What’s in your emergency kit (besides tools)?
10-24-20, 11:08 AM
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What’s in your emergency kit (besides tools)?
What do you carry on your off-grid, out of cell range rides? What is in your first aid kit? Do you carry a PLB, Spot, or satellite communicator?
I’ll start - for emergencies, I carry:
Fox 40 emergency whistle
Garmin Explorer+
Sawyer Mini-squeeze water filter
Benchmade mini-griptillian (small pocket knife)
Emergency blanket (winter rides)
In my first aid kit (roughly in order of use):
Nitrile rubber gloves (dual use for repairs, too)
Bleed-stop
Alcohol wipes
Antibiotic ointment
Cortizone ointment (REI sells small packets of both so you don’t need to carry a whole tube and it stays sterile)
Square gauze pads
Butterfly bandages
Tincture of benzoin vials (Again, REI adventure medical kit refills)
Assorted band-aids
Tegaderm sheets
Small Gauze roll
Small Paper tape roll
Elastic net for Arm/leg
I know that it is a lot but I carry a handlebar bag and it stays out of the way, and I have used nearly every item in my kit, either for myself of someone else that didn’t have what they needed.
What I carry is proportional to the level of risk and the availability of services. I leave the Garmin at home if I know I will be in cell range, and the first aid kit stays home if I know I have quick access to help. For rides in gnarly terrain deep in the forest, I carry the whole smash. What do you carry?
I’ll start - for emergencies, I carry:
Fox 40 emergency whistle
Garmin Explorer+
Sawyer Mini-squeeze water filter
Benchmade mini-griptillian (small pocket knife)
Emergency blanket (winter rides)
In my first aid kit (roughly in order of use):
Nitrile rubber gloves (dual use for repairs, too)
Bleed-stop
Alcohol wipes
Antibiotic ointment
Cortizone ointment (REI sells small packets of both so you don’t need to carry a whole tube and it stays sterile)
Square gauze pads
Butterfly bandages
Tincture of benzoin vials (Again, REI adventure medical kit refills)
Assorted band-aids
Tegaderm sheets
Small Gauze roll
Small Paper tape roll
Elastic net for Arm/leg
I know that it is a lot but I carry a handlebar bag and it stays out of the way, and I have used nearly every item in my kit, either for myself of someone else that didn’t have what they needed.
What I carry is proportional to the level of risk and the availability of services. I leave the Garmin at home if I know I will be in cell range, and the first aid kit stays home if I know I have quick access to help. For rides in gnarly terrain deep in the forest, I carry the whole smash. What do you carry?
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Tweezers, Toilet Paper, Zip Ties, Duct Tape wrapped around a square of cardboard. I am usually within 20 minutes of ambulance service. I am not shy about knocking on a nearby door if I have an emergency need beyond my kit. On large rides I have a big kit at the base with wound wash, bennaryl. sterile gauze, big bandages, mainly stuff for huge abrasions. Nitrile gloves.
