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I cannot tell you enough how reassuring it is to know first aid. Chances are you will never need to use it but sometimes life can throw the odds slightly...I've had to use it three times from a heart attack in the office to a ped hit by a car requiring CPR.
As a keen mountaineer, I try to make sure I can do as much as possible for an injured climber given that help can take time to arrive. As a cyclist, it is different. It is unlikely that the victim will have to wait long for professional help so our focus should be on ensuring the safety of the victim, others involved and controlling the situation rather than immediate life saving first aid.
If the victim is female and refusing an escort home and you are male, you can sometimes convince a female rider or passerby to escort them to their home or office depending on where they were going. Depends on the situation and the individual really. And I suppose how trustworthy you look!
Heres the contents of my mini first aid kit.
It is tailored for road rash. Anything worse than that and I'd want a paramedic to be calling the shots.
The savlon iodine spray is for myself really should I ever need it. Its great stuff for road rash.
The rubber gloves are strictly not necessary. I'm not squeamish about blood etc but sometimes, in the unlikely situation that you are at the scene of a very serious accident and the emergency services are not there yet, it is sensible to try and ensure that further wound contamination does not happen should you need to stem bloodflow etc. I'm probably overcautious here but its a bit of a bee in my bonnet from some stuff I have seen and heard in the past. Yes, you theoretically could be protecting yourself from infections but this is more to do with the wellbeing of the victim.
Not sure how the 50p crept into the photo but lets pretend that is for a cup of tea.