Building the Perfect First Aid Kit
For YEARs the two questions I get most from students are:
What should be in my day pack?
What should be in my first aid kit?
And my answer is always the same—
"Well, that depends...."
It depends on what you're doing, where you're going, who you're going with, what time of year, your group size, and your trip duration.
A list I hand you is built for my trips, my experience, my preferences and my training.
Instead of copying someone else's packing list, I use a systems method to guide what goes in my pack (or kayak, or saddlebag) and my first aid kit.
A system is infinitely adaptable, scaleable and comprehensive. It prompts us to be intentional about what we're bringing into the wild and why.
The system I use is the 10 Essentials. But there is currently no system designed for first aid kits- at least not that I'm aware of.
So I decided to create it.
Instead of handing you a packing list for your first aid kit, it teaches you a system — the same category-based thinking that makes the Ten Essentials work for a desert day hike and a winter expedition alike. Learn the categories, and you can build the right kit for any trip, any environment, any length of time, any group.
Inside, you'll learn:
The category framework — an endlessly adaptable system with still-comprehensive coverage
How to decide whether your kit should be built for redundancy or efficiency (and why that choice matters)
How to figure out what to bring, and just as importantly, how much of it
How to scale a kit up or down as your trip, group size, and distance from help change
The best first aid kit in the world won't help if you don't know what to do with it.
Get the knowledge and training to handle it here 👇🏻
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