Boy Scout First Aid Kits

Need basic list of first aid kit for a boy scout to make for First Aid Merit badge

A good place to *start* for a first aid kit is...
a first aid kit!!
Find one of the the general, do-a-little-don't-do-a-lot first aid kits at almost any department store (Walmart, Kmart, wherever...). These are usually in a size that you can use (though they are usually in a plastic box that works best if its in a car, and not carried on a trail.
These kits will at least have a *start* for you - you will need to pick and choose what is needed.
You absolutely *should* open the darn thing up, go through it, and see what it actually *has* in there - and add and remove as you need.

I picked up 3 first aid kits from a local (discount) store called 'Big Lots' - They are a small, red canvas pack (about 6 x 4 x 2) They include:
A pair of plastic gloves - I've added 3 more pairs from a nurse friend.
A 'cold pack' - I tossed this in the drawer at home - next to useless.
(2) 4'' x 4'' pads - I've added 2 more
(2) 3 x 3 pads
(20) small adhesive bandages (I removed 10)
(25) medium adhesive bandages ( I keep track, add more as needed)
(12) alcohol/towelettes. (Replace and add as needed)
(1) roll adhesive tape - (added 1 more roll)
(2) posicle-stick 'finger splints'
(4) Non-aspirin tablets (added about 20 more aspirin and non-aspirin tablets)
(1) safety pin (added 4 or 5 more...)
(1) Tweezer
(1) Scissors (added small sewing kit with 3 needles, and two small rolls of black thread)
(1) 'First Aid Guide' (extremely limited - left in pack, added small first aid guidebook)

Am extremely allergic to Poison Ivy - added (10) Benedryl allergy relief pills.
Also added small tube of Sun-block lotion

Remember - it is very important that you open up, and go through your first aid kit(s) at *least* once per year. Get rid of any out-of-date medications and lotions. Check some of the 'alcohol wipes' and such - in Texas heat, they dry out even in the sealed pack and when you open them up, they are useless. If you change camping style - go through your first aid kit again - what was good when its a bunch of Tenderfoot scouts car-camping at the local park may be completely useless when its High Adventure with white-water rafting, rapelling a cliff or cave-crawling.

2011-06-17 15:38:58 by

"Prepare a personal first-aid kit to take with you on a hike." From the 12th edition of the Boy Scout Handbook. Music courtesy of Gregg ...

Im trying to find a First aid kid for a jr fireman. I am a boy scout with first aid and emergency preparedness merit badge so i know what to do with just about everything first aid wise, im just looking for a good all around kit for just about anything. It will probably be used most for things like car accidents, but it has to be good for just about anything. If it would be a kit that i would have to add some stuff to that would be fine too. Any suggestions would be nice. (try and keep under $150)
i have been looking at this one http://www.galls.com/style.html?assort=g eneral_catalog&style=TK079 any suggestions are appreciated, thanks
I understand to leave it to the professionals but if im the first person there i will be helping the person especially because i know what to do. And a car accident is just the first thing that came to mind, im just looking for suggestions for an all around first aid kit for just about anything. Im looking for suggestions, not advice on what to do because i know that When paramedics arrive to get out of the way and let them do their job, but being a Jr fireman i usually am the first person there. I know to get out of the way

Please leave the car accidents to the Profession firefighters and Paramedics. Nothing we hate more than some citizen trying to help and just getting in our way. Plus your likely to get injured also. Nothing is more dangerous than being out on a car accident in the middle of a street or highway.

Sorry didn't mean to come off as an ass. You must be from a small town with a volunteer fire dept. I'm not sure what you mean by Jr. fireman is it the same as a cadet or POC? Do you belong to the local fire dept. If so you could probably get everything you want from their ambulance and just buy an empty bag to put it all in instead of buying overpriced medical supplies from galls. You could also try thefirestore.com they usually have better prices than galls.

2011-03-15 12:51:00 by

I'm a pretty experienced camper, or at least I THOUGHT I was. I'm 17, and I've been camping almost by myself since I was about 14. I was always too poor to afford Boy Scouts, so I had to learn alot of stuff on my own. I like going camping with just the basic stuff (water, boots,knife, fist aid kit,etc.) I even forgo things like a tent most of the time, cause I like sleeping out under the stars. I've taken the time to learn first-aid, and ways to survive with little to no supplies. My problem is that I seem to be a "hate magnet" fo my friends folks. This one time it was alot colder than I expected, and I froze, but that was MY fault. But this other time, my friends dad said I was an idiot, and I didn't know what I was doing, and HE did, because he was a Boy Scout leader. He said I was an idiot for wanting to take as little as possible when camping. You'd figure that if I didn't know what I was doing, I would've died sometime over these past 3 years. Do you think there is something wrong with camping this way? I don't know, maybe I am wrong, and am an idiot. Camping is just bout the only thing I figured I was good at though.

First of all let me say up front that I am a Scoutmaster. I disagree with your friends Dad, respectfully, because basic wilderness survival is at the heart of the original scouting movement. When Lord Baden Powell started the Boy Scouts over 100 years ago in England it was with the intent to teach young men, such as yourself, how to survive in the wilderness and become good citizens.

Six years ago 5 boys started Troop 747 with the idea that they wanted to camp 10 months out of the year. Now it gets plenty cold here in Wisconsin, but the boys have learned how to be prepared for anything that may come their way. We are regarded as a "Throw Back" troop because we tend to take only what is needed. No electronics and as little gear as needed. I do find that this shocks many adults who grew up in the late 70's and 80's. Older gentleman, mostly Veterans, are impressed by the boys outdoor skills. I find that the attitude that you are running in to is indeed generational, and that the pendulum is swinging back the other way with your generation. Thank you Les Stroud! Once a year I take the "experienced" scouts in my group on a "Survival Weekend" they are aloud only what they can fit in their pockets. It is great to see what kinds of shelters and foods they can come up with. To date no boy has ever starved on one of our camp outs.

The only thing that I have a problem with your camping experiences is that you did not have a "Buddy" there to help you out if something were to go wrong. This is usually when people run into trouble. I'm planning a 7 day trip into the Boundary Waters with minimal gear and no tents next June, but I am taking my 13yo son and one other adult just in case of trouble.

Scouting is a great movement if administrated properly. Scouting can be, and should be, for every boy regardless of his economic situation. My former committee chairman used to say, "No boy will be left behind for lack of funds. There is always a way and we will find it."

I hope you someday get involved with a good Scout Troop. You sound like my kind of leader. You will always be welcome to come camp with us.

2008-10-28 12:43:02 by Jimmy Hansen

I was thinking of making a How-to youtube channel with helpful videos for future scouts. The videos will consist of how to tie knots, identify trees, merit badge help, eagle project help, and how to make a good first-aid/ survival kit. Just tips and how to videos

Do you think this will pass as a good project? It has to help the community which it does.
I have asked around and there is no real projects that can be done, this is my last bet. I asked the town and my church as well as some businesses

Coming from a fellow eagle scout, I ran into this same problem. unfortunately the project must benefit another organization or community. your eagle scout leaders will not approve that for the scouts. if you really are running low on time the one last thing you might want to try is to run an ad in the paper stating you're looking for an eagle scout project. i also have a link that might be able to help you out.

this is the link for a guide one of my leaders put together after several years of feedback form scouts in my troop. this guide eventually became the official eagle scout guide of the longhorn council here in texas. i had the pleasure of knowing this gentleman and he helped me along with my eagle scout project

2010-03-07 10:35:11 by rambow70

PRE-PREPARE
-Increase my running/endurance ability (gotta run from those cannibals and zombies!)
-Increase strength (I'm sure I'll be carrying supplies, and you never know when you'll need to be able to carry someone or move something)
-Increase biking ability (biking might be my ticket out of where I'm at when the shit hits the fan or my sorce of transportation after)
-Increase swimming endurance (ya never know, plus any physical endurance is good!)
-Decrease food consumption (obviously not to post-apocalyptic levels, but I overeat terribly now, so I need to decrease to a regular amount and then we'll go from there)
-Learn basic first aid/CPR/etc
-Read up on my area's plants and other natural recources
-Plan escape route just in case my house isn't a good safe haven
-Plan on where I'd go and how I'd get there
-Read survival guides
-Learn how to start fires
-Plant fruit trees and gardens (just in case it's an apocolypse in which I can stay in my home and pick those fruits and veggies to eat to save my non perishable food items even if it's for a few days or weeks)
-Make sure to live in a home with a wood burning stove---If it's something that causes ash in the air, that means it's going to be cold as hell, and this makes keeping warm a bit more managable because you have a fire contained in your stove.
-Also make sure to live in an area with woods and trees (spend the summers chopping wood for the horrible winter
-Learn basic "boy scout" skills.
-Learn how to use and shoot a gun
-Learn how to defend yourself with a knife
-Learn hand to hand combat (people aren't friendly.)
-Rock climbing endurance (great for physical fitness, but also you never know what you're going to have to climb

PRE-STORAGE
-20 crate things of bottled water (if I happen to be living with other people, this number goes up) *Switch out after 5+ years. Chemicals will leak, but most likely boiling shall fix this
-A large plethora of canned goods and non perishable foods
-First aid kit
-Basic tool items
-Basic sewing supplies
-Other basic needs such as those doctor masks (to not breathe in dead body smell, chemicals, etc), rope, and any other things
-Knife, gun, crow bar, other stuff
-Vitamins out of the wazoooo (you can survive a long time with just water and vitamins)
-Anti-biotics (a lot of them, the last thing you want to do is die from a sickness after surviving the apocalypse!
-Pain meds

*None of this stuff I have, I'm 16. This stuff is what I plan to do while I am an adult living on my own or with a family (assuming zombies don't take over before hand ^^)
**Also, the reason I'm doing this, is because it's a hobby of mine, reading and thinking about the opst apocalypse
***I also mention zombies a bunch of times in here, I'm semi-kidding in this. I think that sun phenomenons, things crashing to earth, nuclear war, or virus pandemic/epidemics are much more likely....I just like to have fun with the zombie theme!
Nope Tommy, I don't.

If you even managed to read the thing, you'd know that.
I completely agree with the whole vitamin thing. I said something I didn't mean to. I meant to word in a way of "you're less in the shit if you're giving your body some minerals than if you're not" and if that's not true, then well, those vitamins will sure help along with the food. Sorry haha =)

Next, I laugh at the whole concern of being obsessed with it. I do spend a lot of time thinking about it. MY BAD. I DIDN'T KNOW I WASN'T ALLOWED TO HAVE MY OWN HOBBIES! It's a weird hobby, but whatever. I'm definatly not the only one, I know a ton of people who enjoy contemplating this.

Next, how do you know I havn't talked to my parents about my depression. Well. I have. Yeah, thanks for that. /sarcasm.

It is never a bad idea to learn how to become more self-sufficient, but try not to obsess about future catastophes to the point where you don't enjoy your life. No one knows how much time they have on this earth whether the end comes from natural causes, an accident or some catastophic event, so make sure you enjoy each day.

I would also suggest learning how to dehydrate food, can food, build a solar oven, a solar shower, solar battery charger and put together a kit of basic hand tools and and know to use them. Also consider buying a water filter.

2010-06-05 22:56:53 by Joie de Vivre