Thread: First aid kit - Whats in yours?

most first aid kids are short on bandages, throw a few extra in for the unlikely event of snake bite ot car accident

Superglue was originally designed as a field dressing in Vietnam, it was so the field medics could pop your insides back in and glue you up and get you in the choppers so the base surgeons could fix you up, modern day superglue is a by product of the original, how do I know this, my uncle was Field Medic in VietNam, not sure if the modern glue would be poisonous to your blood stream, during VietNam I dont think they cared just wanted you in the chopper and onyour way

I recommend a FA course I had to do Senior First Aid as part of my Security licence, the advantages outway the disadvantages specially when dealing with a snake bite or broken ankle etc

Add a compression bandage for snake bite.

Like Simon, I use superglue to repair broken fingernails.

Consider adding some of that gel type water based burn treatment .... Burn-Aid is one brand. For those burns you occasionally get around the campfire when not careful.
And a training course is essential, and carry a good reference manual with your kit.

addition to all that has already has been said, I have an emergency signaling mirror, and an emergency blanket - the thin silver type, and normal saline -10ml ampules, good for flushing wounds.
Alcohol 70% in chlorihexidine is better than betadine, especially once it has been opened as bateria has been known to grow in betadine onced opened.

Bundaberg Rum is the famous old outback cure-all. In the case of emergency field surgery, equal quantities are dispensed to both the patient and the acting surgeon. And to any observers.

if you are coming to oz for a reasonable period of time i would suggest you get a kit packed for Australian conditions, i am picking mine up next week, straps come out of a pocket which turn it into a back pack, the kit includes basic first aid guide, covering bites inc snakes, cut, grazes, burns, irritations, broken bones, and even poisoning. I think it will cost approx $160

Put your first aid gear in a suitable small pack and include gear that is relevant to the environment your travelling in, roller bandages for snake bite, triangular bandages for broken bones, space blanket for hypothermia etc. If possible, attend a first aid course, and practise some procedures prior to your trip. Make sure there is more than one first aider, and tell every memeber of the trip where the kit is, for helping others. First aid gloves are super important too, prevents cross contamination while helping someone. Good luck.