I had a few requests as to what I pack in first aid kit. The kit I am packing is a small first aid kit. This is what I pack in my bug out bag. I am not packing any paramedic or above medical supplies in my kit. Everything I pack can be used by the average person. If you have advanced training and feel the need to add advanced types of supplies, I am not advising you not to do that. This is just my situation.
The first thing I want to say is that most pre-made first aid kits are junk. I always build my. It is fairly cheap and easy to do. I also want to add that my kit is good for one to two people. However, it is easy to make 2 kits for close to the same amount of money for the basic supplies.
I bought the cheapest medical soft sided pouch I could find on Amazon. It is a pouch made by Johnson & Johnson. The pouch is approximately 8"x6"x4". I think I paid about $2 for the pouch alone. Even though the pouch is cheap, it is not a low quality item. The interior isn't very usable for what I carry, but it carries what I need it to carry. I am also not worried about it just falling apart. On a side note, this a great gift idea to give someone to keep in their car.
This is a pretty basic soft sided pouch. Labeled as a medical kit on one side. Bright red color for easy visual clue as to bag contents. Pouch has dual exterior zippers for easy access.
The interior of the pouch is kind of useless for the stuff I pack. I do use the small mesh zippered pocket for medications I pack, a tweezers, comodone extractor, regular band aids, and medical tape. Behind that pocket I store my 5x9 bandages, 4x4 bandages, moleskin, and Steri-strips. All of the other webbing is pretty much useless for my application.
I purchased most of my actual medical supplies from Wal-Mart aside from the CAT tourniquet, 4" Israeli bandage, and small trauma shears. Below is a list of the items I carry in my kit:
5---5x9 bandages. These are for fairly large cuts and for cuts with a lot of bleeding.
7---4x4 bandages. These are for medium to small cuts.
10--Regular band aids.
4--- Steri-Strips. These are for make shift stitches. Easy to apply. I am considering more for my pack.
1----Comodone extractor. I break out easily. These hygienically drain acne and can remove ticks.
1----Tweezers. Splinters/tick removal, etc
1----Roll of medical adhesive tape
4----Rolls of cling wrap bandages. I cannot remember what brand I bought, but they were indivually wrapped in plastic which makes them waterproof. Used to hold larger bandages in place, and for securing splints.
1----5" Trauma shears. Used to cut bandages. Main use is to cut clothing off in serious injury so wounds can be treated. Get good ones as they may have to cut through things like denim.
1----Pouch of moleskin. Used to treat hotspots so they do not become blisters.
1----1.75 ounce container of organic cayenne pepper. I use that as a blood clotting agent in place of Quick Clot, etc. Used for serious or deep cuts that bleeding control is difficult to accomplish.
2----Pair of nitrile EMS gloves
1----Sawyer Extractor. This is supposed to remove poisons/venom, but the jury is out on this one. Wal-Mart camping section.
1----Halo Chest Seal. Used to treat sucking chest wounds (puncture around lungs). Watch the end of the movie Three Kings. It is what Mark Wahlberg's character has after he gets shot.
1----CAT tourniquet which is mounted to the exterior of my pack. An item that needs to be accessible quickly.
1----small pill bottle full of baby aspirin, generic Tylenol, anti-diarrhea medicine, and Benadryl. Each medication was placed in a ziplock bag and the bag labeled with dosage instructions and expiration dates.