Do you know what chaps?
Apart from one item, I can't think of any truly life-saving piece of equipment or drug that your average healthy moto-traveller needs. If things really go bad, you need a well-trained response with transport and rapid conveyance to the nearest hospital. If things aren't that bad, well...most treatments are available with time and were with all.
I am a UK Registered Paramedic, currently back in the UK for 2 months, and I can no longer see that a medical kit is that important on the road; packaging deteriorates, stuff goes out of date etc. Things like splints and triangular bandages can be improvised.
One thing I would have though, if travelling in company, is on oro-pharyngeal airway. This protects the airway in a truly unconscious patient. You need some, (minimal), training to use it though.
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Last edited by Stretcher Monkey; 11 Aug 2008 at 19:23.
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