WideAngleWandering
Deambulador
Anti-histamines for sure. A stethoscope and BP cuff might not be very useful to you if you're not carrying anything to combat low/high BP. Bring tylenol/advil as well.
Having read the Outward Bound guide, which highly emphasizes monitoring vital signs to guide evacuation decisions, I can see the value but for my purposes, I'd probably rely on my fingers. Perhaps if I had more training I'd be able to take advantage of those tools.
I ditched the peroxide and am relying on betadine, alcohol swabs and disinfectant wipes.
I have antihistamines, tylenol and ibuprofen.
I'd like to find and carry an epi-pen, less for myself (no known allergies) but more for other people. I'm amazed by how folks are generally unprepared to take care of themselves.
There are only three times I've used my kit on this trip.
1) to treat my own blisters (hah, I knew all that moleskin would come in handy)
2) to treat an indigenous kid with a burn. scalding water from a pot on the stove gave him three large burns on the thigh. the family wasn't doing anything to treat it, other than rest, as nobody goes to a doctor around here. the blisters were large (the size of a large bar of soap). we decided to lance them as the family wasn't sure they could keep them intact. I cleaned the area with betadine, lanced the blisters with a disposable scalpal, and removed as much of the clear fluid as I could with gentle pressure. I then covered the blisters with burn cream and a blue burn pad and lightly wrapped his thigh with vet wrap to hold the bandages in place. I'm told he recovered and is doing fine, so at least I didn't do any harm.
3) to treat a woman who went barefoot in a disco during a "foam party" and cut her feet up on the bits of broken beer bottles and other detritus. irrigated with water, removed bits with tweezers, cleaned with betadine and antiseptic wipes, covered open wounds with triple antibiotic. this along with daily hot salt water soaks seems to have done the trick.
Any opinions on my techniques? I haven't had any training at all since I was a scout, many years ago, plus the reading I do to stay somewhat current.