Gear Review
Everything we need
By Karl Meltzer
Ranked #8 - Trail Running Accessories
May 29, 2009
This kit has everything necessary, except narcotics. Worth every penny!
View Details: Adventure Medical Comprehensive First Aid Kit
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Tech Specs:
- Dimesions:
- 14 x 8 x 5"
- Group Size:
- 14 People
- Trip Duration:
- 28 Days
- Recommended Use:
- First-aid treatment of abrasions, blisters, burns, and other medical emergencies in the backcountry
- Weight:
- 3lb 13oz
- Medical Information:
- 1 Comprehensive guide to wilderness & travel medicine booklet, 1 Illustrate guide to life-treatening emergencies
- Essential Equipment:
- EMT shears, digital thermometer, Duct tape, 1 Splinter Picker tweezers, 1 Scalpel #11 blade (sterile), 1 Sawyer extractor, 1 dental filling kit, 4 pill vials, 3 accident report & pencil
- Wound Management:
- 4 Double antibiotic ointment, 6 antiseptic towelettes, 3 tincture of benzoin, 1 20cc. Irrigation syringe, 2 povidone iodine solution (1oz), 10 wound closure strips, 1 surgical scrub brush
- Bandage Materials:
- 16 4x4 or 3x3 or 2x2 sterile bandages, 4 non-adherent sterile dressings, 1 adhesive tape (10yrd), 20 strip&knuckle bandages, 2 8x10 and/or 5x9 trauma pads, 2 conforming gauze bandages, 4 cotton tipped applicators, 1 Elastic bandage w/ Velcro, 2 triangular bandages, 2 Stockinette bandages, 2 eye pads
- Blister/ Burn:
- 2 Moleskin, 2 Spenco 2nd Skin, 1 non-woven adhesive knit, 1 molefoam
- CPR/ Choking/Drowning:
- CPR Barrier MicroShield
- Fracture/ Sprain/Strain:
- SAM splint
- Infectious Control:
- 6 Nitrile exam gloves, 3 antimicrobial hand wipes, 1 infectious control bag
- Gear Repair/ Survival Items:
- 3 safety pins, 1 Water/windproof matches
- Medication:
- 10 Extra Strength Tylenol, 6 antihistamine, 10 Motrin, 3 sting relief pads, 1 Aloe Vera Gel 100%, 2 oral rehydration salts, 6 diamode (Immodium), 1 glutose paste, 10 Dristan cold & flu formula, 8 Mylanta, 3 Cortisone cream 1%, 3 Tinactin antifungal cream
- Country of Origin:
- American Samoa
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