Backpacking First Aid Kit List

Katherine Town,
Crescent Beach,
British Columbia:


This is a small kit that will fit into the smallish size zip lock bags. It is lightweight and you can throw it in your backpack when you are hiking, have it with you at your meeting, keep one in your car, etc. It is inexpensive , too. It is separate from a survival kit. If anyone wants the contents of my survival kit, you can e-mail me privately.

Use two Ziplock bags, approximately 8" x 7".

Put into the first one:

You will also need a small container of clean water, but I suggest you carry it separately from your first aid supplies, as it tends to leak and get them soggy! (having learned this the hard way!!).

Take the second Ziplock bag, and put it over the first, but the other way, so the opening is at the other end. If you use just one bag, it tends to get easily punctured--two seems to give it enough strength so that it holds together.

And, I hope you never have to use any of these things!!


Jen Alexander, Link, Mapleway Area, Waterloo Division, Central District, Waterloo, Ontario: A condom is a great carrier of water! Holds about one litre. Be sure to get the non-lubricated kind. :)