Medical Supplies and First Aid Kit Packing Tips

Here is a list of specific things to put in your first aid and emergency medical kits and a few ideas that will make packing and using your kits easier.

Premade first aid kit suggestions, if you do not want to build your own:

Coleman Expedition First Aid Kit

Adventure Medical Mountain Fundamentals Kit

Wilderness Medical Systems

We’ve put together a free First Aid Kit Worksheet to help you get started with making your own kits to both save money and get exactly what you need. Below, are some of are specific recommendations for items to go into your kits, sorted by category:

Stop Bleeding

Equate Fabric Bandages

Curad Foam Bandages

Curad Flex-Fabric Bandages

Kendall Sterile 4″ X 4″

Telfa Non-Adherent Dressing, 3″ x 4″

3M Durapore Silk Tape

3M Steri Strip Skin Closures

Tincture of Benzoin Bottle

Benzoin Tincture Swabsticks

Kerlix Gauze Rolls

Israeli 6-inch Compression Bandage