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What’S In A First Aid Kit?

There can be many different things in a first aid kit.  The best kits are the ones that you yourself have packed so that you know that you have covered everything that you or your family may need including prescription medications as well as things that may be specific to your environment.

However, there are some things that the Red Cross recommends to be in every first aid kit.  That list is:

• 2 absorbent compress dressings (5 x 9 inches)
• 25 adhesive bandages (assorted sizes)
• 1 adhesive cloth tape (10 yards x 1 inch)
• 5 antibiotic ointment packets (approximately 1 gram)
• 5 antiseptic wipe packets
• 2 packets of aspirin (81 mg each)
• 1 blanket (space blanket)
• 1 breathing barrier (with one-way valve)
• 1 instant cold compress
• 2 pair of nonlatex gloves (size: large)
• 2 hydrocortisone ointment packets (approximately 1 gram each)
• Scissors
• 1 roller bandage (3 inches wide)
• 1 roller bandage (4 inches wide)
• 5 sterile gauze pads (3 x 3 inches)
• 5 sterile gauze pads (4 x 4 inches)
• Oral thermometer (non-mercury/nonglass)
• 2 triangular bandages
• Tweezers
• First aid instruction booklet

Those items should be in any first aid kit, but you really should add your items as well.  For instance, I like to add a burn cream to my kit.  I also have a 36” SAM splint in my kit.  I have the 36” one because it can be cut down if needed.  However, if your kit is big enough, they do make smaller SAM splints including ones for your finger.

I also keep a small magnifying glass in my kit.  I got one that came out of an eyeglass repair kit.  It comes in real handy if you need to remove a splinter or read the tiny directions on the side of a medicine bottle.

Also, you should take your environment into consideration.  If you live in a rural area, you may want a snakebite kit and maybe something to treat poison ivy.  If you are allergic to bee stings, you should definitely pack an epipen.

About the Author

If you are interested in what kind of kit I have for my bug out bag, then feel free to check out my first aid bag.  I feel this kit is a pretty good basic kit and it is in a rugged and well built bag.