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I used to make them but I got lazy. I carry one of the small premade kits off Amazon. Pretty complete and comes in a red zippered fabric pouch. Cheaper than buying the pocket organizer I was considering making into one. Added a couple upgrades like a sharp SAK classic and I’m good to go. around 14 dollars. 100 items even includes safety pins.
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Even before the great patent wars, their desire to make everything proprietary, locked down, and just plain sterile always had me looking elsewhere.
UST makes a couple of really basic booboo kits in a hard plastic, o-ring-sealed case. The 1.0 is basically just some bandages, a little gauze, and some tape, while the 2.0 adds burn cream, antibiotic ointment, aspirin, acetaminophen, and some other things. They’re both dirt cheap and can be found at box stores like WalMart. I think the 1.0 is around $5. Never seen the 2.0 kit in stores but it runs about $12 on Amazon, and honestly I think it’s probably the easiest inexpensive way to equip a person who does not otherwise have a first aid kit.
I acquired a similar container and built my own booboo kit with bandages of various sizes, a few gauze pads, a pair of nitrile gloves, a few antiseptic wipes, tube of anitbiotic cream and some q-tips. It’s not much but it covers basic issues and it’s in a waterproof container so I never worry about the bandages getting wet. The qtips came in handy after a trip to a waterpark one summer with my brother and nephews and they didn’t think to bring any.
The UST containers aren’t particularly durable though. While the container I built my kit in is not from UST it’s clearly from the same Chinese factory, and when I got it out while making this post I see the case is all cracked up; this thing just sits in my EDC pack under no real pressure but apparently that was enough to crack it. So that’s something to consider, and now I’m in the market for a more durable container. But that’s okay, the kit needed revising anyway.
For a basic booboo kit I’d say the following are good things to have, in whatever quantity makes you feel comfortable.
large 2″ bandages for large scrapes
3/4″ and 1/2″ bandages for minor scrapes, cuts, & burns
knuckle bandages
gauze, either in 2×2 or 4×4 pads, or rolls
medical tape (to hold down gauze, and sometimes bandages need a little help)
antiseptic wipes (either alcohol, iodine or BZK)
antibiotic cream
burn gel
Qtips
finger cots (for waterproofing a bandaged finger in a wet environment)
nitrile gloves (because safety)
good tweezers (if you dont carry them elsewhere)
good medical scissors (if you dont carry them or a knife elsewhere)I dont include any meds in my first aid kit because I carry them separately: your mileage may vary.
I think that’s enough to cover most of the minor issues one would consider a ‘booboo.’ If this kit wont take care of the problem then odds are you need your trauma kit anyway. And I do have a bigger trauma kit in my truck, built inside a Condor Rip Away EMT pouch. The big 8″x8″ one. I’ve got quite a bit of stuff in there as it serves as both a trauma kit and primary booboo kit when I’m camping.
Truthfully though, from my experience, you should find a premade kit that covers most of what you’re looking for and then just add to it. After building my trauma kit I found I could have bought a similar kit, in the same pouch, for less than what I had in it. Of course, doing it my way means I have a whole hall closet full of medical supplies to restock my kit with, so there’s that.
Lastly, whether building your own kit or adding to a premade, I’ve found that the single-use packages of medications are better than trying to pack bottles and tubes. You can get stuff like that here.
Personally, their business practices are the reason I hold so much disdain for them.
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The used to be about innovation now there only about litigationSent from my EVO 4G LTE using Tapatalk 2
Yes, the rechargeables have significantly higher output than primaries.
Click to expand…Not necessarily, it depends on what kind of regulation the light has. If it’s a buck-boost thingy, that means it will lower too high voltage down to spec and boost a too low voltage. Therefore, in some cases, li-ion vs. lithium primary makes no difference whatsoever to brightness. On some lights, it does, though.
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Also, as I pointed out on CPF back when I was a member there, as long as the battery is inside a flashlight, it’s very unlikely to do any damage even if it does flare-up. The worst-case scenario is the light turns off and suddenly gets really hot, so you drop it and kick it away from you, then wait for it to cool off.
Click to expand…I’m not an expert, but I gathered from CPF that when a cell vents, it’s likely to release some nasty chemicals. So be careful when you retrieve and open that cooled off light.
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I carry a Helikon-Tex pocket med insert in addition to a small trauma kit. I like the organization and size (roughly 4.5 x 5.5 inches). Ideal for carrying band aids, moleskin, single use ointments, etc.
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Oooo, that’s a NEAT little kit carrier 🙂 Been looking for something like that for my BASK (Bumps and Scrapes Kit). Thanks for the heads up 😀I carry a Helikon-Tex pocket med insert in addition to a small trauma kit. I like the organization and size (roughly 4.5 x 5.5 inches). Ideal for carrying band aids, moleskin, single use ointments, etc.
When ever I get it ill post pictures
I ah ve been fighting off the urge to go buy a S3 for 2 months now sense my contract expired. I decided to go iPhone though becasue we have allmost all macs in my house and the just intergrate so well.
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That is the most significant reason to get an iPhone. We can discuss the pros and cons of Android vs iOS, but when you get down to it the significant differences are few. As with so many other things in life the best choice in smart phones depends on your needs and expectations.I agonized over my phone choice for a few weeks until I found a salesperson that was both knowledgeable and objective. After asking me questions and discussing my needs he recommended an Android because I don’t have any other Apple products and I like to customize my phone. Other than that either phone would work well for me.
Here’s mine:
It’s got pain killer, for diarrhea, hyper acidty, allergy
I have almost run out of pain killers but will replenish soon.Not shown: Asian Menthol oil (Axe brand), Wetwipes and Hand Sanitizer
Well, in my EDC pouch (which goes with me also when no messenger bag or backpack is suitable) contains such items.
I’ll list them asap. Update: here we go.
medicine in daily-/single-servings (German trade names marked in italic):
magnesium granule (250mg), to prevent/ease muscle cramps
salt sachet (taken from fast food restaurant), after massive sweating or to add some taste to your meal on the go (for the same reason I also carry a single pepper sachet)
2 TALCID (hydrotalcite) tablets, to treat acid reflux
2 DOLORMIN (Ibuprofen 400mg) tablets, for headache or other pains
2 ASPIRIN EFFECT (acetylsalicylic acid 500mg) granule, for headache or other pains as well for blood thinning
2 VOMEX (dimenhydrinate), to treat nausea / prevent vomiting
2 GRIPOSTAD C (paracetamol and coffee), to treat a common cold
6 IMODIUM AKUT LINGUAL (loperamide hydrochloride) to immediately treat diarrhea
Note to myself: add one dextrose (Dextro Energy) tablet to help with low sugar level.first aid (boo-boo-kit style):
small- and medium-sized band-aids
blister bandage
2″x3″ gauze pad
2 alcohol wipes, for cleaning skin around wounds
Note to myself: replenish wound closure band-aids and Bitepatch Mosquito Bite Relief Patch.FYI: I’ve added an URIEL trauma bandage (works also as a pressure bandage and may work as a TQ), plus eight medical tape strips (for a make-shift chest seal) – so my EDC pouch is both a boo-boo kit and first dose of medicine as well as a better-than-nothing trauma kit.
The added Swiss+Tech Micro-Max® 19-in-1 mini multitool and a book of matches complement the setup and enhance the capability into on-the-fly craftsmanship and ‘survial’ 😀I keep a Rescue-Essentials Personal Plus kit in my bag. I’ve supplemented it with a few things, but it is basically a stock kit. https://www.rescue-essentials.com/personal-plus-first-aid-kit/
I keep an Altoids tin boo boo kit in my laptop bag. A couple of bandaids, blister pads, a couple of Alieve, immodium and Sudafed. I have used it many times. I once went to a client meeting with a female colleague and as were standing in the lobby she realized her leg was bleeding from her morning shave. When I whipped out an alcohol prep pad and bandaid from the Altoids tin she was surprised but happy
‘ve heard of rechartgeable LIon cells over the last year or so, but always wondered if it was worth it. TBH, based on your excellent writeup, it really seems like it’s not. Aside from the reusability aspect, which of course has a certain appeal for cheapness and pollution reasons, is there a benefit to these cells? Are they higher-output than the equivalent disposables, for example, assuming nothing goes wrong?
Click to expand…Yes, the rechargeables have significantly higher output than primaries. The really high-output flashlights all use rechargeables for this reason, or else they have to use multiple primaries instead of a single rechargeable.
The real-world effect of all the technobabble in the first post is: you need to buy a good charger, which you’ll have to do anyway since an AA charger won’t work, and you should periodically swap-out a battery that’s in-use for a fresh one and charge the old one, even if it didn’t appear to be run-down. If you use your flashlight every day, just swap-out the battery when you get home in the evening — it only takes a few seconds to do it.
Also, as I pointed out on CPF back when I was a member there, as long as the battery is inside a flashlight, it’s very unlikely to do any damage even if it does flare-up. The worst-case scenario is the light turns off and suddenly gets really hot, so you drop it and kick it away from you, then wait for it to cool off. Even so, I’ve never actually seen anything of the sort happen, and neither have most of the people here. That should give you some idea of how unlikely a catastrophic failure really is. You’ll probably deal with more car accidents than exploding batteries in your lifetime.
