The Mount Challenge - First Aid

As with any activity that takes you away from home or your meeting place you should ensure you are equipped with a personal first aid kit to help deal with those cuts or other minor incidents. It is always a good idea to add a few extra items to your first aid kit to help with other events. The list below is not meant to be a complete list but to give an idea of the sorts of things you should have in your first aid kit.

Follow Doc Mount's guide to an easy Mount Challenge Weekend and First Aid

• Make sure you and your partner have your own personal first aid kits
• Is it in a good container, bits rattling around inside your kit bag will difficult to find and will get messed up.
• Have you checked the contents recently?
• Are the dressing and like still sterile?
• Why not make a list of the contents so you can check it each time you take out with you.
• If you have specific medical conditions why not put them on a card in a first aid kit as well as carrying another card with you.
• These items are a good start to any personal first aid kit
  • Sterile dressing - finger Sterile dressing - medium Sterile dressing - large Sterile dressing - x large
  • Plasters
  • Cotton wool or equivalent
  • Sterile wipes
  • Tweezers
  • Small pair scissors
  • Triangular bandage
  • Crepe bandage
  • Matches
  • Coins
  • Info. card (name, address, medical conditions)
  • Suitable waterproof container