I love firestarters. Not as much as the American Bushman does, but I do love them. So when I got the chance to get my hands on a small lot of the Adventure Medical Kit Spark-Lite Firestarter and Tinder Quik, I knew I had to jump on it. So I did, and now I have them in stock and they are on TheGearHouse store
Scream 3 video This is a great little firestarter that weighs less than an ounce and produces a nice set of sparks, while using only one hand. I’ve put together a video for the full review and to so show how it works but thought I’d mention it real quick too. Within the package, you get the firestarter as well as a little baggie of Tinder-Quik. These are sort of like a braided rope but I’m not sure what the actual material is. Anyway, you get a baggie of 4 of them. They are reusable and they will even light when wet which is extremely important when you are in a survival situation and need to get a fire going. Each little piece, which are about an inch long, will burn for 2-3 minutes.
Do you use any of Adventure Medical Kits products? What about when your bandaging up your friend and you’ve got your trekker kit laid out in front of him and deciding which size band aid to use? Did you ever stop to take a picture during that time? If so, AMK wants to hear from you!
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State of the art dressings, wound closure tapes, and nonprescription medications allow the construction of a very useful first-aid kit for general outdoor use.
Very often treatments can be improvised with items on hand, but prior planning and inclusion of key items in your kit will provide you with the best that modern medical science can offer.
Most outfitting stores carry prepackaged first-aid kits. Outdoor Research, REI, and Adventure Medical Kits offer great ones. You can also make your own with the following items: A Knight’s Tale movie download
Medications (laxative, anti diarrhea, allergy, decongestant, antihistamine, aspirin, ibuprofen, etc.)
Sterile Swabs
Safety pins
Extra vials and resealable plastic bags for packaging the above items
Black sharpie marker and paper
Reference cards or packable first-aid guide
Extra supply of any special medications necessary to treat known conditions of any members in your party (inhalers, epi pins, etc.)
Of course this list is just suggestions and some of the most common items you will find in any first-aid kit. If you are not sure that you want to create your own, there are plenty of kits that you can purchase that have everything that you would need for a normal trip.
Remember, the equipment is no good if you do not know how to use it properly. I strongly encourage you to check out different websites on wilderness first-aid, look at taking courses, and reading as much about it as you possibly can. I mean, you wouldn’t want to screw up providing aid to one of your friends when they really need it would you?
