Wat om te pak? |
What to pack? |
Dit is duidelik dat daar minimale en maksimum denke is oor hoeveel om te pak en hoe! Ek beperk nie hierdie lys nie. U kan kies wat u wil neem of wat nie. So hierdie omvattende lys ... in Engels
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It is clear that there is minimalist and maximalist thinking out there on how much and how to pack. I am not limiting this list. You can choose what you want to take or what not. Thus this very comprehensive list... in English
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Day trips, overnighters, any time you do an out ride
1. Your Motorcycle Licence 2. Mobile phone - with full battery, and airtime 3. Money/Cash, bank cards - always draw cash 4. ID some kind of Emergency numbers for family, doctor, allergies, etc 5. Protective clothing - impact vest unless its in your jacket. Knee and shin guards... ATGATT (All The Gear All The Time) 6. Bottled Water 7. Small medical kit containing bandages, dressings and basics. Click for full medical kit for long trips 8. Headache tabs, diarrhea tabs - tightly rolled toilet paper in ziplock bag (Boskak) 9. Headlamp with fresh batteries 10. Rain pants and jacket, rain covers for your boots 11. Sunglasses, reading glasses for reading maps, magnifying glass 12. Your bike tool kit 13. GPS if you have one 14. Paper Route Maps - always handy even with a GPS Camping Essentials: 1. Cash for campsite 2. Tent and tent pegs 3. Sleeping Bag & small pillow 4. Small tripod chairs or bigger camping chairs 5. Gas Stove and braaiing equipment, tongs, cutlery 6. Lighter, Matches 7. Firelighters, fuel gel sachets 8. Head Lamp with fresh batteries 9. Plastic rubbish bag 10. Dishwashing liquid, in small bottle 11. Cleaning up cloth 12. Bottled Water 13. Plates, bowls, drinking cup for coffee |
Bike Toolkit: - sometimes bike specific tool will be required
1. Wheel spanners, tyre levers - 2 x 30cm 2. Extra tubes 3. Air bombs for instant tyre inflation 4. Puncture repair kit and rim protectors for when removing wheel 5. Duct tape and Insulation tape 6. Extra oil - 500ml 7. Tyre Slime or tyre weld 8. Plastic Steel 9. Cable ties 10. Multitool/Leatherman/Knife 11. Allen Key Set 12. Hose Clamps 13. Spare fuses - 10amp and 5amp 14. Tyre Pressure Gauge 15. Valve Spanner 16. Small ratchet spanner with ratchet and extension, allen keys, and Sockets - 8, 10,12,13,14 17. Small can WD40 18. Chain Lube and small container of grease. 19. Spare Nuts and Bolts for the bike 20. Siphon tube for fuel 21. Spare length of rubber fuel Line General Touring Stuff: 1. Camelbak - Game, Energade, nothing gassy or alcoholic 2. Small container with Prepsol 3. Wet-wipes 4. Superglue 5. Nylon Cord - 101 uses 6. Ground Sheet 7. Passport - if going cross boarders |
What to pack medical (bit overdone but you can choose out of all these)
Algemeen/General |
So here is the first of many packing lists still to come. Lots of people have been requesting these, so we thought we would start with our “first-aid” kit – as two doctors, what we made is not really a first-aid kit, its slightly more, sort of a Frankensteiny resus kit.
Important stuff to remember: You must take a script for all medications and include it in it’s associated zip-lock bag just in case. Very important, is how to package pills for a motorcycle trip, especially an off-road one. With all the moving and shaking all your tablets will turn to dust in 30min if you don’t package them tight. We put them into pill bottles and then filled the rest of the bottles tightly with foam, so nothing can move around, then sealed the top with insulation tape to prevent anything getting wet. This was a lesson learned through experience But anyhow, here you go, this is what two doctors think you should take on an extended motorcycle trip. Let us know if you have any questions or recommendations, maybe we forgot something – a medical kit is a constantly evolving thing: no medical kit is ever complete! |
Hospital in a bag
Doxycycline 100mg dly – Malaria prophylaxis – the cheapest, easiest way to prevent malaria, we are going to spending a lot of time near malaria, so we have a 3 month course each inside that little bottle Adrenaline – 2 x 1ml vials: For dire emergencies involving anaphylaxis (allergic reactions) or shock. As a non-medical professional, you can get an epi-pen prescribed for you, its just crazy-expensive: an epi-pen is ±R1000 and a vial of adrenaline, which is exactly the same thing, is R1.. Probiotics (interflora): Essential when taking antibiotics to replace the ‘good bacteria’ in your gut to prevent associated diarrhoea and general crappyness – also good for normal diarrhoea Flagyl (4 courses): An antibiotic for bacteria that causes traveler’s diarrhoea Also flagyl (traveler’s diarrhoea is no joke people!) Alzam (20 tablets): An anti-anxiety medication, for Meg’s fear of flying and any trouble falling asleep Inderal (6 tablets): Beta-blocker also used for anxiety (not essential for every medical kit) Prednisone 20 x 5mg tablets: For allergic reactions Augmentin 1g (4 courses): A broad spectrum antibiotic for a broad spectrum (duh) of infections and sicknesses Augmentin Augmentin Even more Augmentin Tweezers Mosquito forceps: Can be used to grasp and clamp off bleeding vessels in a bad injury, grab small foreign objects, and can even be used as a tool when working on the motorcycle engine with small parts Artery forceps: Can be used for the above, as well as for stitching to hold a needle Scissors: Cut stitches, clothes, bandages, etc etc. Thermometer: Used to diagnose a fever as well as monitor it’s response to antibiotics Gelofusin: An intra-venous fluid that is given via a drip to replace large volumes of blood loss. This might seem a little drastic, but as doctors on a motorcycle trip, we just don’t want to be without it. Not worth taking if you don’t know how to use it – can be dangerous if given incorrectly Lignocaine: local anaesthetic for sutures or any other owie that requires it Iliadin nasal spray: a bocked nose can be a real bitch Tears natural: For dry or irritated eyes, or if your in a weed-legal state Swimmer’s ear drops: Clear water out of your ears Variety of pain killers, from mild to just below horse-tranquilizer – includes: Stilpayne Panado Tramacet Oxycontin NB: We haven’t included any Aspirin or anti-inflammatories here as I (Matthew) am severely allergic, otherwise a really good idea Gaviscon tablets: For heartburn. Its bound to happen Canestin cream: For a cookie-itch (thrush) Burnshield 100×100 dressing: for all sorts of burns, with a hot exhaust around you can’t be without this! Dressing pack: Plasters – variety, important for blister prevention / relief Sterile blades – variety of uses including cutting loose skin from wounds, draining abscesses, shaving hair around wounds etc. Steri-strips – stitchless wound closure for small wounds, or for those who can not suture wounds Variety of sutures – for those who can Opsite – basically medical clingwrap: to cover exposed wounds to keep them clean or to secure an iv line etc etc Jagermeister: Why WOULDN’T you carry Jagermeister!? Burnshield gel tube and lamisil: Burnshield once again, this time in a gel form, so you can apply to wound and cover with a different bandage Lamisil in case of any athlete’s foot picked up in dodgy bathrooms Variety pack: Burnshield 25×50 dressing 2 x sachets of vital protection (washed in with clothes to offer 3 months of mosquito-repellant clothing) Rehydrate – important to combat dehydration, drink when experiencing diarrhoea or vomiting, Woema oor wat om te pak..... |
Condoms (variety of uses apart from the obvious very important use)
Syringe and needle pack: 1 x 10ml syringe (for diluting adrenaline) 2 x 2ml syringes (for administering lignocaine) Various needles (also useful for removing splinters etc. Gelcos in various sizes (for inserting iv lines) Vital protection spray – mosquito repellant, also lasts for 3 months after applied to clothes and tent Variety pack 2: Chloromycetin eye ointment: for eye infections Vermox 500mg stat: for, you guessed it… worms (and other parasites) Augmentin 375mg – milder course of Augmentin Ciprobay (3 courses) – antibiotic for urinary tract infections, and travelers diarrhoea Anusol: For haemorrhoids. It happens, and its even less fun when you have to ride a motorcycle for days on end Savlon: General antiseptic solution Variety pack 3: Tampon: also a variety of uses, including stopping severe nose bleeds, whilst inducing hysterical laughter in those around at the time. Can also be used to plug a large, bleeding puncture wound Dental floss: Used as floss, emergency suture material, or as thread to sew on loos buttons etc – very strong Ear buds: Remove foreign objects from eyes and wounds and for applying ointments Toothpick – because it doesn’t take up any space and Megan wanted it – use pending… Bandage clips x 6 Safety pins x 10 Plastic zip-lock bags: the uses for these are infinite, a vital thing to take IVI line – for putting up a drip Variety pack 4: Betadine antiseptic ointment Water for injection x 2 – to dilute adrenaline Alcohol swabs – also infinite uses, including cleaning a site before injection or lancing, cleaning a small wound, cleaning skin before applying a plaster etc etc etc. Primapore : Wound dressing Gelonet: wound dressing for wounds where there is a danger of the gauze of the dressing sticking to the wound (burns, grazes) Malaria kit: 2 x rapid test kits Instructions Co-artem tablets 200mg for malaria treatment before you get to a hospital CPR barrier device: For giving CPR to a stranger Rubber gloves: For working on people and bikes, keeps off blood as well as grease Crepe bandages Variety pack : The tummy stuff: Immodium x 24 tablets: Diarrhoea + motorcycles = not cool Buscopan x 20 tablets: Stomach cramps Desolex x 20: Antihistamine with no side-effects of drowsiness Valoid x 10: Vomiting, nausea, and motion sickness Maxalon x 20: Vomiting and nausea Motilium x 10: Also for nausea, vomiting or bloating Sterile gauze: for dressing wounds Elastoplast Compression dressing (self-adherent): for strapping sprained joints and sore muscles, stopping bleeding, and securing bandages Corenza Para C (I’m allergic to aspirin remember): For colds and flu Space blanket: For hypothermia and shock Sanitary pads: highly absorbent wound dressing for bleeding wounds Movicol: Because constipation is arguably worse than diarrhoea Dettol wet wipes: For general hygiene and cleaning your dirty paws Another crepe bandage (75mm) Also important: Antihistamine ointment Citrus soda sachets (for urinary tract infections or heartburn) Flammazine ointment (for continued treatment of burns ie. from 24 hours and after burnshield has been used in the immediate treatment) |