Wilderness First Aid Kit – Is Your Kit in Order?

Having the proper Wilderness First Aid Kit is part of a total hiking safety plan. You never know what may go wrong on a backpacking trip.
There two types of first aid kits. One is your personal first aid kit and the other is a group first aid kit.
Each person should have their own personal kit and if the group is large, then a larger first aid kit with more variety of supplies should be carried. The size of the group is up to you.
Your personal wilderness first aid kit is going to be small and light weight. You can purchase one or make your own. It should be in a water proof container.
This is what I carry in my personal first aid kit. Yours may have additional items, but these are the basic essentials.
1. Band-Aids: You don’t need but a few of these. If they get too old, you have to replace them any way.
I like the band-aids that contain antibiotic.
Carry different sizes for different purposes.
I like wide band-aids for the heel or large abrasions, 1 inch x 3 inch finger size and some 4 inch x 4 inch gauze patches. You can pick out what meets your needs the best.
2. Burn Ointment
3. Antiseptic Swabs – These come in small individually packaged packets.
4. Insect Bite and Sting Medicine
5. Antibiotic Ointment
6. Un-Scented Meat Tenderizer – Yes, you read it correctly. This is the same stuff that you have in the kitchen that you put on meat.
Meat tenderizer breaks down the protein in the meat to make it tender.
An insect injects a small amount of protein under the skin when you are stung.
The itching and/or pain are caused by a reaction to that protein.
Meat tenderizer reacts with the insect’s protein and neutralizes it. Thus relieving you of any discomfort.
It also works great on Jelly Fish stings, Wasp, Yellow Jacket and any other bad critter.
NOTE: There are two types of insect critters. Those that can kill you and those that want to kill you. Don’t mess with any of them.
7. Small Fold-up Scissors (optional)
8. Mole Skin – This is great stuff. It’s used for blisters and blister prevention and comes in small sheets about 3 inches x 6 inches.
If you know that a certain spot on your foot will blister, cut a small square of mole skin and stick it to that spot.

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