Whatever the type of hiking, it's important to always carry a first aid kit with you. Better to be prepared than to run into trouble on the trail! Here is a non-exhaustive but sufficient list for hiking trips of one to three days.
Emergency follow-up:
- A pencil + an assessment sheet
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 (for mouth-to-mouth resuscitation)
Small equipment:
- Cord
- Rubbish bag
- Swiss army knife
- Headlamp
"For patching up minor injuries":
- Splinter tweezers
- Hand warmers
- A chlorhexidine disinfectant spray
- Cut-to-size plasters
- Double-skin plasters
- Adhesive sutures
- Betadine in single-dose units
- Gauze pads
- Sticking plaster
- Tubular bandage
- Scissors
- Stretchy adhesive bandages (Elastoplast)
- Arnica cream
- Homéoplasmine
Medicines:
- Anti-diarrhoeal medication
- Eye drops in single-dose units
- Antispasmodic medication
- Paracetamol
- Saline solution in single-dose units
