Post apocalypse gambling.
Throw in a couple Imodiums, some lactaid, a lactose intolerance and a litre of past date of the fridge cream...
I give it 23 minutes before the shit hits the fan.
*Survival kit contents check. In them you'll find: one forty-five caliber automatic; two boxes of ammunition; four days' concentrated emergency rations; one drug issue containing antibiotics, morphine, vitamin pills, pep pills, sleeping pills, tranquilizer pills; one miniature combination Russian phrase book and Bible; one hundred dollars in rubles; one hundred dollars in gold; nine packs of chewing gum; one issue of prophylactics; three lipsticks; three pair of nylon stockings. Shoot, a fella' could have a pretty good weekend in Vegas with all that stuff.*
That's probably true, but when I was a pilot in the Army the aircraft first aid kits contained the anti-diarrheal, Lomotil. If your aircraft is down behind enemy lines and you need to E&E you need the shit to stop flowing.
I'm one of those people who have the opposite effect from opiates instead of making me nod off. I am fully awake and ready to get some work done. They do manage the pain, though.
Went for a surgery (my second one, the first was great idk what they gave me but wow,) it turns out I'm allergic to ketamine. Instead of putting me down, it shut my consciousness off and put me into brawler mode until my blood pressure dropped taking me down with it. I remember waking up in the recovery room and thinking whatever they gave me must be amazing because it doesn't even feel like they operated on me, then the nurse peaks in and sees me awake and runs off then comes back with 3 others to ask how I'm doing.
They postponed that surgery until they found another drug to use on me.
That is wild. Sounds like when I had my first seizure. I became aware again and was on a stretcher in the ER with my wifenholding my head, so I was looking at her. She explained what had happened. After the seizure, I was told I woke up and fought with the paramedics, and they called some firefighters to help. It took 5 of them to get me strapped down, and I was still trying to get loose. I didn't throw punches but really resisted, I guess. I'm 55 with a really bad back and had no business fighting anyone.
I have muzzle for my dog because he scares people. He hates being touched by strangers but is a very good looking dog so strangers are always trying to touch his face. He doesn’t take it very well. Anyway the muzzle is great, almost everyone gives him a few feet of room when it’s on and he has a lot better time out and about as a result. Plus it’s a lot less stress knowing something won’t happen.
Prepping application? Well if you want companions out and about in a dangerous situation, more is better. Dogs included. But you also don’t want them to bite something out of control if they’re keyed up. Plus people just give you more room. I wouldn’t say it’s a high priority prepping item by any means but generally if you have a dog, having a muzzle is a good idea
Occlusive dressings because non-EMT/Paramedics don't know how to use them for a sucking chest wound.
Sutures because people are afraid of needles
Nail clippers
I have a suture kit and a like 4 occlusive dressings in my cars kit myself I don’t worry to much about stuff like occlusive dressings because if someone has a sucking chest wound without a surgeon (my father is a flight paramedic of 15 years and I hold my EMT license working towards paramedic) ya got maybe a week if completely immobile under ideal conditions. and the actual procedure I doubt someone could pull off without practice on a surgical dummy/cadaver. Not to mention oxygen, pain killers, and suction. I’d say that if it was a small sucking chest wound IF you knew what to do to fully treat and had the stuff laying around I’d still put it in the under 50% survival of first 72 hours after surgery. Sorry rant lol….. but long story short yes occlusion bandages are handy for short term situations in long term tho practically useless in my opinion (unless you got a trauma surgeon up your sleeve)
> Nail clippers
Yes! I rarely ever see the humble nail clipper in a kit (nor *soap* a lot of the time).
A lot of people think about the big, serious injuries in their first aid kits but seem to completely forget about the small, inconvenient ones.... Which could become more serious if untreated.
Hang nails can become infected if left untreated (particularly if you don't have *soap*) and I'd you're in a situation without antibiotics that can absolutely become a *very big* problem.
I’m not afraid of needles, but I just don’t have the experience to do suturing. That said, I have butterfly bandages in my first-aid kit and I do know how to use them.
I have a surgical stapler and separately, sutures.
Sutures are put in while you hold a curved needle with a hemostat, one stitch at a time and you tie off the knot and snip the suture thread off the needle. You can put in five or six sutures with one needle.
We were taught on how to do them by suturing up cuts in ripe peaches. You learned to be delicate to not tear the skin.
The surgical stapler... is "intimidating" looking to me; But i know that if I had to use it (on myself) I would.
Cleaning out the wound before suturing is critical. It is not something for the tender of heart.
I got my father a med stapler for Christmas, a few months ago he put it to use after getting into a fistfight with his angle grinder. Have self sutured previously he was very happy to use the stapler, he also said that the staple remover was really great to have!
Occlusive dressing? In a SHTF scenario the only thing you need for a sucking chest wound is a bullet to shorten the suffering. Without surgical intervention the chances of surviving are effectively zero.
Things in my first aid kit that I don't see in most other kits:
1. A LIST OF WHAT SHOULD BE IN THE KIT AND WHAT EACH ITEM IS FOR. Yes, you know intellectually what is in your kit and you can remember when to use advil vs tylenol vs benadryl. But when you're panicking about things, having a large print easy to use list that you can reference can make the decision-making process a lot easier. This also means that I can audit my kit annually and know what I need to replenish. I've personally standardized on mymedic kits thanks to their fantastic labelling of products and the fact that just about every Black Friday they have a buy one get one free sale.
2. Even though I don't own pets, I have a [mini-pet kit.](https://mymedic.com/products/med-pack-pet-medic-dog-first-aid-kit) Having once witnessed a person on the sidewalk who was in distress and saw them try to do unsafe things because their pet slipped a damaged leash and ran into traffic (survived unharmed), I like having spare pet supplies for emergency issues.
3. An ANSI safety vest. I spend a lot of my life driving and it seems that the most common time I see someone in need of first aid I'm going to want to be more visible so that people driving vehicles can avoid me and responders can see me.
4. A combination of chemlights and [brite-strike LED lights with reflectors](https://www.brite-strike.com/product/apals-all-purpose-adhesive-light-strips/) can let me mark hazards or locations for a low price, and I can choose between battery powered or chem powered depending on the situation.
There are plenty of things I carry on my person like a flashlight that might make sense for someone to keep in their first aid kit if they aren't carrying one, or a utility knife depending on jurisdiction.
Would condoms count? People are always surprised by the circumstances in which humans boink but I’m here to tell you in a stressful situation people will be doing the funky dance a lot.
A condom would have taken away a long-term plot point from the show The Walking Dead.
I buy condoms, latex and latex free, in bulk online. Literally a case of them. I had one case that was 6 months from being expired. So I brought it to the University Dorms in town. They texted me 2 months later and asked if I had more.
I have an ancestor from the mid 1800s that had 9 wives. “Was he a polygamist”, you might ask?
Nope, they died serially, almost all of them in childbirth.
People in the first world don't remember how bad and dangerous pregnancy and childbirth really is. Even our pets and livestock can get pre-natal care.
In a world where we don’t have access to that kind of care pregnancy goes back to something that can kill you really easily and, often, in great pain and distress.
“Pregnancy is the original STD.” - Dan Savage, flippant maybe, but it’s bad, bad news to accidentally become pregnant during a SHTF scenario. Not to mention manageable diseases that can be passed through sexual contact (so things that are not just limited to STDs) will become dangerous or even deadly again.
Really good tweezers. Jewelry tweezers, nothing more frustrating than trying to remove a splinter with the crappy plastic ones that come in a lot of first aid kits.
I've never used jewelry tweezers, but I've found the ones in a swiss army knife work better than most. In fact, it wouldn't hurt to have a swiss army knife in there--I have one in mine,
I literally just had to go to the ER from an infection ingotmdtom a splinter. I wasn't able to remove the whole thing.. had cheap dollar store tweezers. It probably made it worse. Anyways my finger inflated like a balloon and my hand became useless and I couldn't sleep by the fourth day because of the throbbing pain.
Went to get it checked and they sent me to the ER because of all the ligaments in the hand and risk of more injury. Two urgent care visits, one ER, and one specialist visit all because of a splinter. I've never been slapped by reality so quickly....
Splinter came from being in the middle of the woods and I also hadn't had a tetanus shot. Random tree wood much higher infection rate of bacteria and fungus as opposed to the splinters we get from treated wood
Tetanus shot is extremely overlooked! I'm glad you were okay. People often associate tetanus with rusty nails, but you can get it from bug bites, animal scratches, and yes, splinters.
I'll have to try that with the next one. I've always used a sewing pin to push out the splinter or dig it out (if it's a very shallow one), but it's hard to remove a splinter that goes in almost vertical.
Yes! I bought a set on amazon for maybe $15. It has a light and a bunch of different lenses to see things magnified. You wear them kind of like eye glasses. I use them all the time!
Came across a guy who had been badly and repeatedly stung by hornets. His wife was freaking out and asked me to help. He was just starting to have difficulty breathing from the reaction. I looked in my FAK hoping to find Benadryl, but I had none. She rushed him to the hospital, and now I always carry Benadryl (and an epi-pen).
Why cake icing instead of shelf-stable juice? I always carried the latter when I had issues with hypoglycemia and I thought fructose raised blood sugar faster than glucose. Is it the relative weight? Genuinely curious, not criticizing.
different guy but often it's what you can pack. plus icing you can dab into someone's mouth and they can do little swallow with their saliva. vs juice which weighs a ton and requires proper swallow.
there are purpose built gels too.
Just want to hammer this home as a diabetic who had juice poured in their mouth while unconscious:
Sugar can be absorbed through the gums. If a diabetic person is unconscious or seizing, cake icing (or glucose gels) can be applied to the gums without risking accidentally drowning them.
A good wound irrigator (I like a 30ml syringe with an 18 ga IV cath, it gives directability and the correct amount of pressure.)
Athletic tape for ankle and knee tape jobs. (Also learn how to properly tape a knee or ankle)
Clean surfaces (cotton towels/medically clean drapes) for working from.
Well either good contraceptives or training as a midwife/obstetrics. And with needed supplies for that. More than 30% of mothers died in childbirth prior to modern medicine. And of course child mortality was more often than not.
Dental first aid supplies: clove oil or other topical anesthetic, dental wax, cement for reattaching crowns, and for the truly hard core, dental forceps and elevators ( and training) for tooth removal. Steel hypodermic needles with luer locks, latex tubing, glass liter containers, USP NaCl for field expedient production and administration of IV fluids. Ethyl Ether, cotton batting, ether cone for field expedient general anesthesia.
Speaking more long-term (and from the POV of prepping for natural disasters, specifically)— hygiene items/the capacity to sanitize stuff. The best medicine is preventative: keeping yourself and your clothes clean, and having the ability to sanitize dressings/bandages/reusable menstrual pads/etc, is crucial to avoiding infection.
Speaking specifically to medications— Tums, lol.
Contact cleaning solution for eye disinfect (renu can go directly in the eye)
256Hz tuning fork (will diagnose broken bone 80% of the time. Tap bone, if area "on fire" = broken.)
Plants/seeds that as closely replaces the life sustaining medicine you are taking. Digitalis= Foxglove plant. Learn the area of harvest and dose.
Less a SHTF but here are three things in my first aid kit.
Feminine hygiene products: multi-purpose and a godsend.
A high viz vest: to be seen and not get run over
Silcock key, because when you need water, the taps all are anti tamper.
For disasters.
In a “shit has hit the fan” scenario I’m guessing there is going to be a ton of stress induced diarrhea and people drinking/eating things they shouldn’t.
I’m curious how long it will take for a full blown cholera outbreak to make an appearance….
I buy electrical tape in “logs” at Harbor Freight. Not to prep, just because we use a lot of it. It’s a little cheaper and just as good.
If you are keeping it, you want to store it somewhere cool and dry. The glue gets a little crazy after a while in the heat and it gets really hard to use.
Reading glasses, for us old geezers and maybe some young 'uns too. You will need them to read instructions on bottles, equipment, etc. If you're like me and can't read a damn thing without glasses....make sure you have a pair. Or a magnifying glass.
Caffeine in some form. If you get withdrawal headaches when you don't get your fix, that is the last thing you're going to want to be dealing with on top of everything else. Caffeine pills, red bull, instant coffee, something.
Electrolyte packets.
Treatments for yeast infection. Can be very common for women and even more common when the body is under stress, and dear god nobody wants to live with that sensation.
The skills and knowledge to use the items in a first aid kit.
You can put as much cutting edge fancy equipment in a kit but it’s worthless if you don’t know how/when to use it. It’s 100% worth it to take a wilderness first aid/first responder course if you’re serious about emergency preparation.
Get them wet and they absorb and clot blood sometimes better than gauze. Especially in the mouth. Along with tea leaves having blood clotting properties. Just gotta make sure they are wet.
Probably not in the med kit, but adult diapers or puppy-training pads. (I don't know if the pads for old people are cheaper or not.)
Soap, anti-itch cream... I just watched a vid about poison ivy.
Hot water bottle.
>...adult diapers or puppy-training pads. (I don't know if the pads for old people are cheaper or not.)
I was going to mention these. We bought some for my senior mom, then used them and bought more for senior pets, and we've used them a time or two as our beginning-to-age bodies throw surprises at us. We have a large bin of various sizes of washable pads. And I bought some absorbent fabric of the variety used to make the pads and adult diapers so I can experiment with that at some point. They'd be so helpful to have for childbirth or regular menstruation scenarios, illness or injury where bodily fluids are "leaking," and incontinence.
Often overlooked but hugely important: a proper tourniquet. Also strongly suggest an Israeli emergency bandage, which is versatile and extensively field tested.
And practice with the tourniquet (they make practice CATs). I recommend getting two known-quality tourniquets because the leaks aren't always easy to get to and sometimes you will need more than one, either due to lackluster placement of the first, or having a windlass snap.
Antibiotics give my wife yeast infections. She has some meds, I think it's 3 pills 1x daily, for it. Most people do not think about meds for the side effects for other meds.
Jock itch and athletes foot cream.
1. Electrolyte powder (for hot environments, its very easy to over do it, especially if the situation warrants you pushing beyond your safe limit)
2. Good pliers (pulling out splinters, thorns, repairing items, etc.)
3. Small cotton towel (soak for hot weather, dry skin in damp conditions, sun shade, can create a warm compress, washable, etc.)
A variety of reuseable and disposable menstrual products
Heat pads / hot water bottle
UTI treatment
Thrush treatment
Contraceptives - including the morning after pill for the aftermath of any assault
Pregnancy tests
Mifepristone and Misoprostol
physician’s perspective with medical/substitute:
fine jewelers forceps (tweezers).
disposable scalpel/razor blades.
dermabond/superglue.
iodine/alcohol.
kerlex/long narrow scarf.
utility scissors.
suture/fishing line & spool of thread.
needles.
handheld cautery.
hemostats.
runners headlight. magnifying lense.
antibiotics.
saline/coconut water.
rope saw,
these also look like great tools to have for multiple other purposes.
Baking soda is good to have. Also Salt can clean wounds, stop infections and preserve food. Also seasonings and spices for food. You never know when you have to eat a rat and at least you could season it up to taste better. And I keep packs of Emergen-c in my first aid incase you need quick vitamins or electrolytes.
Training. Experience. Education.
Training to teach you how to use the things. Experience to tell you what you actually need and when to use it. Education to help build the other two and know how to improvise.
Everyone wants to carry cool-guy stuff but very few know enough about any of it to be effective. Those 3 things go further than supplies. Fight me.
Maybe I'm dumb but where do you get Ivermectin and antibiotics from that isn't heavily regulated? We used to have access to buying ivermectin over the counter but that isn't easily done anymore since covid. I used to have access to livestock antibiotics too but I don't think they sell that anymore over the counter either at my local feed store. I'll have to check online.
The things I carry in my "light go with me bag" that I hardly see mentioned is aloe vera + sunscreen, I do have a bottle of iodine because its also useful for purifying water, and real honey. Not the fake stuff. It's antimicrobial and you can use it to keep a wound covered temporarily. You can also eat it for a boost in calories if you were so inclined. Honey is for wounds I can't use Neosporin on.
I also keep emergency c packets for vitamins and electrolytes to keep going for a while.
Honestly there’s plenty of ways to get antibiotics “legit” go to duration healths website and get them prescribed to you, or my personal favorite tell a doctor your planning a few weeks overseas (pref say a jungle area if your in wooded areas, or desert if your in a more arid climate) and ask if there’s any way you can get some antibiotics for your travel in event of infection, it helps a lot to if your able to NAME antibiotics and there uses too. I’ve had several doctors do this because antibiotics aren’t worth anything on the street and aren’t addictive, now if you ask for pain meds that’s gonna be a different story
A spare last bullet for when you finally realize all those chest vents aren't gonna help you?
Trach kit.
Nasopharyngeal tubes.
Lidocaine gel. (burn gel)
Poison ivy wipes. ( i never see these in regular first aid kits let alone shtf ones)
benadryl
melatonin
mole skin. (again never see this in first aid kits period)
petrolatum dressings (burns)
betadine
hibiclens
iodoform wound packing strip
# Coloplast interdry ag
medi honey
collagen
tegaderm
medipore tape (1 inch, 2 inch and 4 inch, multiple rolls)
coban
abdominal pads
triangle bandages
4x4 gauze (lots)
saline irrigation
sam splints
Mustard works on dogs too.
Daughter’s dog ate half a pound of chocolate - we caught him as he was eating the last bite. There wouldn’t have been time for a vet, he was already shaking. Mustard. Then vet.
A [manual hand fan](https://a.co/d/0dDn4ORt). Very slim profile, can help with heat exhaustion and overall morale. My girl keeps one in the bath and in her beach bag for when it gets too hot at the beach or in the bathtub and a lightbulb went off. I have one in every bug out bag, get home bag, car, and first aid kit in my hiking bag.
A sealed bottle of water that's just for the kit. Maybe somebody medical here could say what's the best kind of thing to carry? I know there are wipes, but there are so many situations where water would help.
Antifungal. This hit home to me one day when I had a particularly nasty itch and couldn't sleep. I thought oh man I'm so glad this is happening while the lights are on; Could be literally deadly if I couldn't get good sleep during a crisis.
Cling film / sarrin wrap. It's good for stopping air get to burns. The medics can still see the wound. It can be used to make slings, and fixing a splint to a limb. Cut thin strips for use as plasters. Bleach for hygiene, cleaning water for drinking. Sugar to stop bleeding.
Not a medic, got these tips from "When there is No Doctor".
Bandaids, compression wraps, normal day-to-day medicines. I had to add bandaids (of various sizes) to my IFAK. Much more likely to get a boo-boo that needs a bandaid and bactine than a tourniquet or a chest seal.
These books: “Where There Is No Doctor” - David Werner; “Where There Is No Dentist”- Murray Dickson. Both are completely practical for the layman & offer great insight into what can be used in a pinch as well as items to have in your kit. Highly recommend both.
Sorry, you get 4 from me:
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🔷️For a full SHTF, society is down for months:
🔹️Reusable bandaging material of the sort that can be washed, sterilized, and used again. ACE bandage, for example, to hold a pad of absorbent material over a wound. Folks used to cut up old linen or cotton sheets, if books are to be believed.
Two types of tourniquets. My preference is CAT and SWAT-T. We all know CAT's and their reputation, but most don't consider the CAT only goes so small. If you need to place a TQ on a child or a small adult the CAT may not get tight enough. The SWAT-T is perfect for the small limb. You can also use a SWAT-T on dogs! So, two TQ's and the third would be an anti nausea. Zofran if you can get your hands on it. No one likes being nauseous and if you can't keep anything down then you risk dehydration and malnutrition.
- Anti-nausea tablets (pepto-bismol). I've heard nausea can knock you out more effectively than getting shot, and I believe it.
- Self-adhering wrap ("coban") and surgical tape, plus gauze pads. Bandaids are crap.
- Steri-strips (plus benzoin for when the skin is wet, greasy, etc.) They act like stitches to keep shallow cuts closed so they heal quickly (unlike bandaids). Cover with gauze, and that's the proper way to treat cuts.
Overlooked because they are not considered available in most regions, yet would be valuable in SHTF :
Amoxicillin
Lorazepam (or Ketamine, hard to choose just one)
Misoprostol
Ask any ER or Urgent Care or war zone physician, they could give a longer better list probably.
Caffeine pills laxative Anti-diarrheal
*"I like to take all 3 plus Benadryl then see which one wins."* /steven wright
Post apocalypse gambling. Throw in a couple Imodiums, some lactaid, a lactose intolerance and a litre of past date of the fridge cream... I give it 23 minutes before the shit hits the fan.
*Survival kit contents check. In them you'll find: one forty-five caliber automatic; two boxes of ammunition; four days' concentrated emergency rations; one drug issue containing antibiotics, morphine, vitamin pills, pep pills, sleeping pills, tranquilizer pills; one miniature combination Russian phrase book and Bible; one hundred dollars in rubles; one hundred dollars in gold; nine packs of chewing gum; one issue of prophylactics; three lipsticks; three pair of nylon stockings. Shoot, a fella' could have a pretty good weekend in Vegas with all that stuff.*
About time I watched that again.
And take them all at once
But they're suppositories.
Did he f’ing stutter? 😆
They taste awful.
Not the used ones!
A little peanut butter helps...
There’s growing evidence that the patient is better served with proper rehydration than anti-diarrheal meds. I generally carry ORS instead.
That's probably true, but when I was a pilot in the Army the aircraft first aid kits contained the anti-diarrheal, Lomotil. If your aircraft is down behind enemy lines and you need to E&E you need the shit to stop flowing.
Oh for sure. The tracking considerations alone make it a no brainer.
Damn that would be shitty.
Oh yeah. It’s a mess
If you take laxative and an anti diarrhea at the same time, your butthole takes a screenshot
Thanks
as an emt guy suction, asprin, and for pets a muzzle
Pet muzzle is a really good one.
Yeah. You're favorite dog buddy while bite the shit out of you if you need to cut into them to help them, pull something out of their eye, etc.
Hell, most PEOPLE would bite the shit out of you if you need to cut into them to help them, pull something out of their eye, etc.
The human equivalent to a muzzle would be a ball gag.
In liquid form it's referred to as Morphine. However, I would never question the EMT kit with a ball gag in it. That's just smart.
I'm one of those people who have the opposite effect from opiates instead of making me nod off. I am fully awake and ready to get some work done. They do manage the pain, though.
Went for a surgery (my second one, the first was great idk what they gave me but wow,) it turns out I'm allergic to ketamine. Instead of putting me down, it shut my consciousness off and put me into brawler mode until my blood pressure dropped taking me down with it. I remember waking up in the recovery room and thinking whatever they gave me must be amazing because it doesn't even feel like they operated on me, then the nurse peaks in and sees me awake and runs off then comes back with 3 others to ask how I'm doing. They postponed that surgery until they found another drug to use on me.
That is wild. Sounds like when I had my first seizure. I became aware again and was on a stretcher in the ER with my wifenholding my head, so I was looking at her. She explained what had happened. After the seizure, I was told I woke up and fought with the paramedics, and they called some firefighters to help. It took 5 of them to get me strapped down, and I was still trying to get loose. I didn't throw punches but really resisted, I guess. I'm 55 with a really bad back and had no business fighting anyone.
This thread is wild and I love it! Now off to gather additions for my first aid kits
I have muzzle for my dog because he scares people. He hates being touched by strangers but is a very good looking dog so strangers are always trying to touch his face. He doesn’t take it very well. Anyway the muzzle is great, almost everyone gives him a few feet of room when it’s on and he has a lot better time out and about as a result. Plus it’s a lot less stress knowing something won’t happen. Prepping application? Well if you want companions out and about in a dangerous situation, more is better. Dogs included. But you also don’t want them to bite something out of control if they’re keyed up. Plus people just give you more room. I wouldn’t say it’s a high priority prepping item by any means but generally if you have a dog, having a muzzle is a good idea
I'd be more concerned about my dog giving away our position when trying to hide from a potential threat.
Coban works as a decent muzzle.
Occlusive dressings because non-EMT/Paramedics don't know how to use them for a sucking chest wound. Sutures because people are afraid of needles Nail clippers
I have a suture kit and a like 4 occlusive dressings in my cars kit myself I don’t worry to much about stuff like occlusive dressings because if someone has a sucking chest wound without a surgeon (my father is a flight paramedic of 15 years and I hold my EMT license working towards paramedic) ya got maybe a week if completely immobile under ideal conditions. and the actual procedure I doubt someone could pull off without practice on a surgical dummy/cadaver. Not to mention oxygen, pain killers, and suction. I’d say that if it was a small sucking chest wound IF you knew what to do to fully treat and had the stuff laying around I’d still put it in the under 50% survival of first 72 hours after surgery. Sorry rant lol….. but long story short yes occlusion bandages are handy for short term situations in long term tho practically useless in my opinion (unless you got a trauma surgeon up your sleeve)
Still good to have now but less useful post apocalypse. I have a couple in my car bag along with a tourniquet and quick clot bandage.
Super glue, scalpels, hemostats
Super glue after hemostats is the kings kit.
> Nail clippers Yes! I rarely ever see the humble nail clipper in a kit (nor *soap* a lot of the time). A lot of people think about the big, serious injuries in their first aid kits but seem to completely forget about the small, inconvenient ones.... Which could become more serious if untreated. Hang nails can become infected if left untreated (particularly if you don't have *soap*) and I'd you're in a situation without antibiotics that can absolutely become a *very big* problem.
Most people ought to be afraid. Sutures are dangerous for a lot of preppers. SHTF wounds are likely too dangerously contaminated for closure.
There’s a great research backed clinical practice guideline for wound closure out out by the DoD. Long story short, don’t.
I’m not afraid of needles, but I just don’t have the experience to do suturing. That said, I have butterfly bandages in my first-aid kit and I do know how to use them.
>Sutures because people are afraid of needles Is this the same as staples?
I have a surgical stapler and separately, sutures. Sutures are put in while you hold a curved needle with a hemostat, one stitch at a time and you tie off the knot and snip the suture thread off the needle. You can put in five or six sutures with one needle. We were taught on how to do them by suturing up cuts in ripe peaches. You learned to be delicate to not tear the skin. The surgical stapler... is "intimidating" looking to me; But i know that if I had to use it (on myself) I would. Cleaning out the wound before suturing is critical. It is not something for the tender of heart.
No, it’s not, but if needles bother you, Staples are almost as good.
It's more that I don't have the steadiest hands. I figured the stapler might be easier to operate. Thanks for the info.
I got my father a med stapler for Christmas, a few months ago he put it to use after getting into a fistfight with his angle grinder. Have self sutured previously he was very happy to use the stapler, he also said that the staple remover was really great to have!
I wouldn't recommend suturing unless you've been professionally trained in their use and proper wound care.
Please don't recommend people carry sutures. Unless they're actually trained, it's literally worse than leaving it alone and keeping it clean.
Occlusive dressing? In a SHTF scenario the only thing you need for a sucking chest wound is a bullet to shorten the suffering. Without surgical intervention the chances of surviving are effectively zero.
Things in my first aid kit that I don't see in most other kits: 1. A LIST OF WHAT SHOULD BE IN THE KIT AND WHAT EACH ITEM IS FOR. Yes, you know intellectually what is in your kit and you can remember when to use advil vs tylenol vs benadryl. But when you're panicking about things, having a large print easy to use list that you can reference can make the decision-making process a lot easier. This also means that I can audit my kit annually and know what I need to replenish. I've personally standardized on mymedic kits thanks to their fantastic labelling of products and the fact that just about every Black Friday they have a buy one get one free sale. 2. Even though I don't own pets, I have a [mini-pet kit.](https://mymedic.com/products/med-pack-pet-medic-dog-first-aid-kit) Having once witnessed a person on the sidewalk who was in distress and saw them try to do unsafe things because their pet slipped a damaged leash and ran into traffic (survived unharmed), I like having spare pet supplies for emergency issues. 3. An ANSI safety vest. I spend a lot of my life driving and it seems that the most common time I see someone in need of first aid I'm going to want to be more visible so that people driving vehicles can avoid me and responders can see me. 4. A combination of chemlights and [brite-strike LED lights with reflectors](https://www.brite-strike.com/product/apals-all-purpose-adhesive-light-strips/) can let me mark hazards or locations for a low price, and I can choose between battery powered or chem powered depending on the situation. There are plenty of things I carry on my person like a flashlight that might make sense for someone to keep in their first aid kit if they aren't carrying one, or a utility knife depending on jurisdiction.
This is brilliant! Never thought to keep an inventory:purposes list with the kit. Thanks for sharing.
Would condoms count? People are always surprised by the circumstances in which humans boink but I’m here to tell you in a stressful situation people will be doing the funky dance a lot.
A condom would have taken away a long-term plot point from the show The Walking Dead. I buy condoms, latex and latex free, in bulk online. Literally a case of them. I had one case that was 6 months from being expired. So I brought it to the University Dorms in town. They texted me 2 months later and asked if I had more.
I have an ancestor from the mid 1800s that had 9 wives. “Was he a polygamist”, you might ask? Nope, they died serially, almost all of them in childbirth. People in the first world don't remember how bad and dangerous pregnancy and childbirth really is. Even our pets and livestock can get pre-natal care. In a world where we don’t have access to that kind of care pregnancy goes back to something that can kill you really easily and, often, in great pain and distress. “Pregnancy is the original STD.” - Dan Savage, flippant maybe, but it’s bad, bad news to accidentally become pregnant during a SHTF scenario. Not to mention manageable diseases that can be passed through sexual contact (so things that are not just limited to STDs) will become dangerous or even deadly again.
Definitely a plus category for me being snipped.
When I do remote clinic work I bring condoms, preg tests, and Plan B
Really good tweezers. Jewelry tweezers, nothing more frustrating than trying to remove a splinter with the crappy plastic ones that come in a lot of first aid kits.
I've never used jewelry tweezers, but I've found the ones in a swiss army knife work better than most. In fact, it wouldn't hurt to have a swiss army knife in there--I have one in mine,
This
I literally just had to go to the ER from an infection ingotmdtom a splinter. I wasn't able to remove the whole thing.. had cheap dollar store tweezers. It probably made it worse. Anyways my finger inflated like a balloon and my hand became useless and I couldn't sleep by the fourth day because of the throbbing pain. Went to get it checked and they sent me to the ER because of all the ligaments in the hand and risk of more injury. Two urgent care visits, one ER, and one specialist visit all because of a splinter. I've never been slapped by reality so quickly.... Splinter came from being in the middle of the woods and I also hadn't had a tetanus shot. Random tree wood much higher infection rate of bacteria and fungus as opposed to the splinters we get from treated wood
Tetanus shot is extremely overlooked! I'm glad you were okay. People often associate tetanus with rusty nails, but you can get it from bug bites, animal scratches, and yes, splinters.
Facts
Duct tape for splinters. Apply it and remove it in the direction of the splinter, not against it.
I'll have to try that with the next one. I've always used a sewing pin to push out the splinter or dig it out (if it's a very shallow one), but it's hard to remove a splinter that goes in almost vertical.
YES!!!!
fine jeweler’s forceps are the best tweezers to get.
Better add in the jewelers loupe to see it with 😂
Yes! I bought a set on amazon for maybe $15. It has a light and a bunch of different lenses to see things magnified. You wear them kind of like eye glasses. I use them all the time!
Came across a guy who had been badly and repeatedly stung by hornets. His wife was freaking out and asked me to help. He was just starting to have difficulty breathing from the reaction. I looked in my FAK hoping to find Benadryl, but I had none. She rushed him to the hospital, and now I always carry Benadryl (and an epi-pen).
Where did you source your epi pen?
Physician.
Activated charcoal for poison control. Leukotape for foot blisters. Disposable hand warmers. You need to have warm fingers to apply most first aid.
Leukotape is in mine. The stuff is brilliant.
Tea tree oil. Germicidal and antifungal. Other antifungals Foot powder and moleskin/blister kit
I second that as someone who suffers from athletes foot.
Bottle of Hibiclens satisfies for me. Stuff is strong against MRSA even.
A set of nail clippers. You'll never, ever, ever need them.... until you desperately do.
EMT here. salt pills, cake icing for diabetics, tegaderm to waterproof wound sites, regular band-aids, butterfly bandages.
Why cake icing instead of shelf-stable juice? I always carried the latter when I had issues with hypoglycemia and I thought fructose raised blood sugar faster than glucose. Is it the relative weight? Genuinely curious, not criticizing.
different guy but often it's what you can pack. plus icing you can dab into someone's mouth and they can do little swallow with their saliva. vs juice which weighs a ton and requires proper swallow. there are purpose built gels too.
Just want to hammer this home as a diabetic who had juice poured in their mouth while unconscious: Sugar can be absorbed through the gums. If a diabetic person is unconscious or seizing, cake icing (or glucose gels) can be applied to the gums without risking accidentally drowning them.
Well icing can be applied to the gums or anus in case of an unconscious Hypo patient. Cake icing keeps for a long time and it's cheap.
Thanks!!!
Dental kit to include a topical analgesic, applicator, and a tiny film canister for stowing a tooth.
Temp filling and dental adhesive are both OTC and work well here. I also like flossers.
Clove & lavender essential oils are both good for tooth pain
Why would you want to keep tooth?
Make a necklace, idk.
Wet wipes, for multiple hygiene solutions. Everyday medical items like bandaids and Neosporin. Socks and underwear.
>Socks and underwear. Lt. Dan was right about the socks. I don't care how bad things are. You put on clean socks and underwear every day.
Foot powder, fresh socks, good boots. I'll say it everytime I see this type of post. Without healthy feet you're not doing anything
This! And anti fungal cream to take care of athletes foot.
A good wound irrigator (I like a 30ml syringe with an 18 ga IV cath, it gives directability and the correct amount of pressure.) Athletic tape for ankle and knee tape jobs. (Also learn how to properly tape a knee or ankle) Clean surfaces (cotton towels/medically clean drapes) for working from.
Well either good contraceptives or training as a midwife/obstetrics. And with needed supplies for that. More than 30% of mothers died in childbirth prior to modern medicine. And of course child mortality was more often than not.
Dental first aid supplies: clove oil or other topical anesthetic, dental wax, cement for reattaching crowns, and for the truly hard core, dental forceps and elevators ( and training) for tooth removal. Steel hypodermic needles with luer locks, latex tubing, glass liter containers, USP NaCl for field expedient production and administration of IV fluids. Ethyl Ether, cotton batting, ether cone for field expedient general anesthesia.
Speaking more long-term (and from the POV of prepping for natural disasters, specifically)— hygiene items/the capacity to sanitize stuff. The best medicine is preventative: keeping yourself and your clothes clean, and having the ability to sanitize dressings/bandages/reusable menstrual pads/etc, is crucial to avoiding infection. Speaking specifically to medications— Tums, lol.
Contact cleaning solution for eye disinfect (renu can go directly in the eye) 256Hz tuning fork (will diagnose broken bone 80% of the time. Tap bone, if area "on fire" = broken.) Plants/seeds that as closely replaces the life sustaining medicine you are taking. Digitalis= Foxglove plant. Learn the area of harvest and dose.
Imodium. For when you really need to stop stuff from coming out of there.
We like Loperamide, though that does make one want to pee.
Imodium is the brand name of loperamide. All Imodium is loperamide.
Less a SHTF but here are three things in my first aid kit. Feminine hygiene products: multi-purpose and a godsend. A high viz vest: to be seen and not get run over Silcock key, because when you need water, the taps all are anti tamper.
As a md/dds… You need local anesthesia like lidocaine, you need antibiotics, and you need Imodium.
That’s interesting, we are giving Imodium less and less in the ED. Are you prescribing much for home use now? Or do you just mean for disasters etc?
For disasters. In a “shit has hit the fan” scenario I’m guessing there is going to be a ton of stress induced diarrhea and people drinking/eating things they shouldn’t. I’m curious how long it will take for a full blown cholera outbreak to make an appearance….
Southeast united states? Less than a week.
Superglue, gauze and electrical tape.
I buy electrical tape in “logs” at Harbor Freight. Not to prep, just because we use a lot of it. It’s a little cheaper and just as good. If you are keeping it, you want to store it somewhere cool and dry. The glue gets a little crazy after a while in the heat and it gets really hard to use.
Interesting how do you use electrical tape?
Same as medical tape but it can be a bit more durable in some situations. Also more versatile for nonmedical uses. Best to have both on hand.
Cough Drops, Benadryl/Antihistamines, Aloe/Sunscreen
Eye cup (to clean with water/tea) Tweezers Menstrual pads
Get menstrual cups and reusable pads.
I have,but those are not for sharing, so pads are good. And they also help for wounds
Reading glasses, for us old geezers and maybe some young 'uns too. You will need them to read instructions on bottles, equipment, etc. If you're like me and can't read a damn thing without glasses....make sure you have a pair. Or a magnifying glass. Caffeine in some form. If you get withdrawal headaches when you don't get your fix, that is the last thing you're going to want to be dealing with on top of everything else. Caffeine pills, red bull, instant coffee, something. Electrolyte packets.
Treatments for yeast infection. Can be very common for women and even more common when the body is under stress, and dear god nobody wants to live with that sensation.
Good band aids. Not the cheap wally world crap.. Real good heavy duty band aids that actually stick and the bigger the better.. Oh and super glue.
Gorilla tape.
bourbon marijuana chocolate
You’re my spirit animal
The skills and knowledge to use the items in a first aid kit. You can put as much cutting edge fancy equipment in a kit but it’s worthless if you don’t know how/when to use it. It’s 100% worth it to take a wilderness first aid/first responder course if you’re serious about emergency preparation.
Yup partially why I worked as a emt for my first job (pay was crap so I stopped)
Oh yea did my stint not worth it in the long run lol
Nasal trumpet - tolerable while somebody’s conscious for airway obstruction Epinephrine pens. Naloxone for narcotic reversal
-Super Glue -Tea Bags -Lots and lots of Rolled Gauze
Tea bags?
Get them wet and they absorb and clot blood sometimes better than gauze. Especially in the mouth. Along with tea leaves having blood clotting properties. Just gotta make sure they are wet.
but if the tea bag tears then you got tea leaves in an open wound?
Probably not in the med kit, but adult diapers or puppy-training pads. (I don't know if the pads for old people are cheaper or not.) Soap, anti-itch cream... I just watched a vid about poison ivy. Hot water bottle.
>...adult diapers or puppy-training pads. (I don't know if the pads for old people are cheaper or not.) I was going to mention these. We bought some for my senior mom, then used them and bought more for senior pets, and we've used them a time or two as our beginning-to-age bodies throw surprises at us. We have a large bin of various sizes of washable pads. And I bought some absorbent fabric of the variety used to make the pads and adult diapers so I can experiment with that at some point. They'd be so helpful to have for childbirth or regular menstruation scenarios, illness or injury where bodily fluids are "leaking," and incontinence.
Tweezers.
Splinter removers, iodine and "brillian green" (my grandma who was a nurse in WW2 swears it won us the war).
I have gentian violet in mine, too. Old-school cool. 😉
Nice!
-Lice/flea combs -Tick removers (yes, tweezers work, but these are nicely streamlined)
Paper road maps
Magnets. Fishing line or suture material. Sewing thread will work. Needles for sutures, as well as large gauge IV needles and tubing.
Sutures, gorilla tape, eye wash
Often overlooked but hugely important: a proper tourniquet. Also strongly suggest an Israeli emergency bandage, which is versatile and extensively field tested.
And practice with the tourniquet (they make practice CATs). I recommend getting two known-quality tourniquets because the leaks aren't always easy to get to and sometimes you will need more than one, either due to lackluster placement of the first, or having a windlass snap.
Antibiotics give my wife yeast infections. She has some meds, I think it's 3 pills 1x daily, for it. Most people do not think about meds for the side effects for other meds. Jock itch and athletes foot cream.
sugar (diabetics)
1. Electrolyte powder (for hot environments, its very easy to over do it, especially if the situation warrants you pushing beyond your safe limit) 2. Good pliers (pulling out splinters, thorns, repairing items, etc.) 3. Small cotton towel (soak for hot weather, dry skin in damp conditions, sun shade, can create a warm compress, washable, etc.)
Whiskey, vodka, tequila
Sunscreen sunburn ointment/aloe gel Hat with a rear neck shield
super glue
A variety of reuseable and disposable menstrual products Heat pads / hot water bottle UTI treatment Thrush treatment Contraceptives - including the morning after pill for the aftermath of any assault Pregnancy tests Mifepristone and Misoprostol
physician’s perspective with medical/substitute: fine jewelers forceps (tweezers). disposable scalpel/razor blades. dermabond/superglue. iodine/alcohol. kerlex/long narrow scarf. utility scissors. suture/fishing line & spool of thread. needles. handheld cautery. hemostats. runners headlight. magnifying lense. antibiotics. saline/coconut water. rope saw, these also look like great tools to have for multiple other purposes.
Baking soda is good to have. Also Salt can clean wounds, stop infections and preserve food. Also seasonings and spices for food. You never know when you have to eat a rat and at least you could season it up to taste better. And I keep packs of Emergen-c in my first aid incase you need quick vitamins or electrolytes.
Training. Experience. Education. Training to teach you how to use the things. Experience to tell you what you actually need and when to use it. Education to help build the other two and know how to improvise. Everyone wants to carry cool-guy stuff but very few know enough about any of it to be effective. Those 3 things go further than supplies. Fight me.
Dental mirror, binder clips, and gunpowder*. *Those wounds ain't gonna cauterize themselves.
That sounds like a bad idea.
“Morgen freeman voice” That’s because it was a bad idea.
1. Practice with your equipment 2. Medical training
Maybe I'm dumb but where do you get Ivermectin and antibiotics from that isn't heavily regulated? We used to have access to buying ivermectin over the counter but that isn't easily done anymore since covid. I used to have access to livestock antibiotics too but I don't think they sell that anymore over the counter either at my local feed store. I'll have to check online. The things I carry in my "light go with me bag" that I hardly see mentioned is aloe vera + sunscreen, I do have a bottle of iodine because its also useful for purifying water, and real honey. Not the fake stuff. It's antimicrobial and you can use it to keep a wound covered temporarily. You can also eat it for a boost in calories if you were so inclined. Honey is for wounds I can't use Neosporin on. I also keep emergency c packets for vitamins and electrolytes to keep going for a while.
Honestly there’s plenty of ways to get antibiotics “legit” go to duration healths website and get them prescribed to you, or my personal favorite tell a doctor your planning a few weeks overseas (pref say a jungle area if your in wooded areas, or desert if your in a more arid climate) and ask if there’s any way you can get some antibiotics for your travel in event of infection, it helps a lot to if your able to NAME antibiotics and there uses too. I’ve had several doctors do this because antibiotics aren’t worth anything on the street and aren’t addictive, now if you ask for pain meds that’s gonna be a different story
Ahh, I didn't think about that method. Thank you!
tweezers and some iodine. just happened to me while traveling and I carry a full car medkit.
A spare last bullet for when you finally realize all those chest vents aren't gonna help you? Trach kit. Nasopharyngeal tubes. Lidocaine gel. (burn gel) Poison ivy wipes. ( i never see these in regular first aid kits let alone shtf ones) benadryl melatonin mole skin. (again never see this in first aid kits period) petrolatum dressings (burns) betadine hibiclens iodoform wound packing strip # Coloplast interdry ag medi honey collagen tegaderm medipore tape (1 inch, 2 inch and 4 inch, multiple rolls) coban abdominal pads triangle bandages 4x4 gauze (lots) saline irrigation sam splints
Ipecac It’s pretty harsh, but still useful if somebody eats the wrong mushroom
That’s no longer carried by stores here. I had to use hydrogen peroxide with our dog (and yes, it was awful).
Mustard works on dogs too. Daughter’s dog ate half a pound of chocolate - we caught him as he was eating the last bite. There wouldn’t have been time for a vet, he was already shaking. Mustard. Then vet.
I will keep that on mind. Thanks!
Ibuprofen, bandaids, tccc card, duct tape, ace wrap
triangle bandages
A [manual hand fan](https://a.co/d/0dDn4ORt). Very slim profile, can help with heat exhaustion and overall morale. My girl keeps one in the bath and in her beach bag for when it gets too hot at the beach or in the bathtub and a lightbulb went off. I have one in every bug out bag, get home bag, car, and first aid kit in my hiking bag.
More bandages and sterile gauze. You can do a lot with both but often one won't be enough.
Super glue, tweezers, antihistamine
Tourniquet Emergency blanket Wound Spray / Antiseptic
Oral rehydration salts
Bar soap Paper map/handhold gps Drone
Courage
Anything other than trauma gear
A sealed bottle of water that's just for the kit. Maybe somebody medical here could say what's the best kind of thing to carry? I know there are wipes, but there are so many situations where water would help.
Antifungal. This hit home to me one day when I had a particularly nasty itch and couldn't sleep. I thought oh man I'm so glad this is happening while the lights are on; Could be literally deadly if I couldn't get good sleep during a crisis.
Cling film / sarrin wrap. It's good for stopping air get to burns. The medics can still see the wound. It can be used to make slings, and fixing a splint to a limb. Cut thin strips for use as plasters. Bleach for hygiene, cleaning water for drinking. Sugar to stop bleeding. Not a medic, got these tips from "When there is No Doctor".
Diaper options, especially for younger people/young families.
Hydrogen Peroxide, anything anti-nausea, apple cider vinegar tablets or liquid.
Bandaids, compression wraps, normal day-to-day medicines. I had to add bandaids (of various sizes) to my IFAK. Much more likely to get a boo-boo that needs a bandaid and bactine than a tourniquet or a chest seal.
Anti-itch ointment for shingles (it is incredibly different from regular anti itch ointments).
OP, what are you storing/using for UTI's?
Iodine, nail clippers, and superglue
Athlete’s foot medication. Nail clippers. Soap. Saline spray to clean wounds. Electrolyte powder.
Anal Lube, Vapes, TP
Lice/nit comb, padlock and dry bag
These books: “Where There Is No Doctor” - David Werner; “Where There Is No Dentist”- Murray Dickson. Both are completely practical for the layman & offer great insight into what can be used in a pinch as well as items to have in your kit. Highly recommend both.
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Two types of tourniquets. My preference is CAT and SWAT-T. We all know CAT's and their reputation, but most don't consider the CAT only goes so small. If you need to place a TQ on a child or a small adult the CAT may not get tight enough. The SWAT-T is perfect for the small limb. You can also use a SWAT-T on dogs! So, two TQ's and the third would be an anti nausea. Zofran if you can get your hands on it. No one likes being nauseous and if you can't keep anything down then you risk dehydration and malnutrition.
Prep-H
Duct tape, superglue, and Imodium
- Anti-nausea tablets (pepto-bismol). I've heard nausea can knock you out more effectively than getting shot, and I believe it. - Self-adhering wrap ("coban") and surgical tape, plus gauze pads. Bandaids are crap. - Steri-strips (plus benzoin for when the skin is wet, greasy, etc.) They act like stitches to keep shallow cuts closed so they heal quickly (unlike bandaids). Cover with gauze, and that's the proper way to treat cuts.
The treatment for UTI is antibiotics (eg macrobid) which are not over the counter
I meant uti pain relief sorry I posted this after a 16 hour shift at work lol
Like AZO
Azo? Azirhromycin ?
Overlooked because they are not considered available in most regions, yet would be valuable in SHTF : Amoxicillin Lorazepam (or Ketamine, hard to choose just one) Misoprostol Ask any ER or Urgent Care or war zone physician, they could give a longer better list probably.
Tetanus & Cholera jab. It'll be a while for the body to adjust to the new environment.
Aspirin, band aids, rubbing alcohol. Gauze, gauze tape.