Survival Kit

Your survival kits' main purpose is to keep you alive. These are the tools that you will be using to keep and maintain your health. When you are sick or injured you should have standard first aid medical supplies available.

Here is a list of items a person experienced in trauma injuries recommends:
1. The Ambu Ventilation Bag for breathing and resuscitation
2. QuickClot for severe bleeding
3. Large 2-4 inch stretch wrap for legs, arms, and body
4. Albuterol MDI for asthma and COPD related breathing problems (if needed) - requires doctor’s prescription
5. Normal saline to make 1-2 liters for dehydration and washing out wounds
6. Benadryl for itching
7. Burn sprays and creams
8. Nonstick pads for wounds and burns
9. I.V. tubing and an oral airway device
10. Israeli Battle Dressing
11. 1” gauze tape (50 to 100 ft.)
12. Triple antibiotic ointment (spray and salve)
13. Lots of 2x2 and 4x4 gauze pads
14. Assorted Band-Aids of all sizes
15. Tourniquet
16. Heat retention foil blankets
17. A cell phone and emergency numbers (if emergency help is available)
18. Saline eye wash
19. Antihistamine for allergy and rashes
20. Knit caps to reduce body heat loss through head
21. A box of properly sized examination gloves (not latex)
22. EpiPen (epinephrine for shock or hypersensitivity to bites) - requires doctor’s prescription The medications can be had with a doctor’s prescription. Remember that all medications have expiration dates. You need to rotate your supplies to keep them up to date.

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In addition to the hardware for patching up cuts, broken bones, and other assorted injuries, you should have a source of medical information. A standard medical reference and first aid book and or natural remedies book. There are a lot of reference materials available. The closest to being a one-source reference book with practical knowledge that I have found is: “Where There Is No Doctor” by David Werner and also “Where There is No Dentist” by Murray Dickson.

A lot of medical books for the general public only cover immediate care first aid and then follow up by telling you to take the victim to a medical facility. You need information that will help you when there is no medical professional or facility available. Should you bring this information by using an ebook reader? Yes, if you also have the hard copy. ebook readers take up little space and can carry huge numbers readers take up little space and can carry huge numbers of books. You should have one, but don’t rely on it. It’ll break or you won’t be able to charge it and there you are, shit-out-of-luck. Don’t be lazy. Build your own medical kits. Buy supplies in quantity. Start with the above list. Take what supplies in quantity. Start with the above list. Take what you need for each kit and put each type of medical supply in a zip-lock bag. Label the bag with a permanent marker or tape. Put all those bags in a stuff sack or other container that will fit in your go-bag. Make a list of every item and the quantity of each inside the bag. Whenever you use something, mark it off and revise the quantity remaining.

This is very simple and you get exactly what you want. No wasted space. There is a tremendous value to having taken a class in first aid or having trained as an emergency medical technician. Another way for ensuring your survival. Not only do you get valuable experience, but also you will get a good foundation of what types of medical equipment may be required for your situation.