How to Make a First Aid Kit for Camping

If you're planning on taking a camping trip in the near future, it's very important that you keep safety in mind. Camping can be a very pleasant time for everyone, but you still must be prepared for the worst while hoping for the best. In this article, you will find everything you need to make a camping first aid kit so that on your next trip, you and your family or friends will be prepared.

Things You'll Need

• Medicine
• - Fever Reducing Meds (if you have infants or children with you, be sure to include medicines safe for them)
• - Ibuprofen (anti-inflammatory)
• - Antihistamine (for allergies)
• - Loperamide (anti-diarrheal)
• Boy Scout Pocket Knife
• Safety Pins (for arm slings or repairing clothing)
• Small Bottle of Sunscreen SPF 20 at least
• Bandanas (dust masks or arm sling)
• Antiseptic towelettes (cleaning hands and wounds)
• Gatorade (or a drink with electrolytes for dehydration)
• Matches (fires, light)
• Tweezers (removing splinters, etc.)
• Band Aids
• Gauze
• Antibiotic Ointment
• Flashlight
• Batteries
• Thermometer
• Latex Gloves
• Emergency Blanket
• Flares
• Ponchos

Instructions

Putting Your Bag Together

1. Put all of your medicine into a seperate bag (a small ziploc baggie will do) labeled "medicine."

2. Put your boy scout knife, safety pins, and tweezers into another seperate baggie labeled "tools."

3. Put your antiseptic towlettes, band aids, gauze, antibiotic ointment, latex gloves, thermometer, and bandana into a bag labeled "injuries."

4. Add your Gatorade, matches, flashlight, batteries, emergency blankets, flares, and ponchos into a seperate bag labeled "emergency."

5. Put all of these bags into a larger, more durable (preferably weatherproof) duffle bag (or backpack).

6. Put the bag into your car's trunk.