First aid kit

[Bobthebuilder]

Boss was on a course then other day about how to deal with a major trauma situation before air ambulance arrives (run by ex air ambulance doctor) and his sister who is a nurse, haven’t heard all details yet as I’m on holiday this week but she said that she’d ordered some new first aid kits for tractors, thing is too small there’s nothing in them and too big there’s no where to keep it safe in cab do have some atm that just need updated, also have defibrillator on site that was supplied by local charity, must remember to check it next week when I’m back for battery and out of date bits

 

[tepapa]

Realism Training – Keeping Training Real

Forestry First Aid +F Courses delivered across North Wales and the UK

www.realismtraining.co.uk

Good course for anyone looking, he'll travel so no need to go to North Wales.

He also sells trauma kits which you can put into a simple first aid kit to spec it up to farm requirements. But the kit is useless without the training.

 

[neilo]

Crikey. Am I the only one feeling totally inadequate for not having a first aid kit in my tractor (or a tractor big enough to put one in)?

 

[Bury the Trash]

as above a box of plasters aint alot of use (other than the boss salving his concience or ticking yet another bledy box when it boils down to it, a course is what is best , with how to use difribulators do a tourniquet etc

 

[Tim W]

the kit is useless without the training.

And regular refresher courses ---surprising what you forget

 

[Farma Parma]

It Pains me too say it but if i wanted to be a Medical Doctor i wouldnt have got into Farming.
It does however remind us we probs should have the basics away from the farmhouse which i hadnt.
New Rules from last Nov to be RT Compliant tho... its allways more money

 

[TheTallGuy]

I'm all for having first aid kits around the place, but what the fudge has that got to do with with red tractor?

 

[le bon paysan]

I'm all for having first aid kits around the place, but what the fudge has that got to do with with red tractor?

In case the inspector gets accidentally stabbed with a pitch fork.

 

[TheTallGuy]

In case the inspector gets accidentally stabbed with a pitch fork.

More likely a beet fork as it has more tines and is blunt so will hurt more...

 

[puppet]

Just to make your day; my recent RT inspector gave me a non-compliance because my first aid kit didn't have a "best before " date.

That is just beyond stupidity. What harm can a 5 year old sealed bandage do anyone? A date is just an easy target for any inspector.
Meanwhile at the start of Covid the masks which expired in 2016 were relabelled with a felt pen to 2020 and used - quite rightly.

 

[JWL]

In case the inspector gets accidentally stabbed with a pitch fork.

No fork to hand? You can improvise a tourniquet round the neck with bale string

 

[puppet]

There is no point in having fancy first aid kits for major trauma at work unless you are getting trained as a paramedic. The clue is in the name-First Aid-before help arrives. If someone has torn an artery you won't have time to find the kit.
It is about assessing what has happened, preventing further injury and applying immediate care which may involve a bucket of water over a burn or chemical eye splash or rolling up your shirt and pressing as hard as you can on a wound.
The kit is for a plaster for a grazed knee.

 

[Bobthebuilder]

That is just beyond stupidity. What harm can a 5 year old sealed bandage do anyone? A date is just an easy target for any inspector.
Meanwhile at the start of Covid the masks which expired in 2016 were relabelled with a felt pen to 2020 and used - quite rightly.

Was thinking that myself, if out of date stuff is good enough to send to Ukraine why not use it yourself

 

[TheTallGuy]

The best before date on things like dressings is because the seal on the packaging or the anti microbial properties may be compromised after a certain time - so you could be applying a non sterile dressing a wound. In terms of those being sent to the Ukraine it's a case of something better than nothing, whereas in the UK it is not difficult to maintain an up to date first aid kit.

 

[JWL]

The best before date on things like dressings is because the seal on the packaging or the anti microbial properties may be compromised after a certain time - so you could be applying a non sterile dressing a wound. In terms of those being sent to the Ukraine it's a case of something better than nothing, whereas in the UK it is not difficult to maintain an up to date first aid kit.

Sometimes it's hard to get your head around the sterility of the area you're treating in a lot of incidents on farms and the like. All you are doing is doing your best at the time.
Yes I know where you're coming from, prior preparation prevents......... but accidents happen and not when they're expected or convenient, you just deal with them with what you've got there and then.

 

[Lofty1984]

There is no point in having fancy first aid kits for major trauma at work unless you are getting trained as a paramedic. The clue is in the name-First Aid-before help arrives. If someone has torn an artery you won't have time to find the kit.
It is about assessing what has happened, preventing further injury and applying immediate care which may involve a bucket of water over a burn or chemical eye splash or rolling up your shirt and pressing as hard as you can on a wound.
The kit is for a plaster for a grazed knee.

Just done a first aid course and a section on forestry for more serious trauma with the right first aid kit to hand not a Mickey Mouse one you get free in a car you’d have every thing you’d need to potentially save a life while waiting for help

 

[Jrp221]

The best before date on things like dressings is because the seal on the packaging or the anti microbial properties may be compromised after a certain time - so you could be applying a non sterile dressing a wound. In terms of those being sent to the Ukraine it's a case of something better than nothing, whereas in the UK it is not difficult to maintain an up to date first aid kit.

To be fair sterility of a dressing is irrelevant if you're dealing with a major bleed etc

 

[stroller]

Super glue and insulation tape sorts most things here,

and blue paper towel

 

[Exfarmer]

as above a box of plasters aint alot of use (other than the boss salving his concience or ticking yet another bledy box when it boils down to it, a course is what is best , with how to use difribulators do a tourniquet etc

a box of plasters aint any use? it will be the most widely used thing in the box hopefully.

 

[Clive]

Just fitted this in our workshop building - hopefully never need to use it ! Defribs seem to be getting to more affordable levels now