First aid in the forest

1 Vee with the contents of his more well-equipped Medic and trauma kits, with a range of items such as clotting agents, saline drips, anaphylactic kit, oral rehydration salts and medical shears, all ready for a trip to the outdoors. Of course it helps if you have some basic medical training to use these items correctly as well.

IT NEVER hurts to carry your own Individual First Aid Kit or IFAK, as every second counts when you are injured in the jungle with help taking more than an hour to arrive.

Of course, it also helps if you had some training with accredited first-aid organisations to get some grounding in using the supplies in your kit.