Now as photographers we're often out and about (or we used to be) and this means that we're at increased risk of a minor accident or coming across someone who has had an accident.
That in mind a first aid kit of some sort is a handy thing to have with you.
Now for most people the basics are those little first aid wallets sold by chemists, these have band-aids, a few antiseptic wipes and sometimes a small roll of tape and gloves. Bung it in your camera bag and sooner or later it'll come in handy.
Now to be fair I tend to carry more. That said I have had specialist medical training in the past, indeed on my last proper camping holiday (some years back now) I had oxygen, entonox, a defib and a full trauma pack with collars and resus kit, but we were an hour away for any medical help.
Now my camera bag kit is just the basics, the plasters (mentioned above) a large crepe bandage (handy for sprains) and I always carry a tourniquet for major bleeding control, another great bit of kit is an Israeli bandage, this is a pressure bandage/field dressing and a poor mans touriquet rolled into one, compressed gauze is another handy thing to have, that and a space blanket (been used a few times) in the car is a better bigger kit with another tourniquet, big dressings, chest seals and airways. Just in case.
Remember when you need medical help you usually need it in a hurry, so make sure it's easy to get at.
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