First Aid Kit

[Esser]

What first aid/survival kits are you all using? Did you assemble it yourself or did you buy a premade kit?

[jmodguy]

Polar bear repellant?? 🤣

[cap01]

since most of my flying is alone in the mountains i carry a helmet bag with probably 20 lbs of stuff belted in the right seat. including a plb, things to keep warm and dry, basic first aid stuff, strobe and the like. i thought you all up north were required to carry certain things?

[Esser]

Yep, there is a certain standard to first aid and depending where you are going, survival kits. I’m just wondering what other people have used and if it had good value. Some of the first aid kits don’t seem to have much for the price...

[aviator79]

Yep, there is a certain standard to first aid and depending where you are going, survival kits. I’m just wondering what other people have used and if it had good value. Some of the first aid kits don’t seem to have much for the price...

It's better to assemble your own. My design goal was to have enough that two people could survive for 48 hours. I have bandages, tourniquet, and burn first aid. I also have a couple calorie-dense snacks (peanut butter packets and lara bars) water purification tabs, A PLB, signal whistle, a few "space blanket" emergency blankets, a couple paracord bracelets, a multi-tool, and magnesium/flint fire starter. The most important thing, I think is the PLB and extra batteries.

I have all this in a fly-fishing vest. My thought was to wear it at all times, because when the plane is on fire, you may not remember to grab your survival bag out of the cargo area. As it turns out, my setup is too bulky to be comfortable on a long cross country. I do sling it over my seat so that I could don it quickly if I needed to. That won't work in the Kitfox though because there's not really a seat to sling it onto. So when the plane is done, I'll need to find a different vest, or move some stuff to a "go-bag".