With the backpacker in your pack, you and a friend can confidently set out on multi-day wilderness adventures.This backpacking first aid kit equips you with enough first aid supplies to treat you and a friend on hiking trips of up to four days.This medical kit's hospital-quality contents set the standard in wilderness first aid and are handpicked to help your adventure go smoothly.From easy access bandages and moleskin for common injuries to a trauma pad and irrigation syringe for larger wounds, the backpacker contains hiking essentials and trauma supplies to prepare you for whatever you may encounter.Inside, you'll also find medications to manage fever, pain, allergies, and stomach aches.This compact first aid kit features a water-resistant medical bag, making it a durable addition to your lightweight backpacking gear.Whether you're heading out for a long weekend in the woods or looking for a lightweight thru-hiking kit, the mountain backpacker kit lets you hit the trail knowing you're prepared.
Model Fit: 1-2 People
Color: Blue
Size: 0.95 lbs
Dimensions: 7.50" x 3.50" x 6"
Function: Treats Injuries/Illnesses
Trip Duration: 1 - 4 Days
• A Condensed Guide to Wilderness Medicine by Eric A. Weiss, M.D.: Offering the most up to date information on wilderness and travel medicine in a fold-out format, this lightweight guide will help you treat both common and serious injuries.
• Easy Care First Aid® System: First aid supplies are organized in injury-specific pockets to eliminate guesswork and ensure you use the right treatment quickly.
• Find it Fast: Unique external kit map shows you where the supplies are located, while reflective mountain logo on front of bag makes it easy to spot in the dark when every moment counts.
• Semi-Transparent, Secure Pockets: See-through pockets protect items from dirt and moisture while allowing for quick and easy access. Zippers prevent items from falling out when opening the kit or accessing it in a vertical environment.
• Trapezoidal Bag for Added Room: Ingeniously designed in super-durable nylon with darting to provide extra space inside the kit for your own items.
• Supplies to Stop Bleeding Fast: 5" x 9" Trauma pad and elastic bandage to control life-threatening bleeding.
• Pain and Illness Remedies: Medication for allergic reactions, itches, pain and fever, inflammation, and diarrhea.
• Hospital-Quality Tools: Professional tools, including EMT shears and precision forceps, ensure the most efficient and effective backcountry medical care.
• Wound Care Supplies: Use the 20 cc. irrigation syringe with a 16-gauge plastic tip to clean wounds, butterfly closure strips to close wound edges, and tincture of benzoin to increase the adhesiveness of strips and tape.
• Blister Management Tools: 14 pre-cut and shaped moleskin pieces make it easy to treat hot spots and blisters and alcohol pads for removing the oils from skin for better adherence of tape and moleskin.
Supply List:
Cuts & Scrapes
5 - Easy Access Bandages®, 1" x 3" Fabric
5 - Easy Access Bandages®, Knuckle Fabric
6 - Antiseptic Wipe
4 - Alcohol Swab
2 - Triple Antibiotic Ointment
Fracture / Sprain
1 - Elastic Bandage with Hook & Loop Closure, 3" Instruction
1 - A Guide to Wilderness Medicine
Instrument
1 - EMT Shears, 4"
1 - Splinter Picker/Tick Remover Forceps
3 - Safety Pin
1 - Register Your Kit Card
Medication
3 - After Bite® Sting & Bite Relief Wipe
8 - Ibuprofen (200 mg.), Tablets
8 - Acetaminophen (500 mg.), Tablets
6 - Aspirin (325 mg.), Tablets
3 - Antihistamine (Diphenhydramine 25 mg.), Tablets
2 - Diamode (Loperamide HCI 2 mg.), Tablets
Stop Bleeding Fast
1 - Trauma Pad, 5" x 9"
3 - Nitrile Glove, (Pair)
Wound Care / Blister / Burn
1 - Wound Irrigation Tool, 10cc. with 18 Gauge Tip
4 - Butterfly Closure Fabric Adhesive Bandage
1 - Tincture of Benzoin
4 - Sterile Gauze Dressing, 4" x 4"
4 - Sterile Gauze Dressing, 2" x 2"
2 - Sterile Non-Adherent Dressing, 2" x 3"
1 - Conforming Gauze Bandage, 2"
1 - Tape, 1" x 10 Yards
14 - Moleskin, Pre-Cut & Shaped Pieces
2 - Cotton Tip Applicator
