A Little Mountain Biking First Aid

First Aid resources are tricky: I find they are usually either way too vague, or too detailed. I found this particular page to be a good compromise: Health: First aid treatment on the trail.

The article covers a few key first aid techniques that a typical mountain biker would run into. I would assume hikers and road bikers would have many of the same injuries.

Also presented is a recommended First Aid Kit, which is wonderfully concise:

• 1 x size 1 ambulance dressing
• 1 x size 2 ambulance dressing
• 2 x sodium chloride (sterile solution for cleaning wounds)
• 1 x emergency aluminium blanket
• 2 x triangular bandages

I do love anything in kit form, so I'll have to see what I can do to put the above together.

Update: This is handy: 56 Uses for a triangular bandage