Felles first aid kit

Trekking first aid kit

To pack a trekking first aid kit, you need a good imagination about troubles, plenty of experience, or Google)) My first aid kit has changed a lot, been improved, and optimization is still going on. I've prepared a list of medications in a table and can share it with you!)

Weight

I'm not worried about weight and volume, the peace of mind that in case of illness or injury I can help myself or my partner is more important. In solo trips, I always use full equipment.

To reduce weight, I just take only the necessary amount of medication, for example, for a week of trekking — 7 tablets of Mezim. The calculation is simple: if on the first day I have digestive problems, I take no more than one tablet a day; if the problem persists throughout the trek, I can safely treat myself throughout the trek. I take ointments that have already been used halfway at home, hydrogen peroxide in a small bottle, etc.

What's important

In everyday life, I don't pay attention to scratches, etc., but on a trek, you need to carefully monitor all injuries and treat them thoroughly. Even a small scratch on a finger can become inflamed, fester, and it will hurt to take a trekking pole, an ax, eat, set up a tent, and light a burner. If your foot starts to rub, stop immediately, put on a plaster, adjust the sock, and tie the boot. This problem is common in group treks. You don't know people well, it's uncomfortable to ask them to wait, etc., but you must do it, otherwise you will slowly limp, causing pain to yourself and slowing down the overall pace on the route.

Before the trek, you need to cut your toenails, otherwise there will be pain and blue fingers, and if the trek is longer than a week, be sure to take scissors or nail clippers with you.

First of all, think about what you will use most often. For me, it's a spray against midges/mosquitoes/ticks, Spasatel balm for skin damage, sunscreen, pills for the stomach, plaster, cream for chafing and dry skin, in the wind it dries out and cracks badly.

I tape the pills on the inside with scotch tape, as the gear puts pressure on the first aid kit and often pills are squeezed out of the strip or the film just tears.

In winter, you need to be careful with liquids, almost everything freezes. For example, Albucid and Naphthyzin turn into ice, and you have to waste time and warm them up in your inner pocket.

Before the trek

Sometimes before the trek, I take a course of vitamins: Eleutherococcus, Echinacea, vitamin C, or a complex of vitamins, Cycloferon.

Mandatory physical training: running, exercises, stretching.

First aid kit for specific conditions and tasks

The first aid kit is adapted for my treks, which are usually up to 3,000 m high, less often up to 5,000 m. From the equator to the north, from 7 to 30 days. The number of tablets is determined by the number of participants, in my case it's solo or вдвоем, rarely in groups, like in a mountaineering camp. There the main first aid kit is kept at the base, and only a small one is taken with us for emergencies when climbing.

I don't have medical education, this is just an example of my first aid kit. Most likely, you will need to adapt it to your tasks.

Download detailed Excel table

You can download an Excel table from my Yandex Disk, it has detailed information about indications, method of use, side effects (info taken from the site https://www.rlsnet.ru).

The table is convenient to use when packing, just mark with a tick in the first column or with color what you have and what you need to buy.

First aid kit

Antihistamines

• Suprastin tab. 25 mg — for poisoning and allergies to insects/plants.
• Sulfacyl-sodium 5 ml. Eye drops 20% — antimicrobial for eyes.
• Spray against mosquitoes, midges, ticks.

For infections of the gastrointestinal tract, heartburn and indigestion

• Levomycetin, tab. 500 mg — antiviral for the stomach in case of poisoning.
• Activated carbon, tab. 250 g — cleansing the body.
• Bifiform, capsules — for normalizing intestinal microflora.
• No-Shpa, 40 mg — spasms, abdominal pain.
• Mezim, 20,000 mg tab. — improved digestion.
• Loperamide, 2 mg — for diarrhea.
• Exportal powder, 10 g — constipation.

For infections of the genitourinary system and pneumonia, bronchitis

• Sumamed, 500 mg. Tab. — antibiotic for viral diseases.
• Biseptol, 480 g tab. — infections of the respiratory tract (bronchitis, pneumonia).
• Cycloferon, 250 g tab. — immunomodulator.

For infections of the upper respiratory tract

• Bromhexine, 8 g tab. — inflammatory diseases of the lungs.
• Mucaltin, 50 g tab. — expectorant.
• Strepsils, 150 g tab. — for sore throat.
• Nazivin, drops — nasal congestion, runny nose.
• Lizobakt, tab. — throat treatment.

Antipyretics and analgesics

• Nurofen, 400 mg tab. — analgesic based on ibuprofen.
• Paracetamol, 500 mg — antipyretic and analgesic.
• Analgin, 500 mg tab. — analgesic analgesic.

Antiseptics

• Chlorhexidine, 50 ml — for disinfecting wounds, gargling.
• Hydrogen peroxide, 50 ml — stopping bleeding, mechanical disinfection of the wound.
• Streptocide powder, 2 g — wound disinfection.
• Hand disinfectant — hand disinfection.

Cardiovascular

• Caffeine benzoate of sodium, 100 mg — increases mental and physical activity, reduces fatigue and drowsiness.
• Validol, 60 mg — vasodilator, calms the nervous system.
• Nitroglycerin, 0.5 g — for chest pain, vasodilator.
• Acetylsalicylic acid/Aspirin, tab. 500 mg — blood thinning (for altitude sickness).
• Diacarb, 250 mg — acute «altitude» mountain sickness.

Ointments

• Spasatel, 30 g — healing of skin injuries.
• BF6 glue, 15 g — for minor cuts.
• Dolobene, gel 45 g — for bruises, sprains.
• Repharm Balm Mountaineer, SPF50 (winter) — in winter from wind, frost, sun.
• Sunscreen, sports SPF50 (spring, summer, autumn) — protection from the sun.
• Lip balm — in wind and cold at high altitude.
• Acyclovir Sandoz 5%, 5 g — herpes in the oral cavity.
• Cream for dry skin, 30 ml — moisturizes the skin, for chafing.

Sportivmat, vitaminer

• Kreatin — øke effektiviteten og varigheten av fysiske belastninger
• Vitamin C, askorbinsyre — ved økt fysisk belastning, bergkvalme

Elektronikk

• Elektronisk termometer — måling av temperatur
• Pulsoksimeter, elektronisk enhet på finger — for tur over 3000 m, måling av kappblodssyteinnhold

Pleister og bindemidler

• Steril bandage, forskjellige størrelser, i pakke — sår, utstrekninger, bruser
• Elasticke rørbandage — for å fastholde bandager
• Sterile håndsker — for å behandle sår
• Compeed, pleister mot blister, tøye eller fuktige — superkule pleister mot blister
• Pleister i forskjellige former
• Rollpleister (på vinterture)
• Pepparpleister 10x18
• Vannpiller, ørerør
• Ammoniaksspiritus i tøy
• Fuktige tøy — hygieine ved manglende elv eller i kolde forhold

Verktøy

• Saks — kutte bandage, klipp fingernail
• Pincett — få ut spark og dyl.
• Pincett for tigger
• Saks — fjerne hår fra sårsteder
• Speil (plast) — for solo-ture, fjerne tigger fra uvenlige steder, behandle sår