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Survival Kit Ideas Week #13: Other First Aid

January 4, 2012 By 30 Comments

Welcome Back!

I hope you were all able to take a little time over the Holidays to get caught up on your kits and get your supplies organized into an actual portable pack.  That is an essential part of this whole process.

And no, I didn’t forget about week #12′s winner / prize.  You can see the winner at the bottom of this post.

If you are just joining us, I recommend starting with week #1.  You can find it here:

Once you’ve completed that, just jump in on this week’s focus.  I will cycle through each week again once we are done.  You can do the earlier weeks last instead of first!  You can also read the intro to this series here: Survival Kit Ideas: a week by week approach.

I hope all of you were able to add some different sanitizing items to your kit a few weeks ago.

This week’s focus:

Other First Aid

Suggestions:

You should have bandages and sanitation items in your kit from the last two weeks in the series.  This week, focus on rounding out / completing the rest of your first aid supplies.  Like the last 2 weeks, many of these things may come in a pre-made first aid kit.   If you haven’t yet, I would suggest clicking on the above link and purchasing a pre-made kit.  Many readers have also mentioned finding some discounted kits at Walmart. I have looked into purchasing things separately or in a pre-made kit many times, and it is always less expensive to order the pre-made kit.

Here is a list of half of the additional first aid supplies I would suggest you consider adding to your kit.  If you pre-made kit doesn’t include these, you could consider adding them separately.

What we have done in our family:
I do not yet have everything on this list in my kit.  I have prioritized what is most important to us and add things when I am able.  When I started as a Shelf Reliance consultant, the only things we had in our kit from this list were antibiotic cream, scissors and burn relief.   I have added quite a bit since then, and plan to add the rest during these two weeks of the series, but my work as a consultant has made me better able to do that.  I suggest you prioritize this list according to what is most important to your family and get what you can now.  Then, cycle back through the series.  You will come to this week again and can add more.  There may be some things you never add, such as the snake bite kit if you don’t live near snakes!  Point is, this is a very comprehensive list, don’t get hungup on trying to do it ALL right NOW.

This week’s focus:

Other First Aid

 

And don’t forget….
Add $1 per person to your survival kit this week.  Make sure you use $1 bills and / or quarters.

This week’s winner:

I’m so thrilled to announce the winner of week #12′s drawing:  I had 9 entries (only 1 entry per person).   According to Random.org commenter #8 was the winner:

Betty said:

Congrats Betty!

Want to win?

I am giving away 1 prize per week for 26 weeks.  All you have to do to enter the drawing each week is leave a comment on THIS POST before 9:00 am next Wednesday, January 11th.  Simple.   Just tell me what you are going to do to round out the first aid supplies in your kit.

This is open to anyone and everyone: my family members, friends, those I’ve never met, other Shelf Reliance consultants: anyone! Below are the 4 prizes each winner can choose from:

  1. A 55 gallon water barrel,
  2. A Katadyn Hiker Pro Microfilter, or
  3. A Featherlite zero degree sleeping bag
  4. A $70 credit to purchase any emergency supplies you want from Shelf Reliance
That’s right!  I will be giving away something EACH WEEK for 26 weeks!

Want to guarantee winning one of the above?  

If you want to earn a prize instead (or in addition) to winning one all you have to do is share this series 50 times., fill out the form at the bottom of this post each week.  Once you reach 50 entries (an average of just over 2 per week), I will contact you about which free product you want.
You can share it:

  • using the buttons at the very bottom of this post.  This is the quickest and most painless way:…just click on each button!  Each click counts as one entry!
  • on your own on facebook (each post counts as one entry, so post often),
  • on your own on twitter (each tweet counts as one entry),
  • on your own on pinterest (each pin counts as one entry)
  • by phone (each phone call counts as one entry),
  • by email (each person you email counts as one entry), or
  • on your blog / website (each post / mention counts as one entry).
  • by actually speaking to someone in person about the series (thanks to reader Rachel, for reminding me to add this)

The following form will be available at the end of each weeks post.  Simply submit your info each week.  Once you reach 50 entries, I will contact you about which product you’d like.  Please be honest!

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You might also enjoy:

  1. Survival Kit Ideas: A week by week approach
  2. Survival Kit week #12: Sanitation
  3. Survival Kit Series Week #7: How ya gonna eat?
  4. Survival Kit Series week #10: Staying Warm
  5. Survival Kit Series week #9: Where ya gonna sleep?
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  1. Marcia says:
    January 4, 2012 at 8:33 pm

    I don’t have a suture kit, so thanks for the reminder that I need one. I was trying to get a sliver out of my finger and realized I didn’t have a needle. Something so small – easy to pack – but rather important.

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  2. rachel b. says:
    January 4, 2012 at 11:26 pm

    Hope you had a great Christmas! Glad to see you back. Break went way too quick around here and there’s still lots to do.

    Just noticed that the entry form above does not state that actually “talking” to people in person counts as a way to share this info. I’m sure it does, just noticed it wasn’t in the listing. LOL

    I actually just finally found the Iodide Tablets. I was originalls thinking that it was the liquid Iodine that we were needing for the radiation troubles. However, finally found in one of my books that we need IodiDe. There’s a second D in the word rather than an N. I went to the pharmacy and asked them where i could find this produce. Sure enough, they had it for sale (w/out a Rx needed) behind the counter. Was excited to finally get my hands on that!

    LOL… ok… i’ll try this again. Yes, I indeed am… human! :)

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    • Misty says:
      January 5, 2012 at 3:48 am

      Thanks Rachel! Yes, the break went by MUCH to quick around here as well, but is was certainly nice. I LOVE it when my husband has time off!

      And yes, of course talking to someone in person is a GREAT way to share this. How funny that in this crazy technological world, I forgot to list that!

      And the human thing, sorry, but I was getting 20+ crazy spamming comments everyday. It was just taking too much time to monitor and delete them all!

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  3. Lisa says:
    January 5, 2012 at 6:01 am

    I have a good jump on the first aid and safety items but need to add a snake bite kit and the iodide tablets. Congrats to Betty!

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  4. Linda D says:
    January 5, 2012 at 4:02 pm

    We are doing well on our first aid stuff and have added some CPR shields, burn gel, various gauze rolls, sewing kit withe needles, iodide tinicture (sp?), scissors, various medicines, but will add suture kits, snack bite removal kits, and others in the days to come…also have added tweezers, dust masks, antibiotic ointment too…

    Good to be back and see you back!! Vacations go way too quickly!!!!

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  5. Gayle J says:
    January 5, 2012 at 6:23 pm

    Still working on stocking up. We have wheat berries,rye, oats,rice cocoa,water, volcano stove,first aid, bug out bags. sewing needs. Still need to get sleeping bags and some sort of generator.

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  6. rachel b. says:
    January 5, 2012 at 7:07 pm

    the items in green above look like they are links… but none of them seem to work.

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    • Misty says:
      January 5, 2012 at 8:29 pm

      Thank you Rachel! I didn’t realize that was happening. I’m so glad you found it! It should be fixed now, but if you see anything like that again, let me know!

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  7. Michael Waters says:
    January 9, 2012 at 9:00 pm

    My wife bought a few J&J first aid kits on clearance awhile back, so we moved those from the pantry into our survival kits. We made a list of things we don’t have but could use- like snake bite kits- very important with rattlers and all the other snakes here in georgia, and will be ordering tho
    se soon.

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  8. Betty Porter says:
    January 10, 2012 at 6:41 pm

    I need to get a suture kit, but hopefully I won’t need to use it. I use to be a surgical tech, so I have had experience with it, but it’s been years!

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  9. JIll says:
    January 10, 2012 at 10:35 pm

    I love your insights on what to have in the 72 hr. packs AND reading comments from other readers. But I feel like I am playing “catch-up”. Do you have special items in your young children’s bags?

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    • Misty says:
      January 14, 2012 at 6:43 pm

      Sorry Jill, I just now realized I’d never responded to you! First, thank you for your kind comments! I agree that I love the additional comments / perspective from other readers!

      Don’t stress too much about playing catchup. Just make sure you have week #1 completed and then jump in on this week. Don’t worry about the previous weeks. I will cycle back through them and you can do them then. The whole point of this series is to make creating your kit simple and do-able! Just take it one week at a time.

      As for my kids kits, you can read a detailed description here: http://www.yourownhomestore.com/2011/03/72-hr-kits/

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  10. beth says:
    January 22, 2012 at 5:41 pm

    Hi-just found your site- I too am a shelf reliance consultant. I was looking for more recipes but AM EXCITED about your emergency kit series! I cant get # 14 to show -is that beacuse you are in the middle of it? I have many emergency things for my pack already but this has still given me new ideaS! I just recieved my stove in a can and also got wing tip stoves for a back up plan-3 is two and two is one- a favorite quote from Jim Rawles- the survivalblog! Please enter me in the weekly drawing and keep up this awesome series!!

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