Short article & ingredients list over at Section Hiker. Been carrying something very similar for some years now, but it's time to re-inventory, re-stock, and re-evaluate the whole thing. In the meantime... take a look.
The biggest differences between Section Hiker's kit and mine are things like ear plugs are omitted (who wants to sleep in the wild if you can't hear what's slipping up on you? could be a loup-garou nosing around camp) and a few items like triple antibiotic ointment are added. Here's my list:
- Leukotape strips, 6 pre-cut on release paper (from self-stick stamp book)
- hydro-skin blister tapes, 3
- fabric band-aids, 5
- non-stick gauze pads, 4
- gauze roll, small
- medical tape roll, very small one
- Steri-Strip wound closers
- triple antibiotic ointment (very small tube)
- Benadryls, 12
- Loperamide anti-diarreheals, 6 (probably should add more)
- Ibuprofens, 12
- important: 3x5 card ID'ing the preceding three items, and giving dosages
- nitrile gloves, 2
- tweezers
- misc. prescriptions
- pocket knife
- alcohol stove fuel (an antiseptic and first-rate anesthetic)
Well, your mileage may vary. It's nothing fancy, and I'm generally not out of cell phone or 2m ham radio range so I've left out the satcom, as well as some of the more extreme medical items. Again, your mileage may vary. Good luck on the trail.
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