Reddit reviews Adventure Medical Kits Ultralight and Watertight First Aid, 0.5 Tin, Kit
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Manufacturer: Adventure Medical Kits
I keep this bag in my truck in case I need to get home on foot and for day hikes. It's an REI Stoke 9, jam packed with the following (left to right):
GSI Outdoors Glacier Stainless Bottle Cup/Pot
Etekcity Ultralight Portable Outdoor Backpacking Camping Stove
Food - Cliff Bars and GU
Gorilla Tape To-Go
Morakniv Companion Fixed Blade Outdoor Knife
SecureLine 100-Feet 550 Nylon Paracord
Petzl Pro Am'D Screw-Lock Carabiner
LifeStraw Personal Water Filter
Coast 20266 HL46 Dual-Color LED Headlamp
Extra AAA batteries
Coast HP2 Universal Focusing 85 Lumen Penlight
Waterproof Windproof Matches
Nite Ize Gear Tie Reusable Rubber Twist Tie, 6-Inch, Blue, 2-pack
Small Flask
Headphones
Mophie Powerstation and cord
PackTowl Personal Towel
Nylon Tarp with Bungee Ties - think this came with my REI 2 person tent - awesome instashelter
Extra Underwear
SmartWool socks
Wool beanie
Vinyl poncho
Adventure Medical Kits Ultralight & Watertight .5 First Aid Kit
Also in the FAK pouch: Bic Lighter, Rubber gloves, Emergency Blanket
Coast BX310 Lock Back Folding Knife 2.63-Inch Blade
Coast LED145 LED Micro Pliers
REI Stoke 9 Pack
 
*Full disclosure, my wife used to work for Coast.
Edit 1: hella formatting errors
From the inventory of that kit vs. a lazy Amazon search:
QuikClot clotting sponge
$10.99
SWAT-T Tourniquet
$12.03
Nitrile Gloves
$0.24
Antiseptic wipe
$.06
Disposable bag
$.09
Trauma pad (5 x 9 in)
$1
Duct tape (2 x 26 in)
$0.06
TOTAL $23.47, leaving you $11.52 to package it in something waterproof and cheap like a ZipLoc bag (so you can see what's in it), and add the other boring stuff you'll need 99% of the time like band aids, tweezers, immodium, ibuprofen, antihistamine, etc. You'll even have 178' of left over duct tape for taping the living crap out of everything around you.
Also, if you don't have (recent -- as in the last couple of years) training on when it's appropriate to use a tourniquet, chances are you'll do more harm than good with it. A lot of the medical philosophy around using them has changed with all the recent combat experience US forces have experienced.
:-)
These guys (Adventure Medical -- same company) actually put out a very smart, more comprehensive kit for $29.99:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000G80KZQ
Or for something a little lighter and single-person, their $14.99 kit is great (to which I added a clotting sponge):
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00AAZ08ES
I think people are better off buying a kit that covers the 99% first, and THEN adding to it a bit of trauma kit (after taking a ALS/EMT course so they actually know what to do with it).
Well if you truly are heading out into the backcountry then there are a number of things. Here is a small sampling of the kit I have put together. I am by no means an experienced backcountry snowboarder, through have spent a lot of my life hunting and exploring the wilderness during winter time. Still please take this as advice from a novice that has been doing a lot of research on the subject and has just gotten into it in the last year.
Essentials no matter where I am
If you are going into avalanche terrain
Some other good stuff
Edit: I should also mention that the first book I listed up in the other comment is written by one of the top experts in the world on avalanches.
I use an adventure medical .5
I've taken it on kayak trips and caving.. I like the fact that it comes with a waterproof bag inside the yellow storage bag.
EMT-B here. I only carry a foot care kit and Adventure Medical Kits Ultralight & Watertight .5 First Aid Kit https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00AAZ08ES/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_I9NMxbB8ZRRDR.