[Kartographer]

My personal recommendations:
Elite First Aid Large M17 Medic Bag

Contents List:

1 EFA First Aid Book

20 Pill Bottles

100 Bandage Strips, 1"x3"

14 Pain Relievers

10 Bandage Strips, 2"x4"

4 Triple Antibiotic Packages

10 Knuckle Bandages

4 First Aid Cream Packages

10 Butterfly Strips

2 Burn Aid Packages

4 Bandage Gauzes, 2"x6 Yards

1 SAM/Universal Splint

4 Elastic Bandages, 6"

1 EMT Shears, 7.25"

2 Triangular Bandage

1 Pair of Tweezers

3 Field Dressings

1 Stethoscope

4 Multi Trauma Dressings 12"x30"

1 Tourniquet

1 Blood Stopper Kit

1 Scalpel handle #3

4 Sterile Pads, 4"x4"

2 Scalpel Baldes

10 Sterile Pads, 2"x2"

1 Skin Probe

10 Abdominal Pads, 5"x9"

2 Stainless Steel hemostats

2 Eye Pads

1 Pen Light

15 Alcohol Wipes

2 Suture Sets

15 Iodine Wipes

5 Tape, Rolls, Adhesive, 1"

15 Antiseptic BZK Wipes

2 Tongue Depressors

15 Clean Wipes

2 Airways

6 After Bite Wipes

2 Ammonia Inhalants

1 Burn Spray

1 CPR Mask

1 Petroleum jelly

2 Irrigation Syringes

1 Lip Treatment

3 Instant Ice Packs

1 Calamine Lotion, 6 oz.

6 Safety Pins

1 Sterile Flushing Solution

1 Box of Sponges, 4" x4"

1 Hand Sanitizer

1 Box of 100 Cotton Tips

1 Hand Soap

6 Pairs Latex Examination Gloves

Or at least:

M3 Medic Bag First Aid Kit

Contents List:

1 EFA First Aid Instructions

10 Pill Bottle

16 Bandage Strips, 1"x3"

10 Pain relievers

2 Bandage Gauzes, 2"x4", 5 yards

2 Triple Antibiotic Packages

1 Elastic Bandage, 6"

2 First Aid Cream Packages

1 Triangular Bandage 40"x40"x56"

1 Burn Aid Package

1 Field Dressing

2 Tape Rolls, Adhesive

4 Sterile Sponges, 4"x4"

1 SAM/Universal Splint

4 Abdominal Pads, 5"x9"

1 tourniquet

1 Eye Pad

1 Emt Shears, 7.25"

16 Alcohol Wipes

1 Pair of Tweezers

15 Iodine Wipes

1 Stainless steel Hemostat, 5"

15 Antiseptic BZK Wipes

1 Suture Set

15 clean Wipes

1 Irrigation Syringe

1 Lip Treatment

2 Tongue Depressors

1 Sterile Flushing Solution

1 Airway

1 Hand Soap

2 Instant Ice Packs

6 Safety Pins

2 Pairs Latex Examination Gloves

[Kartographer]

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[Lurker]

Nice rig.

[Lurker]

Nice rig.

[Lurker]

Nice rig.

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Nice rig.

[JoeProBono]

[PMAS]

Where do you buy those ?

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I have nothing against such kits - was a Corpsman once, and an MD now - but I think they need to be more practically thought out in terms of the actual situations that we will face, which will likely NOT include evacuation to a military field hospital, nor a need to mess with relatively useless feel-good stuff like Calamine lotion, alcohol wipes, a CPR mask, lip balm, instant ice packs, burn spray, first aid creme packages, ammonia inhalants, etc.

If SHTF, most who die will do so either immediately from trauma, or because the people where they live are not prepared for definitive or long-term recovery from serious trauma and illness. Few of us are going to be out running ops - at least at my age - and anyone living out of a bug-out bag or first aid kit for long has a poor prognosis with any but the most rudimentary illness or injury, IMO.

Many, perhaps most, who die will do so from diarrhea due to adequate safe food and water supplies. Lots of Imodium may help, but fluid replacement enemas (recipes available online) can be life saving when IV fluids are unavailable and oral fluids can’t be kept down. Preventive attention to sanitation and such are, or course, the best treatments here.

Serious wound and burn care requires at least some knowledge of debridement and wound care technique, which anyone can learn, and will entail frequent dressing changes with topical antibiotic ointments or silver sulfadiazine. Informed use of crude anesthetic agents and sedatives (even alcohol, in a pinch) and oral antibiotics, can be lifesaving.

Common communicable illnesses will be rampant, and many can easily kill when contracted by a person lacking adequate food, water, clothing, rest, etc. Most still retain enough susceptibility to common antibiotics, and a rudimentary knowledge of such, and a bulk supply via a sympathetic doctor, can make a huge difference. For exotic biologic warfare agents (and lots else) doxycycline is good to have around.

Hope that helps.

[Mr. Silverback]

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