A number of years ago, we were preparing for a Grand Canyon trip where one of our trip members was a doctor. We decided it was time to upgrade our first aid and consulted with her a bit. This is what we came up with along with packing it into two ‘regular’ ammo cans, with a bit of redundancy between the two cans. We packed items in 1-gallon ziplocks to help in organization.
Some of the medications are by prescription – but you might be able to get them from your doctor.
Please use this as one example only and make your own decisions as to what you wish to bring.
| Can 1 – Yellow | Can 2 – White |
| Bag 1 – Surgery | Bag 1A – Splints |
| Betadine – Lidocane | Ace Bandage |
| Syringes – Clamp | Tape, Razor |
| Needles | Sam, Finger splints |
| Sutures | |
| Bag 3 – Large gauze squares | |
| Bag 2 – gloves | 2×2 and 4×4 |
| Maxis | |
| Bag 3 – Large gauze squares | |
| 2×2 and 4×4 | Bag 4 – Gauze |
| Maxis | Steristrips |
| Alcohol Pads | |
| Bag 4 – Gauze | non-stick pads |
| Steristrips | Tegaderm |
| Alcohol Pads | eyedrops |
| non-stick pads | |
| Tegaderm | Bag 5 – Bandaids |
| eyedrops | Bacitracin |
| Moleskin | |
| Bag 5 – Bandaids | |
| Bacitracin | Bag 6 – Pills – (partial) |
| Moleskin | Tums – Tylenol |
| Immodium – ABX | |
| Bag 6 – Pills | Benadryl |
| Tums – Tylenol | Sudafed |
| Immodium – ABX | Ibuprofin |
| Benadryl | |
| Sudafed | Bag 7 – Rx |
| Ibuprofin | Cephalexin – bacterial infections |
| Neo/Poly/HC – Ear infections | |
| Oxycod/Apap – for pain | |
| Promethazine – coughing and nausea | |
| Phenadoz – nausea and vomiting | |
| EpiPen | Metronidazole – infections |
| Matches | Ciprofloxacin – bacterial infections |
| Signal Mirror | Amoxicillin – toothache infections |
| Burn Kit | |
| Wilderness 1st Aid Book | Snakebite Kit |
| Monistat Yeast Infection | |
| Triangle Bandage |