Posted: 6/24/2008 3:13:35 PM EDT
| I'm working on my Bug out bag. Right now, my first aid kit is a REI "hiker" kit, supplemented with some more band-aids and painkillers. Suggestions for improvement? FYI, my BOB philosophy is more house fire/flood/earthquake, not so much zombie attack. |
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couldn't find the packing list for the hiker kit so i can't really comment on what to add, but i will say that all BOB kits should include splinting material. wire splints are cheap. SAM splints are lighter and more effective, though with a space penalty. remember, a BOB is a walkout kit. if you can't walk, you're in trouble. [edit: check that--was searching AMK kits, not REI. found the hiker--very nice kit, and good price. should cover most things, but i would add burn gel, a penlight, and a one-hand TQ. my kit also includes EMT shears, a 4x4" burn dressing, and a trauma dressing. make sure that there's an anti-diarrheal in the meds, as well as rehydrate in some form.] |
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Don't know what's in the "REI Hiker" kit. But here are the the *most* used items in my camping FAK. Anti-diarrhea anti-fungal sunburn prevention/relief aspirin I can do without bandages, gauze, "medical tape", band-aids, and all of the other garbage in most first aid kits as long as I have a good supply of the above, a bandana, duct tape, and clean drinking water. Infact, that's about all my FAK is. |