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Emergency Medical Kit List – Build Your Own Custom First Aid Kit

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Build your own emergency medical kit that's customized to your needs. Check lists by category, including 12 Must Have Items for your Medical Trauma Kit.

Building Your Own Emergency Medical Kit

Everyone needs at least one emergency medical kit. You should have a kit in each vehicle and in your home. The kit needs to include trauma items for serious events. We recommend the 12 Survivors First Aid Roll up Kit if you want a partially stocked med kit as a starting point.

You can use the emergency medical kit list below to replace items in an existing kit, supplement existing kits and/or build your own customized First Aid Kits (FAK) or individual first aid kit (IFAK) . Our target for this list is to identify items for your FAK that are a step below or near the basic EMT level kit, for a med kit would be useful at home, at work and in the wild. [Read more…]

Best First Aid Kit Recommendations for Home, Car, Office and Travel

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Our recommendations for best first aid kit for different skill and preparedness levels. Includes tips for first aid kit use and items missed in many kits.

As part of our emergency preparedness preparations (and because my husband was a Boy Scout), we've been slowly beefing up our stash of emergency medical supplies. In this post we cover our recommendations for best first aid kit for different skill and preparedness levels. These are suitable for car first aid kits,  travel emergency kits or home and office. You should have at least one small Basic First Aid Kit for each vehicle, and one or more in your home. We do suggest adding certain items to the First Aid Kits, which are noted below the emergency kit lists. [Read more…]

Emergency Water Storage and Filtration – What You Need to Know Before Emergencies Hit

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Emergency water storage - Best potable water storage containers, preparing water for storage, water filtration and purification options and other concerns.

Water is Life

You can only survive for approximately 3 days without water, so water isn’t just necessary, water is life. In case of emergency, a reliable water supply is critical. Our water supply stops if power is interrupted due to storms, earthquakes or other events such as solar flares or grid overload due to high demand. Municipal water supplies could also be a likely “soft” target for terrorist attacks. Emergency water storage should be a part of any home emergency plan. (Note: Photo above shows part of our water storage next to home freeze dried food in Mylar bags.) [Read more…]

The Best Cheap Flashlight – “Best of the Best” Cheap Flashlights List

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The Best Cheap Flashlight - Our recommendations for inexpensive, durable, multipurpose flashlights that are great for everyday emergencies and EDC.

As part of our effort to be prepared for everyday emergencies like power outages and needing to find stuff in the back of the van at night when the rear light has burnt out, we went on a hunt for the best cheap flashlight. [Read more…]

Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) – What You Need to Know

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Get the essential information you need to prepare for a nuclear or solar EMP. Learn what an electromagnetic pulse is and how it affects you.

This post is part of our Common Sense Preparedness series, where our goal is to help you be prepared for whatever life throws at you. EMP or Electro Magnetic Pulse has been in the news lately with the posturing of North Korea and active solar flares. This post discusses different types of EMPs, what damage they may cause and actions, if any, that you can take to prevent problems or deal with them if/when they occur. [Read more…]

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