saline solution 0.9% for rinsing wounds and eyes 20x10ml
wound desinfection solution like octenisept or alike
Steri-Strips to close cutting wounds
gauze bandages
wound compresses
pincette for small splinters
a tourniquet for big wounds / accidental amputations - including an understanding where and how to use them
high visibility vest to attract an ambulance after the call
Also a must: a tetanus vaccination
to prevent issues: personal protection equipment and don't wear gloves around rotating machines.
To improve your healing chances please think beforehand how you would solve emergency cases including an understanding what you tell ambulance services to find you as fast as possible.
I would add hemostatic gauze, something sold under a name like QuikClot combat gauze, to this list.
It's a pain to remove from the wound for obvious reasons, but in my opinion a great first aid for rather severe injuries, where you could face a hard time to stop the bleeding (even with compression bandages) and can't/don't want to use a tourniquet.
On that note, a tourniquet is something that requires very careful consideration and understanding of how it actually works in order for it to be effective, as a half-assed applied tourniquet can increase blood loss by only pinching off the veins but not pinching off the ateries sufficiently.
@maxwastaken Yeah, i think several methods require understanding in how to do it.
The tourniquet makes only sense in very specific use cases - but then there's little alternatives and failure is really rather deadly.
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