Whatever type of hiking you do, it is important to always carry a first aid kit. Better to be prepared than to run into trouble on the way! Here is a non-exhaustive but sufficient list for hikes of one to three days.
Emergency follow-up:
- A pencil + an incident report form
Before intervening:
- Disposable latex gloves
- A bottle of hand sanitiser gel
Specific emergency equipment for the first aid kit:
- An emergency haemostatic dressing
- One or more emergency blankets
- A triangular scarf
- A pocket mask (mouth-to-mouth resuscitation)
Small equipment:
- Cord
- Bin bag
- Swiss Army knife
- Headlamp
"For patching up minor injuries":
- Splinter tweezers
- Hand warmers
- A chlorhexidine disinfectant spray
- Cut-to-size plasters
- Blister plasters
- Adhesive sutures
- Betadine in single-dose vials
- Gauze pads
- Medical tape
- Tubular net
- Scissors
- Stretchy adhesive bandages (Elastoplast)
- Arnica cream
- Homéoplasmine
Medications:
- Anti-diarrhoeal
- Eye drops in single-dose vials
- Antispasmodic
- Paracetamol
- Saline solution in single-dose vials
