First Aid Kit
We put this together ourselves, buying the stuff online, in Rite Aid (Joshua hates this store), and the dollar store near Joshua’s work. Some friends who are in the medical profession were able to obtain certain items for us as well. Mom provided the Vicodin. Joshua’s mom’s husband wrote the prescriptions.
HOW TO DO IT BOOKS:
Your Offshore Doctor by Michael H. Beilan
Where There is No Doctor by David Werner, et al. You can download this book for free. Not only is this book full of practical information, it is a good read and has excellent illustrations.
BIN ONE
Gauze and Dressings
Triangular bandage #1/40in
Gauze pads #10/5x9in
Non-stick pads #30/3x4in
Gauze roll #10/4in x 4yd
Gauze roll #1/2in
Gauze compress #2/18x36in
Gauze pads #4/3x3in (sterile)
Shit-ton Band Aids
Splints
Ace bandages #2
Miscellaneous
Tape #2/2in
Tape #2/.5in
Chem cold pack #4
Top Opening of Bin
Eye drops
Hand sanitizer gel 2 oz
Lubricant #4 packs
BIN TWO
Splints
S/M/L finger splints
1 Sam Splint
Full leg air splint
Roll Ice tape #1/2×48 in
Eye
Eye drops 1oz (11/07)
Eyewash #1/4oz
Fluids/Cleaning Pouch
Betadine (exp. 5/03)
BZK antiseptic wipees #20
Alcohol wipees #50
Povidone Iodine #1/8oz
H2O2 #2/8oz
Gloves nitril #5pr
Huevos del algoton
Wound Closure Pouch
Butterfly bandages #50
Suture kit #3
Skin stapler #15
Skin stapler remover
Forceps
Tweezers
Scalpel #2
LARGE Hypo #1
Paramedic shears
Dental Pouch
Dental tool
1 “Dental Kit†(temporary filling stuff)
Oil of Cloves
Floss
Tools
Stethoscope
BP Cuff
Top Section of Bin
Eye drops
Swaberinis del algoton
MISCELLANEOUS STUFF I’VE NOT FIT IN THE BIN
Fingernail clippers
Space blanket #2
MISCELLANEOUS, NOT SURE IF I NEED THIS/HAVEN’T YET OBTAINED
Magnification glass?
3 Hypodermic disposable (5-10cc)??
3 Hypodermic disposable (2-3cc)??
Urinary catheter (Foley) size 16-18?? Oh god!
IV setup/cath? Ask Michelle (solution?)
Hypothermia thermometer
Reusable heat packs
Disposable razors
Safety pins
Snakebite kit?
Pirate patches YAAAHHHRR
Neosporin ophthalmic? Not sure
Burns
Silvadene
Nausea
Dimenhydrinate #36/50mg (10/07)
Bonine
Ginger treats
Compazine (Check! Left over from another friend’s chemo!)
Wrist bands, snake oils, and assorted hippy magic
Drugs (mild)
Pain
Ibuprofin #50/200mg (2/07)
Aspirin #50 (1/07)
Anacin (for the haddacks) #50
Flu/Cold/Decongestant
Tylenol Flu AM & PM (I love this stuff)
Antiseptic
Bactine liquid (3/07)
Triple antibiotic ointment (12/05)
Gut issues
Pepto-relief tablets (30)
Antacid (Maalox probably) I’ve never used this stuff
E-N-T issues
Swim Ear (alcohol) 1 oz (4/08)
Afrin (3/08)
Throat spray/cough stuff
Bowel issues
Psillium seed powder (go) hippy-stuff
Imodium (don’t go) I’ve never used this either
Skin rashes; allergy
Zinc oxide ointment 20% (3/06)
Loratadine #300/10mg (5/07)
Calamine
Lotrimin (Offshore Doctor recommended about 10 different anti-fungals and this sort of freaks me out. I’m going with one multi-purpose one.
Cortisporin otic (ear) never used it before; I’m still undecided if I’ll get this
Benadryl
Steroid cream/pills
Triamcinalone .1%
Oral decadron/prednisone #30/20mg
Misc
Caffeine #16/200mg (11/07)
Lip stuff
Malarone (1 wk’s) (expired 02) We just have this lying around…
Oral analgesic (Benzocaine) (1/08)
Ipecac syrup
Charcoal activator
Drugs (harsh/script)
Pain
Vicodin (curtesy of Mom; left over from chemo)
Antibiotics
Cipro (I hate this drug; this is why I need the Diflucan)
Septra/Bactrim (I am allergic to penicillin and keflex)
Muscle relaxant
Robaxin 48 (exp. 04)
Jim Beam
Shock
Epinephrine 2-cc ampule
Gyne
Gyne-Lotrimin
Diflucan
October 11th, 2005 at 10:51 pm
Pretty impressive medical kit!
October 11th, 2005 at 11:14 pm
Yeah, looks like a lot of stuff when you write it all down. Not counting the scripts, all that (and white bins) was a bit under $200. Much of the randomness (odd sized gauze rolls, OTC drugs, suture kit) we had already lying about.
October 12th, 2005 at 12:15 am
A lot of this stuff we ordered directly from FieldTex which has a pretty good online store. These are the same people who make the Medical Sea Pak Trans-Ocean Kit which seems to be the standard high end kit. It’s interesting that you can buy every item in it directly from their own catalog for a third of the kit price. They are over $700 so there are substantial savings to be had from assembling it yourself. Of course, it also requires a lot of time. The good thing is that we thought about it and actually know what’s in there. This makes me feel more confident than if we had simply bought it and checked “first aid kit” off the list.
October 29th, 2005 at 6:14 am
Really great to have the kit but even better to be able to use it. Interesting that its cheaper to buy it “loose” as it were, rather than in their own pack.
Rob
June 8th, 2006 at 5:34 pm
Hi,
Just want to let you know how invaluable this list was. I frequently serve as a camp nurse and have been teaching wilderness first aid to children and have them make their own first aid kits (minus the vicodin and other pharmaceuticals). Of course, my emergency kit follows your great guidelines.
Allie