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First Aid Kit 27-Aug-2010 At 2:06:22 PM asavage

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If you're talking single day at the crag, and I assume you are give you mention your day pack, what you have listed is overkill and many of the items are useless.

I suggest:

1 roller bandage;
1 triangular bandage;
athletic tape or gaffer tape;

And depending where you go:

lighter;
space blanket;
knife.

If you really want to take pills, piss off the pain killers and through in some anti histamines, as they may actually be of some use in an emergency, e.g. allergic reaction to bee sting.

The antiseptic idea always interests me. Your primary job as a first aider is to control severe bleeding not clean the wound. If you're climbing for the day you’re going to have water. If you feel the need, clean a wound by splash a bit of water about. Infection is really more a longer term thing (day/weeks after) and you can clean the wound properly once you get home / to hosi.