Small Medical KitsI have tried to include a description of each item and some uses.
A smaller kit for your bug-out bag could be made up from the above. Include some combined dressings, a couple of bandages, Band-Aids, tape, some tylenol, Benedryl and some loperamide.
- Combat Dressings
- Large gauze dressings
- Small gauze squares
- Roller Bandages elastic + cotton (2in/4in/6in)
- Triangular Bandages
- Band-Aids -assorted sizes and shapes (i.e. finger tips)
- Sleek Tape 1 in. (waterproof, plastic/elasticated tape)
- cotton buds (q-tips, cotton tips)
- thermometer (rectal or pacifier for children)
- Chlorhexidine and cetrimide (antiseptic) or Povidone-Iodine
- Antibacterial Soap
- Lignocaine 1% (local anesthetic) (USA = Lidocaine)
- Augmentin (antibiotic) (a broad spectrum antibiotic)
- Acetaminophen (mild analgesic)
- Dicolphenic (mod analgesic) (a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory)
- Oral Rehydration powder
- Loperamide (anti-diarrhoeal)
- Benedryl &/or Claratyne (antihistamines, short + long acting)
- Adrenaline auto injector or Anakit (USA = epinephrine)
- Morphine Sulphate (strong pain killer) if available
- Gamma Benzene Hexachloride (lice/scabies tx)
- Clotimoxazole (anti-fungal)
- Contraceptive pills/Condoms
- Paramedic scissors
- Surgical scissors
- Needle holder
- Sm curved clamps
- Tissue forceps
- Scalpel blades
- Emergency Obstetric Kit (includes bulb suction)
- Vicryl 2/0 suture material
Your choice of suture material is up to you. Vicryl is a synthetic dissolvable one, but takes up to 4-6 weeks to dissolve, so I think it is the ideal survival thread. But a variety of non-dissolvable sutures are available which will last forever.- 5ml syringes
- 20g needles
- Oil of cloves (tooth ache)
- Emergency dental kit (commercial preparation)