I recall recently a thread by Imagedude I think about the components of his bespoke kit.
Last weekend I went on a 2-day course, tailored to the specific needs of outdoor folk (I was the only person out of 6 who wasn't a D of E leader). In what was pretty crummy weather most of the time we did a lot of outdoor scenarios, covering virtually any incident you might be expected to find, from bad cooking burns to complicated fractures, hypothermia, cuts and so on.
Included in this was certification on using a defibrillator, which although a bit off-topic was well worth it in order to make the things a whole heap less intimidating (basically the machine will not do anything it doesn't need to).
There is a big difference between merely having a kit with you in the woods and actually having had some formal training. How many of you folk are either trained or qualified in some context?
If you have never done even a basic course I would recommend it.
Last weekend I went on a 2-day course, tailored to the specific needs of outdoor folk (I was the only person out of 6 who wasn't a D of E leader). In what was pretty crummy weather most of the time we did a lot of outdoor scenarios, covering virtually any incident you might be expected to find, from bad cooking burns to complicated fractures, hypothermia, cuts and so on.
Included in this was certification on using a defibrillator, which although a bit off-topic was well worth it in order to make the things a whole heap less intimidating (basically the machine will not do anything it doesn't need to).
There is a big difference between merely having a kit with you in the woods and actually having had some formal training. How many of you folk are either trained or qualified in some context?
If you have never done even a basic course I would recommend it.
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