Oh, yeah. Multi-tool, anyone? Serviceable but not too much added weight, reasonable price (Not a $200 unit like some that you see around), and NOT with a set of driver bits to go with it.
TIA!
This is a great thread w/ wonderful ideas. My list is pitiful in comparison ; ) I like that many posts include where to buy these things.
Thanks!
Gotcha covered on the fps thingy, floor tiles are 12” and all legal tender bills are 6.14” long.
Also I'm frankly shocked... shocked, I say, that anyone would think that I would ever carry one of THOSE THINGS, around with me... the notion would never even occur to me...
(Do I really need the tag?)
Asst. Bandaids (from Spots to 2x3 Elbow Adhesive type.)
Ace Bandage
Medical Gloves Blue Nitrile (L) grab a few from Docs office or AutoZone has a box of 100 for $10-20 IIRC. Also good for Kitchen food prep, Flat Tyre changing and auto repairs.
Barrier Mouth Piece (Mouth to Mouth Emergency Breathing)
Kotex type Pads (for Direct Pressure on big wounds)
Super Absorbent Underwear that turn urine to a gel (for use on Massive Blood loss, a substitute for QuickClot)
Small containers of Isopropyl Alcohol & Hydrogen Peroxide (like hotel shampoo size)
Burn Cream
Itch Cream 2% (Benadryl)
Antibiotic Cream
Personal Meds
Eye Drops and/or Wash
Liquid Bandage
Needle & Thread (or a Suture Kit)
Single edge razor blade
Small Scissors
GOOD Tweezers
Medical Tapes (paper & adhesive)
4x4 Gauze Pads
3” or 4” Gauze Roll< br /> Sling or Large Triangle Cloth to make one.
Optional Stuff:
(depending on how detailed You want to get)
Sphygmomanometer (Blood Pressure Cuff & Stethoscope, Can also be used for a Tourniquet if needed.)
OR
EZ Use Blood Pressure Monitor Kit
(And add an odld belt or a cloth to make a Tourniquet.)
Chemical Ice Pack Chemical Heat Pack 1/2" x 8" Wooden Dowel. (Bite Stick for Seizures) Washcloth Hand Sanitizer Asprin/Tylenol/Benadryl/Tums/Etc. Halazone Tablets (Water Purification) Pick out a Tackle Box or a Nut/Boot Tray at Wally*World. I could keep going but You get the idea. Depending on how detailed You want to get. Is it staying in the Car/Truck or going in a Backpack ?
Mirrors,,,
A Couple of them.
If you get a thorn in a
spot you can’t see or a cut
On your face, you can get it with
Tweezers you’ve Also Packed.
.
More importantly,
That Mirror can “SIGNAL FOR HELP!”
along with a Whistle!
To stop bleeding the Israeli battle dressing and quick clot.
a tube of zinc oxide ointment and a collection of various bandaids. The zinc has amazing healing properties and will help recover from small cuts, even if infected...
Instead of making your own first aid kit, check out your local sporting goods store or Walgreens, CVS etc, or the dreaded AMAZON.com for a small inexpensive first aid kit. Anywhere from a $10 mini kit to a $20 or $30 kit is enough. You aren’t an EMT. All you can do is stop or retard bleeding, treat minor cuts and abrasions, bug bites etc. You can add an Isreli bandage or 2 for larger wounds.
If you’re into going to the range it wouldn’t hurt to add a VOK (ventilated operator’s kit) but you need to know when and how to use it for it to be effective.
No tourniquets unless you are trained. You could do more harm than good.
Some Kotex or tampons also make good bandages, blood absorbers.
Today, unless you are deep in the back country, a working cell phone and a basic first aid kit is probably the best bet.
Mark for later
Thanks again to all for your input... shopping list in progress...
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.
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
I also carry apple cider vinegar (good for bee stings) and tea tree oil (bug bites, scrapes, other first aide).
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.
