First Aid Policy of the Rensselaer Outing Club
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Revision 11/1/95 by Jeffrey Newcomer

There are 3 types of first aid training:

(1) -- Red Cross Standard Adult CPR
(2) -- Red Cross Standard First Aid
(3) -- SOLO or equivalent ( EMT, paramedic, 1st responder )

All ROC leaders must have taken (1) and either (2) or (3).  Certification
need not be current, but knowledge should be.

All trips that will be over an hour away from help must have at least one
person who has taken (3).

All class A or B leaders must have taken (1) and (3).

All class A trips should have at least two people (including the leader)
who have taken (3).

Leaders on ROC trips must bring along a first aid kit (club or personal).
Recommended first aid kit contents are:
1.  3" elastic bandage
2.  bandaids, several sizes and at least 3 of each
3.  butterfly laceration dressings -- at least 3
4.  Sterile 3x3 gauze squares -- at least 3
5.  Razor blade or bandage scissors
6.  Safety pins -- several sizes
7.  sunscreen
8.  soap (cake or powder)
9.  snake bite kit (if area warrants)
10. needle & thread
11. tweezers
12. moleskin or molefoam
13. talcum powder
14. after bite
15. insect repellent
16. rubber gloves
17. one way breathing resuscitation device
18. antisceptic towlets (alcohol, iodine, benadine, etc)
19. sterile vaseline for burns
20. Aspirin
21. Ibuprofen
22. Antacids
23. Immodium A-D
24. adhesive tape
25. neosporin or desitin
26. triangular bandage
27. iodine tablets
28. wilderness 1st aid book/pamphlet
29. paper & pencil
30. electrolyte tablets