First Aid Supplies

Reviewed by Jarrett Morgan

This product is great way to remove ticks if prevention falls. It is painless and helps reduce disease transmission by reducing the chance a tick will regurgitate. You can even use it on your pets.

Gear Review: Liberty Mountain Tick Key For today’s post, I will do our first gear review. The piece of equipment under review is the Tick Key by Liberty Mountain, which has become an important tool for both BeeGee and me. This tool is one our essential pieces and always goes with us in our first aid kit.The Background Unfortunately, according to the CDC, the prevalence of tick borne illnesses is increasing and new diseases are being discovered. Therefore, it is important to dress appropriately to prevent ticks from grabbing on to you.  However, sometimes a sneaky tick finds its way to your skin anyway, or if you are like BeeGee, such option does not exist for you.

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Reviewed by Madera

Quikclot is the type of product that you don't need often. But, when you do need it, you need it very badly. I have used it several times to stem the bleeding from severe cuts and it has performed exactly as expected. When I say you don't need it often, what I am saying is that it is not the first thing you go to when you or someone with you suffers a bad cut. The first thing should be done it to use regular gauze pads to cover the wound and then apply pressure for a period of time. That is the first-aid technique we have all learned.

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Reviewed by Sean Van Cleve

Not just for climbers!!! This all natural, chemical free product helps repair sore fingers and knuckles. "If you can't eat it, don't put it on your skin."

Climb On! has been accompanying me on all of my camping trips for the last couple of years, as well as helping me out any time my hands get in rough shape. It's antiseptic, antimicrobial, and healthy on so many other levels!  Ingredients: Unrefined yellow beeswax apricot kernel oil essential oil of lavender grapeseed oil virgin wheat germ oil essential oils of citrus limon tocopherol (vitamin E) This waxy stuff does such a good job, I have given it to my mother-in-law as a gift! It smells so good, I have been tempted to take a little bite...

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Featured review by BigRed

A self-adhesive blister prevention/treatment that also works for calluses and corns. More expensive than Moleskin for blister prevention, but about as good as it gets for treatment of open blisters. I'd recommend having a few of these along when breaking in new boots or in the first aid kit on longer hikes and ski tours. Great stuff.

For the first half of the backountry ski season this year I had something funny going on with my right little toe — it would start hurting like hell after a few hours in my randonee ski boots, and sometimes in cross-country boots or running shoes. When I took a closer look it looked like the inside of the toe was abraded or irritated by rubbing against the next toe, a small open blister. So I rummaged around in the first aid kit and found a small Compeed patch, just right to stretch around the whole toe and stick back to itself.

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Reviewed by Sean Van Cleve

In short, this is the best industry standard for a temporary filling if a tooth breaks when out and about. This may not be ideal for many (I'm a WFR and backcountry guide), but this is always in my 1st Aid Kit that goes everywhere I go.

This is a necessary part of a kit if you are a care provider in the backcountry. This stuff comes out of the tube like a putty, and is very easy to work with. Simply roll the product into a ball after prepping/cleaning, and press into the broken area. It is not necessary to fill the entire void, pressing it in will make an appropriate seal protecting the nerve. After placing, simply bite down to finish molding the filling to prevent additional damage to adjacent/upper/lower teeth.   The product is designed to cure/harden when moist, an obvious necessity.

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Reviewed by Peter1955

Eliminates friction (and blisters!) in boots and shoes. Easy to apply.

I'll try to keep this short. A few years ago, I got frostbite on my big toe and the tips of a couple of others. If you've ever had frostbite, the result is permanent damage to the circulation and nerves. My toe turned black and, ever since, I've had to keep it extra warm in winter and be careful about tightening my boots too much. Apparently a recurrence could cause me to lose a toe or two! But there's still the problem of living with the damage. The first result I noticed was an increased sensitivity to friction.

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Reviewed by Thediabeticcamper

SAM splints are great becuase they are light, work in the outdoors, and are an essential part of your wilderness first aid kit. They have sizes from fingers to legs and are reusable.

Wilderness First Aid Last weekend I participated in some Wilderness First Aid training with my www.insulindependence.org group in sunny San Diego. Now, I was looking forward to doing first aid training as much as anyone likes to get kicked in the nuts but, I know no matter how much it will be me needing the medical attention that I need to be fully trained as well.  Above you can see one of our most used items which is the sleeping pad or what I had known all my life as the shorty pad and it was widely used for leg injuries like you see Dino above with a broken leg.

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