Here's a suggestion that is similar to a couple of the other suggestions you already have here, for one type of "liquid bandage" for small cuts, called "New Skin" (liquid or spray). (It doesn't fall off like Band-Aids sometimes do.)
Posted on 09/26/2018 4:53:51 PM PDT by OKSooner
Thanks again to all for your input... shopping list in progress...
Super glue is good to close cuts. It burns but it works, fast.
Triple antibiotic ointment from a drug store.
First off, go take a FIRST AID COURSE so you have some notion of what you’re doing, and learn what you’d like to carry. I tell you this as an SF Medic (50 years ago), and a NYS EMT-D (a lot more recently) FIRST, and MOST IMPORTANT thing you need is what’s lodged between your ears.
Second, DUCT tape! Once saved a fellow’s life who had been decapitated, by the judicious and timely application of duct tape. We both wish that I’d have paid more attention to properly noting front and back, but hey, he’s alive! He just bumps into things a lot.
Good Luck.
Good for Jellyfish stings, as well. Good stuff!
You’re a funny guy.
Yep. I carry superglue and electrical tape in my truck.
Go to the next gun show in your area. They will have a couple people there with a lot expertise with First Aid and bug out kits.
Get the larger kit here for starters, add whatever you decide after you take a first aid course:
https://www.dillonprecision.com/tactical-medic-kits_8_53_26374.html
Benadryl is good for allergic reactions, but can be improved on by adding Pepcid AC. I recently learned that I’m highly allergic to yellow jackets. My doctor ordered me an epipen, but said that if I have the time to try the OTC combo, he would rather I start there.
By the way, OKS, September is National Emergency Preparedness month, so even though this is past the middle of the month, I gotta give you credit where it’s due.
I also carry apple cider vinegar (good for bee stings) and tea tree oil (bug bites, scrapes, other first aide).
You go, Granpa. LOL
Get trained.
A person can bleed-out in 3 minutes. The average ambulance response time is about 12 minutes.
If your grandchild suffers a preventable death in your arms you will regret not watching a YouTube training video.
A smart (and trained) seven-year old can successfully put on the new-style tourniquets.
There is a company called Medex who will sell you a medical kit. The choices range from moderate requiments up to the ones good for “darkest Africa “. I have used them for years.
Air-activated hand warmers for cold weather. “Hot Hands” or equivalent.
https://www.amazon.com/North-American-Rescue-Military-Issue/dp/B003EGD8YC
a roll of gauze,
duct tape (it's a dual purpose product),
splints (for immobilization),
4x4" pads,
tube of topical antibiotic ointment,
adrinalclick (the alternative to EpiPen mess),
aspirin (for MIs and possible MI's),
blade to cut anything (with a potential serration for cutting a seat-belt in an emergency),
oh and if you do have room, a pulse oximeter (it measures O2 in bloodstream and also heart rate ('cause measuring it in a crisis when you've not trained or practice is a nightmare)
... and maybe a couple of emergency space mylar blankets
I have a BP cuff and stethoscope but that's just me. It's entirely up to you on how prepared you think you might be.
Absolutely! Get Trained! Most important part.
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