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Monkey Loving Bob:
Don't laugh - a tampon... They're actually really good in the case of someone breaking a nose. It's harder to stop the flow of blood if they have to continue downriver ,you can cut off  a bit of the unmentionable and and it'll help loads. Also if you're caught in heavy flow...

Dave B:
these are things we had when away, might not be really necessary in ireland...

Paracetamol and/or brufen

imodium

glucose sweets

iodine or chlorine tablets for water sterilisation

david:
Rectal clamps, plenty of rectal clamps....

Sick Boy:
dave they are talking about your first aid kit that you bring out on a river, not your saturday night, fun times kit.

Sean:
Hey

Definitely would have more than one set of Glove's, they can be used for so much - carrying water, a recuss aid: put a slit in it and it acts as a barrier, put a small hole in the bottom of one of the fingers for irrigation of open cuts, etc.

Betadine . . . basically 10% Provodone Iodine (and iodine is cheaper just get it in a dropper bottle if possible) use as an antiseptic or in river water to sterilise (3drops per litre) - for drinking or irrigation of open wounds. NB. SOME people are very sensitive to iodine especially people with fish allergies.

STERI strips and lots of them . . . . . Get the big ones you can always cut them down to size.

Also extra gauze for cleaning of wounds . . .

Thermometer . . . theres small plastic reusable one available, thin, cheap, etc.

Finally extras would be as jenny said fire - for warmth, and glucose tablets like Lucozade tablets - for energy hits, diabetics, etc. Also if using paracetamol, ibuprofen etc make sure of dosage.

See you soon
Sean

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