HJ, love all of your functional creativity! My kit is similar to Ulysses
Hikin_Jim wrote:Ulysses wrote:Just kidding. Okay this is a good exercise. Thank you for asking. Forced me to pull out my first aid kit and take inventory. Maybe I'll get some good suggestions on improvement.
2- 3in.x3in. Cotton gauze sponge pads.
1-1.5 in x 25 yd. rolled gauze.
1- .5in x 25 yd. roll cotton adhesive tape.
3- individually packaged Benzalkonium Chloride Antiseptic Towlettes.
4 -1 in. wide band aids.
2- 3 in. butterfly shape band aids.
2-individually packaged 2x ibuprofen tablets.
4- 2 in.x 2 in. pieces of moleskin.
1- 1 in. by 2 in. blister pad of unknown composition. (I forget what these are called but they are great for busted blisters).
2 Vicodin. (These have been in my pack for at least 10 years and might not be very effective, but not easily replaced).
Total weight with nylon bag: 60 gram
That's it. I also carry a personal locator beacon. Burns and small cuts seem to be my most common injuries. I figure anything much more serious (compound fracture, heart attack, ect.) and I'm deploying the beacon.
I've also recently included a small bottle of ibuprofen in my ditty for the everyday aches and pains of a body approaching 60 at an all to alarming rate.
Hi, Ulysses, good list. Similar to mine. Total weight of 60 g (2 oz) is excellent.
I need to pull apart mine. I'm carrying 8 oz, four times what you're carrying. I want to drop it by at least half.
HJ
as well although I carry a small strip of ductape instead of moleskin due to its multiple uses. It gets heavier on more remote stuff, I'll bring an emergency blanket in a vacuum sealed bag and sometimes a big syringe & some povidone iodine to flush out a bad puncture wound from a branch or something. The 10 year old Vicodin would be for something like a broken bone. I believe the blister pads you have might be made out of a hydrocolloid material, like the stuff in diapers. The two 3 inch bandages that I carry are hydrocolloid. I swear by these, they are incredible. They form a gel over the wound and allow it to heal without scab or scar formation in a fraction of the time regular dressings would take. They also serve as an immediate leathery cover that breathes, is water resistant, and incredibly durable.