Build Your Own Hiking First Aid Kit

It is very easy to assemble your hiking first aid kit by looking around the house for a few common items and then supplementing your kit with a few extras to complete it. We’ve created a list of some important safety items to consider when putting together your own hiking first aid kit. We recommend that you add more items per your hiking group’s needs.

Adhesive bandage strips
Antibacterial hand cleaner
Antiseptic ointment
Cold pack
Cotton swabs, and cotton balls
Elastic-roll bandage
Emergency blanket
First Aid Guide book
Gauze pads
Lip protector
Moleskin (for blisters)
Scissors or pocketknife
Sterile wipe
Tissues
Tweezers

Also make sure to pack any needed medication like aspirin, antacid, asthma inhalers, allergy medication, or antihistamine, such as Benadryl, which can help treat reactions to allergies or insect bites and stings and for a severe life threatening reaction pack an epi-pen.