Contents for Alpine Patrol Pack (4 generic black packs with white crosses)

Purpose: To familiarize students with a standard minimal pack configuration. Four packs will be maintained in USO for class use and may also be used for on-the-hill (OTH) instruction and final examination as required. These packs do not remove the responsibility of each candidate to show up with a personal properly stocked pack for all OTH training. Failure to come equipped with proper equipment could be grounds for not passing a required station.

Suggested supplies (from Outdoor Emergency Care, 4 th Ed, App C, p862):

Four triangular bandages, folded as cravats (those handmade from sheets are best)

Two rolls of self-adhering rubberized roller bandage: one 2”, one 3”

Roll of 2” adhesive tape, waterproof

Nine assorted sterile compresses: three of each size

Six prepackaged bandage stripes

Petroleum jelly gauze bandage

Safety pins: two large, two medium

Biohazard bag (2 small heavy-duty trash bags with ties will work great)

Several clean tongue blades in a plastic bag

Several resealable plastic bags: gallon and quart (could double as Biohazard bags)

Paramedic shears or bandage scissors

Seam ripper

Box of disposable rubber gloves (at least 3 pair)

Small flashlight

Pocket mask (with one-way valve with O2 port) (each patroller needs personal mask)

Notebook: waterproof paper with space pen

Flow sheet for vital signs

SAM splints (at least 2)

Three oropharyngeal airways: one each for an adult, child, and infant

Tube of instant glucose