OK, what goes in it? This is considering a half a day to cover what normally takes a half hour by car, throw in extra time if roads are closed.
...items that I would need to respond to someone else's emergency on hand? The instructor recommends keeping:
Change of Clothes
Glasses or safety glasses
2 pairs non-latex, non-permeable gloves
One-Way ventilator value / CPR barrier
Pack of Antiseptic Wipes
It just made me wonder: When you're putting together your everyday carry equipment, do you think about responding to someone else's emergency, or just self-sufficiency? If someone you don't know was having a medical emergency, would you try to help? Do you keep the above items on-hand "just in case"? What else do you carry to help with someone else's medical emergency?
IMHO the temporary items carried are for when you can’t get home and you have to make do until you can get home.( 1-overnight)
1. Shelter: Trash bag, also as rain gear etc
2. Fire: Lighter
3. Filled Water bottle, hydration
4. Food; power bars, trail mix.
5 Cell phone:
6 Pocket knife
You don’t need a bag for these items. cargo pants, coat or both should do just fine.
you can even fit a small gun, hat, socks and gloves, these should also fit if the weather and safety is a concern.
If you have to walk more then a day or travel in unpopulated areas you should have a bag. Max are very good bags, $ but bullet proof. Condor makes good bags as well and as suggested Alace packs are good fairly cheap @ Army Navy. But these bags are for longer treks not to get home in a few hours.
Cash, small denominations
Hand sanitizer
Bandanna or dust mask
Iodine pills (qty 2)
Point of the bag: get home/short duration outdoor bag. WHAT AM I MISSING? Here‘s what I either have or ordered:
- Aqua quest 10x10 tarp, defender model
- 100 feet paracord.
- Grayl water purifier (unlike filters, this takes out viruses, chlorine, heavy metals etc)
- Tent stakes (I know I can make my own. But why tho?)
- Silky bigboy pro folding saw.
- mess kit and spork
- a chèche (French army equivalent of the shemagh)
- IFAK
- 4” custom made knife
- 10” kershaw camp 10 for camp chores
- Snugpak jungle blanket
- ferro rod
- 2 bic lighters
- Coleman mini camp stove + fuel
- insulating sleeping mat
- single wall water bottle
- Esbit fire starters
- 2 nite ize cord tighteners
- dried soups/food/milk powder/Swiss miss/moist wipes/toilet paper
- a “don’t die in the woods” Mylar bivy
- poncho
- 2 pairs of darn tough socks
All of it carried in a 3v Velox with a 2L water bladder. Shelter stuff is carried in an additional bag (attached to the main bag for immediate access) and a jacket will get strapped to it as well. My truck guns are a 9.5” AR pistol in 300 chillout and a canik TP9 SA.
From the above, here's what I stole/pulled out of my butt:
first aid kit (bandaids, neosporin, butterfly stitches, antiseptic, peroxide, alcohol, eye drops, tourniquet, saline, antiseptic Wipes)
tshirt
undies
socks
spare shorts
spare pants
spare sneakers/running shoes
glasses
ear plugs (if things are really bad)
radio?
walkie talkie?
Baofeng?
safety glasses
sunglasses
hats (baseball and warm one)
paper towels
small dish towel
travel listerine
travel toothpaste
travel soap
couple trash bags
couple plastic walmart bags
plastic pb jar (to hide something if need be)
lighters/matches and some newspaper
flashlights
4 bottles of water
some granola/candy bars
cell phone
knives
machete
binocs
wrist rocket
compass/map
chalk/crayon (in case you need to write a message somewhere)
gun/ammo
Cash, small denominations
credit cards?
gas card if leaving in car to start out
Hand sanitizer
bandana
dust/N95 masks
Iodine pills
asprin
tylenol
vitamin c
mint gum
chapstick
small sunscreen or wipettes
small bug spray or wipettes
small tarp or space blanket
some folded up aluminum foil
100 feet paracord
6 Tent stakes
hand pruners instead of saw
non folding knife
baby wipes
toilet paper
poncho
road flare?
other flare?
if you want to "get clever":
some made up "official documents"
SD card for photos (hide and retrieve later)
spare SIM card for phone