{"id":3966,"date":"2012-02-13T16:20:43","date_gmt":"2012-02-13T09:20:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whatsdavedoing.com\/?p=3966"},"modified":"2023-11-26T01:30:49","modified_gmt":"2023-11-26T01:30:49","slug":"what-is-and-isnt-in-my-travel-first-aid-kit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatsdavedoing.com\/what-is-and-isnt-in-my-travel-first-aid-kit\/","title":{"rendered":"What Is (and Isn’t) In My Travel First Aid Kit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

“You need more than that!”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My sister looked at me despairingly as I showed her the contents of the small plastic food container I now called my first aid kit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“What about the latex gloves?\u00a0You’ll need syringes.\u00a0Oh, and don’t forget a bandage or two.\u00a0Stay there, I’ll be right back…”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A few minutes later I pushed the pile of medical supplies to one side.\u00a0“Sis, I know you’re a paramedic and all, but seriously?\u00a0I’m not taking all this shit with me!”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Having carted armfuls of medicine around the world with me in the past, all of which eventually expired without seeing the light of day, I had decided on one simple rule for the upcoming trip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Less is more.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

I regularly get asked by people planning a trip what they should take in the way of medicines and a first aid kit.\u00a0Other than the everyday items like sunscreen and insect repellent, everything I list below fits into a box six inches square and two inches high.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As far as travel first aid kits go it’s pretty basic, but has been sufficient to deal with all of the minor sicknesses and scrapes of several months on the road.\u00a0 So here goes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n