Re: First Aid kit - expiration of items?

Peter HK wrote:

> "Keith" <> wrote in message
>>
>> What would  *you* recommend to include? Above the average
>> skin-and-blister kit?
> 
> I'd keep it simple remembering it's only first aid.

What do you mean "only first"?  What if "second" aid is going to be
a long time coming?

> Analgaesics and antiemetics is about all I'd think about for someone
with
> no expertise.

Suppose someone breaks a leg in the middle of the Irish Sea.  A "proper"
break, with bits of bone poking through the skin.  It'd probably not
warrant calling out a helicopter, but it's still a bit beyond a few
paracetamols and an elastoplast.