gear_freak: First of all, many thanks for seeing past the "knee-jerk" tone of my original post.<br><br>I wasn't going to say anything, but if I might make one more suggestion, you may want to consider a roller-gauze bandage or two. They weigh almost nothing, and they have multiple uses.<br><br>I should clarify that I did not perform immediate first-aid on the cyclist I mentioned; we were manning the travelling first aid post and were several miles away when the accident happened. The cyclist was taken to hospital by a passing motorist. (He had ripped all the skin off his forearm from the wrist to the elbow.) However, he did come by the first aid post to have his dressing changed that evening, and again the next morning. I put a fresh dressing on his arm and used liberal amounts of tape to hold it in place. The next morning, the other first aider (Bob, who's been a Saint John Ambulance volunteer for over 30 years) replaced the dressing and used a roller gauze bandage to hold it in place. Much more professional looking, much more comfortable (as the bandage flexed with the arm, whereas the tape pulled on the skin) and much easier to remove (especially for a guy with hairy arms). A roller gauze bandage also makes a usable substitute for a Tensor bandage, if necessary.<br><br>One more thing that Bob taught me, which I'll pass on fwiw - when applying a roller bandage, place the OUTSIDE of the bandage roll next to the skin and ROLL it on. (By the outside, I mean if it was a roll of tape it would be the non-sticky side.) Most people try to put it on as if it were tape; however, doing this they have a natural tendency to stretch it too much and this could impair circulation. I'll let Beachdoc or Paramedicpete correct me if this is wrong.<br><br>Other than that, I'll shut up. :-)