Small backpack or Vehicle kit

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Backpack or vehicle Survival Kit

 

No matter what the destination or reason for the trip, your survival kit should travel with you wheneveryou leave the blacktop. It's the very first item thrown in the vehicle.

This is a kit small enough for a child to carry.

This is a survival kit designed to keep 2 people alive for about 72 hours in the event of an earthquake or other disaster, or stranded car in the middle of the desert or a blizzard.

The intent is for this kit to be very compact, portable, relatively inexpensive, and provide the basics of food, water, shelter, and medical supplies.

2 - 3600 kcal food rations or equivalent

6 - 250mL water rations (per day/ per person, if water cannot be found)

1 - bottle water purification tablets (50)

2 - emergency blankets

2 - plastic ponchos

1 - magnesium fire starter

6 - 18 hr. heat packs

3 - 12 hr. lightsticks

1 - signal mirror

1 - emergency flare

1 - flashlight/locator strobe

4 - AA batteries

1 - emergency whistle

1 - multi-function shears

1 - 50 ft. nylon rope

1 - pkg. toilet tissue

1 - snake bite kit

4 - 4x6 field dressings

1 - 250mL sterile water (U.S.P. for first aid use)

1 - trauma pack (see below)

1 - first aid & meds pack (see below)

Trauma Pack

2 - 2" sterile gauze wraps

2 - 4" sterile gauze wraps

1 - triangular bandage

5 - 4x4 sterile gauze pads

5 - 4x4 sterile burn dressings

1 - 3" elastic bandage

2 - blood stopper bandages

1 - cold pack

2 - 8x10 absorbent pads

2 - eye pads

1 - 1" waterproof tape

1 - butterfly strips

Meds Pack

20 -1x3 adhesive bandages

5 - ex. large bandages

1 - 4 oz. burn cream

1 - lip balm

2 - ammonia inhalants

10 - antiseptic towelettes

10 - hydrocortisone cream packets

10 - triple antibiotic ointment packets

1 - 15 mL eye drops

1 - 1/2 oz. anti-fungal cream

10 - decongestant packets (2 tablets)

15 - ibuprofen packets

15 - extra-strength Tylenol packets

10 - antihistamine packets

10 - diarrhea relief packets

10 - Pepto-Bismol packets

 

 

[Mother]

Lois, I know this is a month after your post but I'm just now reading all the back posts. I found this and your previous post very concise and well thought out and written. I am continually amazed at the talent I find here. With info like this it shouldn't be too difficult to come up with a great manual.

 

Thanks a lot