything at all?

And what do you carry in them?

I carry a small kit in my fishing duffel and it normally stays in the
car. It's basically just some antiseptic, various bandages and maybe a
few OTC pain killers (best for hangovers, probably). It's been in the
bag for like three years and I've never used it. If I were a
responsible fellow, I'd go get it right now and and discard & re-stock
any time-sensitive items. As it is, screw it. I haven't needed a
bandaid in three years astream...

Who needs first aid when they've got whiskey?
Tom G
--
email:remove tt

First Aid kits
 

Funny you mention that as I was thinking about having a small one in my pack
when we are up the mountains. Trout & Salmon magasine gave one away recently
and I carry it in my bag. unsure whether it is sufficient. There is like a
ring to pull a hook out etc.

Roger, any plans on that side? Are you already taking something with you for
the group? Any essentials you would recommend?

Jerome

riverman wrote in message
...
A friend skinned his elbow playing basketball, and came to me for some
antiseptic and a bandaid. He figured I carried some in my vest because of
all those hooks swinging around, etc. Funny thing is that it never crossed
my mind to have a First Aid kit with me while I'm out on the water, but
considering all the times I've fallen trying to hop from rock to rock in
wet
waders, slipped on rough ground, face planted into bushes, etc, I think I
ought to.

My question: how many of us out there carry a small first aid kit in their
vest when they're fishing, or in their float tube? How many folks carry
them
in their car instead, and how many don't carry anything at all?

And what do you carry in them?

--riverman

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This has been a great thread and a poignant reminded about having something
along with me. I thought about it one time on a local stream (though in this
particular case the cell phone would have been much more handy) when stepping
on what I thought was the bank, only to find it was a blowdown covered in
leaves. My leg went down into the fork of the blowndown tree, and I nearly
broke/fractured my leg only catching a branch for balance. At the same time I
almost punctured my leg on some of these "pongo" sticks (if that's the right
term) that were formed in the blowdown and also covered in leaves.

Got keep something with me as I'm going without right now...

tnx all for the reminder!

-- Rob

First Aid kits
 

"-- Rob" wrote ...
(though in this
particular case the cell phone would have been much more handy) when
stepping
on what I thought was the bank, only to find it was a blowdown covered in
leaves. My leg went down into the fork of the blowndown tree, and I nearly
broke/fractured my leg


Phoning for help is for whiney crybabies, and propably unethical. Proper
streamside etiquette for a badly fractured and punctured leg, with foot
wedged and stuck is as follows:

1. Use belt for tourniquet
2. Amputate stuck foot with pocket knife
3. Cauterize stump with cigarette lighter
4. Take good slug of Scotch to sterilize wound from the inside
5. Hobble out of the wilderness using fly rod for cane
6. As horrified onlookers rush up, refuse medical treatment saying, "Ahh,
I've had worse."

Hope this helps

Timothy Juvenal

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From: "VibraJet"

1. Use belt for tourniquet
2. Amputate stuck foot with pocket knife
3. Cauterize stump with cigarette lighter
4. Take good slug of Scotch to sterilize wound from the inside
5. Hobble out of the wilderness using fly rod for cane
6. As horrified onlookers rush up, refuse medical treatment saying, "Ahh,
I've had worse."

4a. If the fish are still feeding, quit whining, prop yourself up with a stick,
and get back to fishing.


George Adams

"All good fishermen stay young until they die, for fishing is the only dream of
youth that doth not grow stale with age."
---- J.W Muller

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From: "VibraJet"

1. Use belt for tourniquet
2. Amputate stuck foot with pocket knife
3. Cauterize stump with cigarette lighter
4. Take good slug of Scotch to sterilize wound from the inside
5. Hobble out of the wilderness using fly rod for cane
6. As horrified onlookers rush up, refuse medical treatment saying, "Ahh,
I've had worse."

4a. If the fish are still feeding, quit whining, prop yourself up with a stick,
and get back to fishing.


George Adams

"All good fishermen stay young until they die, for fishing is the only dream of
youth that doth not grow stale with age."
---- J.W Muller

First Aid kits
 

"VibraJet" wrote in message
...

2. Amputate stuck foot with pocket knife

This happened last May and there is mention of an angler in the same
information that had to amputate his leg below the knee... I cringe at the
thought.... :(

http://www.traditionalmountaineering..._Lost_Solo.htm

JT

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"VibraJet" wrote in message
...

2. Amputate stuck foot with pocket knife

This happened last May and there is mention of an angler in the same
information that had to amputate his leg below the knee... I cringe at the
thought.... :(

http://www.traditionalmountaineering..._Lost_Solo.htm

JT

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"VibraJet" wrote in
:


"-- Rob" wrote ...
(though in this
particular case the cell phone would have been much more handy) when
stepping
on what I thought was the bank, only to find it was a blowdown
covered in leaves. My leg went down into the fork of the blowndown
tree, and I nearly broke/fractured my leg


Phoning for help is for whiney crybabies, and propably unethical.
Proper streamside etiquette for a badly fractured and punctured leg,
with foot wedged and stuck is as follows:

1. Use belt for tourniquet
2. Amputate stuck foot with pocket knife
3. Cauterize stump with cigarette lighter
4. Take good slug of Scotch to sterilize wound from the inside
5. Hobble out of the wilderness using fly rod for cane
6. As horrified onlookers rush up, refuse medical treatment saying,
"Ahh, I've had worse."

Hope this helps

Timothy Juvenal




Reminds me of that recent story about the outdoorsman who amputated his
own arm because it was stuck, so to speak, between a big rock and a hard
place.

It stuck in my mind, because if it had been me in that situation, I was
sure the boulder would have rolled harmlessly away two seconds after I
finished the amputation.

I suppose that would make me a Schle'mazel.

Scott