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The Arapiles we Love... 9-Oct-2006 At 12:50:22 PM oweng

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On 8/10/2006 cruze wrote:

>A few strategically placed First Aid Kits hey? Well I'd like to hear from
>a paramedical person as to how having a first aid kit around is actually
>going to help someone who doesn't know how to use it. I mean if my climbing
>partner falls on, say, lamplighter, suffers a broken ankle/leg and there
>is a first aid kit down around say Oceanoid I know what I will be doing.
>Going straight to get some help, not fiddling with first aid gear. If the
>fracture is compound then maybe it could help, but having suffered several
>broken bones over the years (including 4 vertebrae - a very reasonable
>climbing injury) I know that I would like my climbing partner getting as
>quickly as possible to a professional, rather than trying to get to a first
>aid kit from somewhere random. Better still climb with a paramedico/medico/person
>trained in bush rescue/person carrying a massive first aid kit with portable
>splint, maybe even backpack sized helicopter!

I agree with pretty much everything your saying cruze. The example I was thinking of when I floated first aid kits was more one with someone lying at the base of a climb bleeding out. The 30 minutes it would take medical help to get there could be too late. At the end of the day though, who would want half a dozen first aid kits littering the lanscape. Better to have more people with first aid training and a small first aid kit of their own in their pack. Oh and a backpack sized helicopter sounds ideal. Im sick of walking into crags.