It's a good start, I have a hefty first aid kit and am planning on expanding it even more. Taking first aid courses is always helpful as well if you haven't before. It'll give you better ideas on how to properly use items in first aid kits.

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Don't forget water storage; get a 40L (or more) jug with a spout and and a 5L (or more) tank for portability/ lending to someone without.

Always good to have.

Short term: flushing toilets, washing hands, cooking, personal cleaning, drinking.

Longer term: drinking.

Had a watemain break and was happy to have for the time it took to be repaired.

It's not always about disasters, but also every day occurrences.

The 1% just call their essential home backup set a second home…thought that is what this was

That first aid kit is sad even for a home kit. Personally I'd get things separately like a variety pack of band-aids, moleskin, metal tweezers, medical tape, large wound patches, tourniquet, tube of antibacterial gel, tube of cortisone, bottle of cooling aloe gel, some form of quick clot, several instant read thermometers, finger tip blood oxygen monitor, etc.

Build a trauma FAK yourself: tourniquets, gauze, and ACE bandages or elastic rolls. Chest seals if you anticipate penetrating chest injuries. That’ll cover you for most situations. Obviously, only use what you’re trained for.

For boo boo/non-trauma FAKs, I don’t mind paying extra for pre-made. Adventure Medical make some good kits. You can also look at what’s included and order refills or loose items and supply your own bag.

In my experience the best kits are the ones you put together yourself. Sometimes I'll get a decent one with some extra room in it and supplement it, but putting one together yourself ensures it has exactly what you'll need for your purposes, and no extra unnecessary supplies. It also ensures you know exactly where everything is, which can be important in a time-sensitive emergency

NAR makes some very good pre-built trauma kits. A little pricey but they are top quality.

My Medic sells decent ones, but you have to know what you're getting. Some are um... less than stellar with things like a RAT. They are also expensive for what you get unless you can get one on a good sale.

I'd almost just get something from Galls instead though. Along with the kits you can get at outdoor/hiking/hunting/gun stores like Adventure Medical (the most common in my area... I can find them damn near everywhere from REI to Fred Meyer... regional grocery and department store).

Toss all non band-aid brand band aids and get the band aid brand

Hemostat

Extra ibuprofen- it goes very, very quickly

Benadryl

Rolled gauze

Quik clot

Lots of burn gel

Flashlight, head lamp, Chem lights

Plastic gloves (good quality)

Otc stuff- Tums, Claritin, peroxide, anti-diarhea etc

Also re med kit: bandages, burn cream, finger condoms, disinfectant, and pads.

Super glue, finger condoms, and silver nitrate

Just saying this to anyone who will listen because it’s the best advice I ever got in the kitchen. If you burn yourself right away run the spot under room temp water (hot hurts like hell and cold kills nerves) then stick it in bucket of salt and let it sit caked on for 10 minutes before rinsing off. It does fuck all for pain unless you pare it with a shot of whisky but it will prevent a bubble from forming and that’s the biggest problem with burns.

Burn gel, finger cots, medical glue. There’s a million things but at least get quality bandaids. Nothing worse than those cheap ones

Last 1 is most needed

I’m going to recommend going to YouTube and looking up Nutnfancy and first aid. He goes into what he puts in his. He actually has a few different versions for different situations.

Hello there! Adventure Medical Kits are good with comprehensive packs also love that each pack comes with a great pocket guide to first aid and such. With Different sizes depending on your specific needs. Another company and pack I purchased and loved for the quality of the pack, organization and items is the surviveware kit. I don’t know how to link anything on here but a quick search on amazon will pop them up. Also remember every kit is going to be missing items that you may need for your specific situation. Take time learn what works for you, also recommend a few basic first aid training courses. I hope that helps.

Yeah go with adventure medical kits or buy the supplies and build your own.

100% build your own. It’s super simple, and will serve you better than any off the shelf kit. Make a list of what capabilities you want to have. Make a list of what supplies you’d need to achieve each task. Then pick sizes applicable to you and anyone you’d be treating. Throw the whole thing in a rubber made container. Bam. Savin lives.

Consider listerine (original only) for tick removal. Use a cotton ball soaked with it, hold it down on the tick and they will back out in a couple seconds. Less danger of partial removal or expressing tick juice into the wound

You need to have more than Benadryl for allergies my niece and her 4 kids are all allergic to Benadryl sends them into Anaphylaxis. 

I see the straws, I would get some water purification tablets as well. They’re dirt cheap and water’s more important than food even in the grand scheme.

You can get backup prescription meds from companies like Jase, and if you or any of your people struggle with long term conditions I recommend seeing if any of your meds are available that way. You can also get antibiotics that way, which are really critical to have if things go fully pear shaped. You should never use them if not necessary though.

Oh also potassium iodide pills enough for you and your people. Just in case it’s a Fallout situation.

Edit: I’m sure I’m gonna catch jokes for this but I keep a good old fashioned Boy Scout Handbook, too. It’s got good first aid, triage info, Plant guide, all kinds of fire builds, knots, shelter info. It’s a good basic comprehensive book.

https://theprepared.com/bug-out-bags/guides/first-aid-kit-list/ they did a great AMA in this sub years ago, and I bought based on this list

Medical professional... 6 years military medic. 1 year Hospital ER 2 years EMS.

Use what you know how to use.

People are suggesting things like antibiotics... which are useful but folks dont think about broad spectrum vs narrow spectrum and all the other fun shit when it comes to them... just because you're taking antibiotics doesnt mean you're treating your infection.

Also... most people forget the basics for wound care. Bandaids and superglue can cover plenty of minor injuries. Cravats/ triangular bandages are good for slings. Tongue depressors can turn the cravat into an impromptu tourniquet or splint a broken finger. Gauze. Lots of gauze. Ace wraps. Tape. Basic vital signs equipment... invest in a good stethoscope.

Sidenote: for quikclot combat gauze, they have moved from the shellfish based coagulant which was causing thermal burns and allergies... to kaolin... which is clay and can be found in most household makeups

The above is great I would also add meds for common issues such as anti diarrheal , Tylenol and ibuprofen for fever and pain, penicillin or other antibiotics ( you can buy “fish” antibiotics online), and an antihistamine such as Benadry.

Compressed gauze, some duct tape, tourniquet, Israeli bandage, decompression needle, chest seals, maybe some liquid bandage, quick clot, gloves.

What's worked better for me is finding a list of complaints that can be taken care of or improved with home treatment, listing out what supplies they mention, and then slowly adding them to my kit.

Every list I find is missing something. The prepper ones in particular tend to over emphasize treating gunshot wounds and underemphasize treating blisters and stings. So just finding a straight up first aid manual helped me.

As a doctor, I love this!!

You should definitely add a roll of crepe bandage, 100ml normal saline (to clean out wounds before dressing), number 10/11 blade and some medical grade sanitizer.

You could go a step further and learn how to suture with the kits available online and then buy yourself some suture material too!

As a doc I approve of this kit, OP has got almost all mild to moderate emergencies covered. Add a crepe bandage to the mix and you are golden.

OP makes an excellent point. Part of EDC is being ready for what life throws at us. I have a med pack but in my weekend bag (because I'm on the road every second weekend). Lots of similar pieces.

Solid kit!

Solid, but I would add some items.

1. Acetaminophen (Tylenol). Aspirin and ibuprofen both have anticoagulant properties and could make bleeding from a bruise or laceration worse. Tylenol doesn't affect clotting, but it is also not an anti-inflammatory.

2. Benadryl. Both topical and pill or liquid form. This could supplement the topical steroid, but if you have a systemic (whole body) allergic reaction, the topicals will do you no good.

3. Get a sharp tip and flat tip tweezer as they function differently (and the extra pair adds no weight).

4. Check expiration dates and rotate out anything expired for all those blood clotting products (except those that work only by local pressure or the tourniquet effect). Those anti-bleeding compounds often have a limited shelf life. Pressure is still needed, and those compounds are mostly used when direct pressure or a tourniquet isn't practical (abdominal, pelvic, or chest wound) or pressure alone isn't enough. Some training is needed to use those properly.

This is a proper first aid kit.

Clot stop powder, Israeli bandages and super glue have saved so many lives. I often think they should be mandatory kits in cars and trucks.

I would also add some moleskin. One thing that we need to take care of and is mostly neglected is our feet. Blisters while trying to get to safety is one’s worst nightmare

I like that you mention taking the courses, and ones past the starter first aid. Because honestly in a real emergency having the skills will be just as important as having the supplies, and any serious skills are in the later courses! They can be really enjoyable to take. My partner started with a first aid course, and kept upgrading from there out of love of it, and is now a critical care paramedic.

Thanks for sharing man. Solid setups