Just a suggestion

[SteffinMI]

Hello all,
  I was sitting here reading everyones posts, and I never once saw anyone requesting a list for a "first aid kit". I don't know but maybe it is the bus driver in me to think of safety first. So I figured out that if you were to call your local school district they may sell you or give you a first aid kit from out of an old bus there selling or have laying around. These kits have built in brackets that you can mount practically anywhere in your pop-up. As a bus driver I get freebies from my company I work for. They have given me triangles, flares, body fluid clean up kits as well as a first aid kit for my pop up. Also I made a pvc pipe collapsable hamper that you can put the dollar store drawstring laundry bags in as soon as i can figure out how to put pics on here I will send you pics of it. It comes apart and stores in a duffel bag. I will be buying my first pop up soon and I can use all the info I can get. LOL all this talk in these messages sound like a foriegn language to me, but I am trying to figure it out, any help there will be greatly appreciated. Thank You for letting me ramble on.
Steff future ex-tenter

[cjpoppin]

Good idea we carry one in our pup......Guess that's the old girl scout leader in me.......Thanks for sharing and let us know when you get the trailer.........

[tlhdoc]

We have a first aid kit at home, in the TV and in the camper.  

[HersheyGirl]

We also have a first aide kit in the cars, the camper, and the home.  Would never be without one.  Good idea.

[mars00XJ]

Very good point Steff. Havent seen much discussion on bringing first aid kits. The Boy Scout in me keeps one around at all times. Be Prepared is the motto. I took a fishing tackle box and made a real nice one. Goes camping all the time.

For posting pics, it seems as most people have a webshots account. I am actually setting one up myself. I would be interested in pics of the hamper.

Thanks.
John

[GrizzlyTaco]

I have a first aid kit in my house, garage, PU and my Hyundai Santa Fe came with one in a special compartent in the back of the car, which i thought was really neat. The reason I have so many first aid kits is that we have 2 little girls, Amanda (5) and Megan (3), and they are always getting little cuts, bruises  and scratches. .......Ed :sombraro:

[jakelaw]

With the wife as an RN, and I as a Police Officer, we have almost everything except for a portable Defib (we will get one as soon as they are more afordable which will be soon.)  Most of the "trauma" stuff is in the TV, but we have a pretty decent kit in the PUP.  Something to consider for your hiking kit is a pack of the "quick clot" or similar.  It is made primarily for LE and Military for gunshot wounds, but would be great for a really bad gash on a fall while hiking, or for a compound fracture.  Just a thought.

[endless horizons]

Hi Jakelaw,

Where would you get "quick clot?'  I have been in a sitation with a bad gash and  I used a kitchen towel with an ace wrap until we got to the er.

thanks
Maggie

[SteffinMI]

Hi Jakelaw,

Where would you get "quick clot?'  I have been in a sitation with a bad gash and  I used a kitchen towel with an ace wrap until we got to the er.

thanks
Maggie

Yes jakelaw for me as well. as I have VonWillebrands disease and Lupus Anticoagulant Syndrome whick are rare bleeding disorders.
Steff

[sequoyausa]

I have a little store-bought kit that has basics, but does anyone have a list that includes what a "real" first-aid kit should have in it? Thanks!

[mars00XJ]

It really depends on how large you want to make it. I did some searching and this site outlines pretty well what is needed,Survival Guide

Hope this helps.
John

[fritz_monroe]

On our first trip, I cut my finger pretty good with a hatchet.  That's when I found that we forgot our first aid kit.  The day we returned, I was in Sams and picket up a pretty comprehensive first aid kit.  We augmented it with some personal requirements.

[jakelaw]

You can get Quick Clot on line at any number of Law Enforcement outlets, here is one link, or you can Google it for other links. Quick Clot