You need to have the right supplies in order to be able to survive when a SHTF situation occurs. It’s especially important that you have all the medication items you could possibly need ready in advance. This post is really about making sure you have the top survival medication items in your emergency kit. With these five items, you’ll pretty much cover most the material specified in the What Should Go Into a Survival First Aid Kit article.
#1 The First Aid Kit
One of the things that you need is a survival first aid kit. Buying a kit usually makes it easier than buying everything item by item. It’s generally well stocked and covers a wide range of items… depending on which kit you’ll be selecting.
If you get one like the Ever Ready First Aid Fully Stocked First Responder Kit, you’ll have what you need for emergencies together in a handy bag. This bag is that it’s roomy enough for it to be customized with any other medical supplies you might want to add. This kit has is all : Blood Pressure Equipment, Stethoscope, CPR Rescue Mask, Multiple Bandage Kits, Alcohol and Iodine Prep Pads, Multiple Gauze Rolls, Surgical Tape, Forceps and many more.
You can also go for a more basic survival kit like this one, by Protect Life. This will allow you to stock up on all the basic first aid material. It may not be as complete as the First Responder Kit, but it does the job. The Protect Life Survival Kit is equipped with : Multiple adhesive bandages, Alcohol prep pads, Antiseptic cleansing wipes , Butterfly closure strips, Compass, Cotton tipped applicators, First aid tape, Multiple Gauze pads, Tweezers, Scissors, and many more.
#2 Survival Medication Knowledge
When there’s an emergency and you’re in the middle of a bad situation, you can’t count on help coming your way. For those times when you’ll have to depend on your own skills and knowledge, you’re going to want to know exactly what to do. A book like The Survival Medicine Handbook: A Guide for When Help is Not on the Way is a guide that can help lead you through how to handle any emergency situation.
The book covers a variety of medical as well as dental issues and teaches you how you can be prepared to handle whatever happens. You’ll learn how to treat infections and injuries and even how to handle ongoing medical problems. You’ll learn about antibiotics and how to administer them as well. A great add-on to your library!
#3 Quick Clot Kit
QuikClot is a material that can help the body clot rapidly so that the bleeding slows and stops. In the kit, you get an assortment of bandage sizes ranging from 1”x 3” up to a 3” x 4”. You’ll want to make sure that you have an QuikClot Kit, because losing too much blood can lead to a life threatening situation. There are many kits out there. Depending on what you selected as a first aid or first responder kit, you may need to complete with a few of these kits. You can never have to many of these.
#4 Tooth-care
Tooth-care is often overlooked in survival preparation. However, they day you get tooth problems, you’ll be happy to have packed tooth-care items such as the Adventure Medical Kits Dental Medic Kit. This kit is not expensive and will prevent you from wanting to pull out your teeth with forceps in case of sudden tooth-ache. It holds pretty much everything you need to treat dental pain and injury when a dentist isn’t available. The kit also has instructions to help guide you through these situations.
#5 Don’t forget your pets
When you bug out, you’ll be taking along your faithful pets. Just like humans, they also need to have a bug out bag ready to go. You can find a good one with the ER Emergency Ready Deluxe Survival Kit. This survival kit for a dog includes emergency dog food, water, shelter, and more. Plus, you’ll get a food and water dish as well as a collar and leash. A light stick and signal whistle come with the kit, too.
You can also get emergency kits for your cat.
Whatever the emergency situations you’re getting ready for, making sure you have the right survival medication items to make your family (including your pets) safe is crucial. These suggestions will help you make choices in order to stock up on what is necessary for you. Let us know what you think!
