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First Aid Travel Kit
Aka: First Aid Travel Kit, First Aid Wilderness Kit
- See Also
- First Aid Kit
- Winter Wilderness Survival
- Approach: General
- Items in addition to those included in First Aid Kit
- Prevent Gastrointestinal Illness
- Foodborne Illness Prevention
- Water Disinfection
- Consider Traveler's Diarrhea Prophylaxis
- Approach: Additional Wound Care Items
- Wound Cleansing
- Irrigating syringe (30 cc) with 18 gauge plastic tip
- Antiseptics (wound edges only)
- Povidone Iodine 10% (Betadine) diluted 1 ounce in one liter water for use
- Wound Closure
- Steri-strips or butterfly bandages
- Tincture of benzoin
- Preparations: Basic Trauma Care
- Gauze
- Ace wrap
- Sling
- Sam Splint
- Foot Blister pack ( Spenco second skin, Moleskin)
- Gloves
- Preparations: Advanced Trauma care (Hemorrhage risk)
- Combat Gauze or Israeli Bandages (elastic wrap with impregnated coagulant) or similar
- Tourniquet
- Chest Seal
- Trauma shears
- Knife
- Preparations: Additional Medications
- Pepto-Bismol or Imodium
- Antiemetic (e.g. Ondansetron ODT)
- Oral rehydration salts (packets, tablets)
- Analgesics (Ibuprofen, Acetaminophen)
- Antihistamines (e.g. Diphenhydramine, Cetirizine)
- Epinephrine Autoinjector (if Anaphylaxis history)
- AlbuterolInhaler
- Sunscreen with high SPF
- Insect repellant with DEET
- Antacid (e.g. Tums)
- Preparations: Miscellaneous items
- Extra pair of prescription glasses
- Preparations: Items specific for a pregnant traveler
- General items
- Thermometer
- Oral rehydration salts
- Prenatal Vitamins
- Vaginal yeast preparation (e.g. monistat)
- Acetaminophen
- Third trimester of pregnancy (consider)
- Blood Pressure cuff
- Urine Dipsticks
- References
- Jacobson (1998) Emerg Med, p. 115-34 [PubMed]
- Weiss (1992) Wilderness and Travel Medicine, p. 90-105
- Forgey (1994) Wilderness Medicine, p. 201-15