MEDICAL KITS
Personal Medical Kit Contents	Moderate Medical Kit Contents
Content listing: NSAIDS APAP Decongestants Iodine water treatment Antimalarial health meds Antibiotic Insect repellant Suncreen GI drugs (Pepto) Antidiarrheal (Loperamide) Tweezers Scissors Bandages Wound care ointment Tape Bandaid safety pin	Content listing: A-1:1000 Epinephrine/EpiPen (airway/allergic emergencies) Nasal decongestant drops Albuterol Nasopharyngeal airway/LMA (not pictured) (endotracheal kit, needle cryc kit optional-can improvise) Diphenhydramine (ie, Benadryl) Pseudoephedrine (Sudafed)/Fenofexadine (Allegra)… Nifedipine (HAPE) Dexamethasone (injectable, for HACE/AMS) Acetazolamide (Diamox-for AMS)   B-Hydrocortisone/Triamcinolone topical Suture material Non-latex gloves (can improvise for mouth to mouth ventilations, Heimlich valves…) Thermometer (hyper and hypothermia capable) Tourniquet (can improvise)   C-Aloe Vera Iodine (used to disinfect water, too) Super Glue (for skin) SAM splint Instruments (minor surgical) Safety pins (very useful) Lidocaine/Marcaine wound anesthetic Polymyxin/bacitracin ointment Povidone iodine swabs (can improvise) Skin stapler (bulky if in sterile pack)   D-Stethoscope (can improvise) Foley Catheter (airway, chest tubes, airway foreign body removal…) Proparacaine (eye anesthetic)   E-Glucose paste Tincture of Benzoin Levofloxacin/ciprofloxacin Tinidazole (antifungal) Cephalexin Aspirin Nitroglycerin, sublingual Promethazine (or similar antiemetic-PO/PR/IM) PO narcotic analgesic (ie Vicodin) Morphine Sulfate (injectable) Non-narcotic analgesics (acetaminophen, ibuprofen) Caffine Pills F-(inside bag) Bandages/dressing material Syringes/Needles/Angiocath needles (for IV or needle decompressions) Moleskin/Spenco Second Skin 1” or 2” bandage cloth tape (can improvise SteriStrips) G-GI and personal meds Not pictured: Urine pregnancy test Cavit Enoxaparin (Lovenox-for DVT)
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