Making a good first aid kit

I keep dried yarrow for bleeding.

Training of any kind. Sign of the times but my car kit now has Narcan. Learning how to suture, deliver fluids come in handy with livestock as well as humans. My first aid kit at home is extensive compared to what I carry in my car. A knowledge of herbal pharmacology is an important tool, Veterinary medications are sometimes exactly the same as human medications but I'm not suggesting that one uses them for humans. "Patriot Nurse" on YouTube though very conservative is a good reference site. As with anything on the web I take the good information and cruise over the dross.

You aren't the sole person who thinks that most standard kits are a little too one size fits all. People usually make a main home kit for everyday problems like cuts, burns, splinters, and fevers, and then add smaller kits for the car, travel, or outdoor use. It is easier to get what you need quickly than to dig through a single overstuffed box.

Most people only keep the basics that they actually use, like bandages in different sizes, sterile gauze, medical tape, antiseptic wipes, gloves, scissors, and something for pain or fever.

If hospitals weren’t easily accessible, people usually think more long term and add things like stronger wound dressings, oral rehydration salts, antibiotics only if prescribed, and extra supplies for cleaning and protecting wounds over time. Some also prefer keeping their setup more organized and practical through sources like medtechkits, just to make sure everything is easy to find when it actually matters.

Anne Miller wrote:When we built our first aid kit, it was a backpack.

Something that we could grab and go.

I still feel the grab-and-go kit is a good idea.

Think about natural disasters in your area.

What would cause your family to be evacuated?

What would you need in a kit if you had to leave on foot?

What would your family need if they were staying in a rescue shelter?

Just some food for thought.

Anne- to my mind this description is a bug out bag and will contain a change of clothes, some travel foods, and something to filter and carry water in addition to some 1st aid items, ways to have fire, flashlight and extra batteries, some cash, small notebook and writing implements, knives, emergency blanket. Just to name a few. I made 2 of these for hubby and I years ago in external frame backpacks.

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Deedee Dezso wrote:

Anne Miller wrote:When we built our first aid kit, it was a backpack.

Something that we could grab and go.

Anne- to my mind this description is a bug out bag and will contain a change of clothes, some travel foods, and something to filter and carry water in addition to some 1st aid items, ways to have fire, flashlight and extra batteries, some cash, small notebook and writing implements, knives, emergency blanket. Just to name a few. I made 2 of these for hubby and I years ago in external frame backpacks.

We also have the bug out bag.

The backpack for first aid is in addition to the bug out bag.

This is so you don't have to open up the bug out bag to find the first aid.

If we put all that is in the backpack into the bug out bag we would have to take out a lot of stuff.