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The “what” changes over time & by situation. The “why” at the low end is to take care of minor issues for my family, close friends, & me (I imagine some here are familiar with paragraph 5 instruction “self aid, then buddy aid.”) I carry some mid to higher end stuff for two reasons: 1) 20 years in the military have exposed me to seeing a few bad things happen to people, it’s kind of a force of habit to be prepared. 2) As well as the previously mentioned auto accidents (seen & been in a couple; fortunately none too bad-but enought to know it can happen), I would off a personal “why” Even back in the old peacefull, urban, happy USA, I was walking down the street on evening in an OK area, when a woman staggered out of a building right into me. She had been stabbed a couple of times, I gathered by her husband or boyfriend. This was quite a few years ago, when I was ill prepared, equipped, & without communication it being pre cell phone era (how did we survive?); something I could imagine duplicating by coverage or even a dead battery. Fortunately, I hobbled her around the corner to find a cop. It turns out that lighting is more likely to strike the same place twice. I now have the benifit of being better prepared to deal with such a thing again. I’m not a medic, but in some aspects have better training (our recent experience has vastly improved first aid/responder training for large parts of the ground combat & particularly sof personnel) & admittedly far less in many area (I’ve never really dealt with the elderly, diabetics as so on). Most importantly I would say that I know enough to know my limits. As an aside for those who carry a gun or are around those who do (includes sport shooting not just CCW/duty cases), I would offer that you need to be prepared to deal with a GSW.
That being said, I’m with you on carrying too much. The ballance is hard…
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