thunderace
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SHOULD IT BE LAW TO CARRY A FIRST AID KIT IN YOUR CAR??
SHOULD IT BE LAW TO CARRY A FIRST AID KIT IN YOUR CAR AT ALL TIMES.
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RichardK
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| posted on 10/6/09 at 05:16 PM |
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Deffo, always have and always will.
Rich
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Thinking about it
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| posted on 10/6/09 at 05:17 PM |
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Then you are into the legality of what first aid you can administer to the patient.
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coozer
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| posted on 10/6/09 at 05:18 PM |
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NO, because first time you forget it the state police will jump on you and you become a criminal...
Too many rules here already!!
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eddie99
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| posted on 10/6/09 at 05:20 PM |
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Nahh it will increase the weight on my car....
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Flamez
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| posted on 10/6/09 at 05:20 PM |
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Only if competent to use it.
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Steve G
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| posted on 10/6/09 at 05:20 PM |
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A first aid kit is only any use if you know what to do with it so unless First Aid training becomes compulsary, then dont see why it should be a legal
requirement. More harm than good can be done by people who think they know more than they actually do.
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slimtater
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| posted on 10/6/09 at 05:22 PM |
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My job is "medical" but I have voted NO. What should be compulsory is first aid training in schools - basic in primary and more detailed
in secondary.
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indykid
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| posted on 10/6/09 at 05:25 PM |
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absolutely not. if you know what to do with it, it probably makes sense to carry one but if you don't understand what you're doing, you
could well do more harm than good.
i wouldn't want anyone without any training administering first aid to me just because they have a kit sat in their car.
why would anyone possibly want to make it a legal requirement? what does it gain? a fire extinguisher, i could understand
tom
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Andi
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| posted on 10/6/09 at 05:30 PM |
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Absolutely yes, And a defib on a crash trolley
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smart51
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| posted on 10/6/09 at 05:35 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by coozer
NO, because first time you forget it the state police will jump on you and you become a criminal...
Too many rules here already!!
Agreed
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SteveWalker
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| posted on 10/6/09 at 05:49 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by smart51
quote:
Originally posted by coozer
NO, because first time you forget it the state police will jump on you and you become a criminal...
Too many rules here already!!
Agreed
Like the continental rules on carrying reflective vests for drivers (and in some countries, passengers) and if the police pull you over and you get
out without putting your vest on first, they fine you - yet it's okay for pedestrians and cyclists to not wear them. It surely would have made
far more sense for the pedestrians and cyclists to wear them than the driver who breaks down and is temporarily out of the car and has hazard lights
flashing?
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will121
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| posted on 10/6/09 at 06:06 PM |
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always a good idea but not as a legal requirement, but more so a fire extinguisher, if you have ever seen a accident with some one stuck in a car
concentrates the mind a bit, carrying it not always the need to use it but might also be of someone else more competent to use
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thunderace
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| posted on 10/6/09 at 06:27 PM |
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well lets hope all you guys who say no never need one.
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Howlor
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| posted on 10/6/09 at 06:31 PM |
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Realistically though what are you gonna carry in the first aid kit?
The only possible thing of any use for Joe Public would be a bandage to help stem bleeding but this can be done in other ways anyway. Sticking
plasters ain't gonna bob a leg back on after a serious motorcycle crash are they!
An airway tube could be included but who is really going to know the correct way of inserting it? Basic first aid knowledge however, given in schools
as suggested is a good idea, good first aid doesn't really need any tools from a first aid box.
Steve
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 10/6/09 at 06:34 PM |
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We could end up like France - if you have a fire extinguisher, or a first aid kit, but don't use it at an accident then you get taken to
court.
There are arguments for and against that approach - but, as said above, we have enough regulations, thank you very much.
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gregs
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| posted on 10/6/09 at 06:50 PM |
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Fire extinguisher - absolutely - having lived in germany (where it is law to carry one & a first aid kit) I totally agree, are you likely to save
someone's life with a first aid kit? - my guess is no, are you likely to save somebody's life with a fire extinguisher, well in the event
of a blaze yes.
Being a legal requirement would save lives and should be part of the MOT (and check it's in date), yes some people would find a way around it,
but more fool them and it would ensure there are more extinguishers on the roads....and I have seen this in action on an autobahn blaze - flames
suppressed until fire service arrived.. Just my thoughts
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Mark Allanson
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| posted on 10/6/09 at 07:09 PM |
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There are too many laws.
People with common sense will use it, those without won't.
So leave it to peoples common sense.
If you can keep you head, whilst all others around you are losing theirs, you are not fully aware of the situation
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twybrow
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| posted on 10/6/09 at 07:14 PM |
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If everyone is trained to use them, then fine, but I have seen people cause more problems than they fix.... If everyone had training, then 100% yes. I
always carry one, and I have had plenty of cause to use it too....
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rusty nuts
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| posted on 10/6/09 at 07:21 PM |
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Don't know about the rest of the country but taxi's in Cambridge have to carry a first aid kit but if they needed it for a passenger the
drivers would take you straight to A&E rather than be sued.
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britishtrident
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| posted on 10/6/09 at 07:40 PM |
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No -- but yes I carry one under the passenger seat.
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 10/6/09 at 07:48 PM |
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I should add that, despite what I said earlier, I do carry a small first aid kit in my car, and I have been trained as a first-aider in the past. I
don't think that I do much more than stop bleeding with the kit, but the other training would probably be valuable - to keep someone alive until
the paramedics arrived.
I also still have reflective vests in my car, even though it's a year since I went to France. I've been doing a fair bit of driving on
motorways and major dual carriageways in the past 12 months, and I think that they would be useful if anything happened to my car.
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JoelP
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| posted on 10/6/09 at 08:12 PM |
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well i have first aid kit and fire extinguisher in the van, but mainly for work.
I once had a car on fire and just stood there staring at it because i had nothing liquid with me - felt a bit useless!
Joe bloggs with a first aid kit isnt going to be any use, except maybe a tourniquet (sp).
Beware! Bourettes is binfectious.
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austin man
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| posted on 10/6/09 at 08:51 PM |
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I think it should be compulsory in a seven and it should includ only the following, plasters bandage and burns cream for that time when skin meets
exhaust oh and when sun burns face
Life is like a bowl of fruit, funny how all the weird looking ones are left alone
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 10/6/09 at 09:06 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by JoelP
Joe bloggs with a first aid kit isnt going to be any use, except maybe a tourniquet (sp).
You can stop a lot of bleeding by pressing a sterile dressing onto a wound... just about every 1st aid course will teach that a tourniquet is
absolutely the last resort, to be avoided absolutely wherever possible - too much risk of permanent damage and/or loss of a limb.
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