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1. SURVIVAL KIT CONTENTS
MEDICAL KIT
Pick a selection for your medical kit using the following as a guide, but be sure you know how to use what you choose. different hooks in a small packet and add some split lead weights. Pack all medicines in airtight, waterproof containers and stuff with cotton wool to prevent rattling.
Drugs
- Analgesic
Pain reliever for mild to moderate pain. Codeine phosphate is ideal for ear-, tooth- and headaches. Substitute your physician's suggestion for areas where codeine phosphate is a prohibited drug. Take one every six hours. Not for children, asthmatics or people with liver disorders. Can cause constipation, so useful for loose bowels.
- Intestinal sedative
Use Immodium to treat acute and chronic diarrhoea. Take two capsules initially, then one each time a
loose stool is passed.
- Antibiotic
For general infections, use Tetracycline, which can be used by people hypersensitive to penicillin.
Take one 250mg tablet four times daily, repeated for 5 - 7 days. Carry enough for a full dose, as
stopping too soon can cause the infection to return and worse, may immunize it against Tetracycline.
While using, avoid milk, calcium and iron preparations or drugs containing aluminum hydroxide.
- Antihistamine
For allergies, insect bites and stings, in Britain use Piriton; in the US use Benadryl. Piriton causes
sleepiness as a side-effect, making it useful as a mild sleeping pill. Do not exceed recommended dosages
or take with alcohol. May help in the case of a bad reaction to a drug.
- Water sterilizing tables
Use when water is suspect and you cannot boil it. Follow the maker's instructions. The average person
loses 2 - 3 litres (4 - 6 pints) per day which must be replaced by direct fluid or water contained in food.
- Anti-malaria tablets
Essential in areas where malaria is found. Certain types require only one tablet taken monthly.
- Potassium permanganate
Mix in water until water becomes bright pink to sterilize it; deeper pink to make an
antiseptic; and full red to treat fungal diseases such as athlete's foot.
SURGICAL BLADES
Include a minimum of two scalpel blades of different sizes. Ask your physician to recommend
the most suitable. Make a handle from wood when required.
BUTTERFLY SUTURES
Use these to hold the edges of wounds together. Click here to read
how to suture (stitch) minor wounds if no medic is available, This procedure is recommended
for clean cuts caused by knives and facial injuries which interfere with breathing or eating.
PLASTERS
Take along various sizes, preferably waterproof to keep cuts clean. You can cut them into
strips and substitute for butterfly sutures.
CONDOM
A condom has many uses, including keeping flashlight batteries dry; as a water bag, safely
holding one litre (two pints); and as a waterproof cover for bandaged fingers, etc.
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