$250 first aid "kit"

[00tec]

I have ~$250 on my flex spending account and want to put together a first aid kit for the truck. Any suggestions for a basic setup? Don't necessarily need a bag, just the stuff to fill one.

[Wulf202]

https://www.ar-15.co/threads/74405-E...xible+spending
useful links there.

What do you want to treat with it?

[00tec]

The basic stuff you would see on a camping trip along with what may be seen at a minor car accident. Don't need the real serious stuff (wouldn't do me much good as I don't know advanced first aid.)

[lex137]

With that much cash you should be able to buy a nice car first aid kit.

[Wulf202]

The basic stuff you would see on a camping trip along with what may be seen at a minor car accident. Don't need the real serious stuff (wouldn't do me much good as I don't know advanced first aid.)

The next logical question is;
How much alcohol goes with you on camping trips?

[blacklabel]

You should be able to pick up a hell of a kit from Adventure Medical Kits. We bought one with our FSA last year.

[00tec]

The next logical question is;
How much alcohol goes with you on camping trips?

About a keg and a half for a 4 day trip with 3 people.

[Great-Kazoo]

The basic stuff you would see on a camping trip along with what may be seen at a minor car accident. Don't need the real serious stuff (wouldn't do me much good as I don't know advanced first aid.)

One more reason to attend one of cmaillirds [spck] classes.

[cmailliard]

For the most part match the stuff is an Adventure Medical Kit for your basic stuff. You can get on the WEBSITE and look at the supplies in each kit. Not sure on what you can and cannot buy with FSA/HSA money but from what I have seen in the past an Adventure Medical Kit is ok to purchase, if not match the supplies. Now that said just about everything in those kits are for Boo-Boo type stuff and contain no real life saving supplies. Add a Tourniquet (CAT), Pressure Dressing (OLAES), Chest Seal (Halo), Hemostatic Agent (Combat Gauze or Celox Rapid). All told that is an additional $100 of true life saving stuff. None of it requires additional certification and all can be used by anyone.

Camping and car accidents can result in the same injury patterns we talk about in Casualty Care, just much more rare and more difficult to actually accomplish (to increase you chances, just add alcohol), but it CAN happen. We had one member here save his dogs life with these tools, for me that is more than enough reason to have it.

[00tec]

So... On those notes, looking at their website, I'm looking at:
http://www.adventuremedicalkits.com/...ve&product=86#

Or

http://www.adventuremedicalkits.com/...dname=Grizzly#

I would add other goodies to either kit, now just to decide which one...