My First Aid Kit

A look at my current first aid kit (FAK). This kit goes along on all my outdoor adventures. It's small and lightweight, which means it never gets left behind. I show the items I have in the kit, and explain why I think they are important to have. This kit is designed to suit situations I reasonably expect may occur in my environment during the type of activities I do.

I believe FAKs should be designed to take into account these two factors; that is, environment and risk factors. For example, I have gear to treat snakebite. If there are no snakes where you live, obviously this would not be something you would need.

Importantly, don't just have a FAK. Make sure you have the knowledge to use it. Do a first aid course, the confidence you gain from this is well worth the effort of doing the training.

Thanks to troy5690 for the inspiration to make this video. Check him out at http://www.youtube.com/user/troy5690

Music: Raw by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons "Attribution 3.0"

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• aussiemark
• first
• aid
• outdoors
• hiking
• bushwalking
• snakebite
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• review
• camping
• australia

[INFIDELxSTRONG]

great vid. i'm currently putting together a survival type of bag. so thanks for showing some good ideas here.

[AussieMark909]

@INFIDELxSTRONG I think this kit is quite basic, but glad you got some ideas. Hope to see a vid of your bag and loadout when you can.

[ColinOutdoors]

Very comprehensive kit Mark, and some great tips as well, thanks my friend.

[AussieMark909]

@ColinOutdoors Cheers Colin, thanks for watching mate.

[troy5690]

Wow...thanks for the awesome Shout-out Mark, that's really appreciated. After doing my vid the other day o realized a few good items I was missing ie burn cream and a thermal blanket. I have picked them up and added them to my kit, but I had to add an addition side pouch to the FR-1 to fit it all now. Really great points about recognizing the bag is a FAK, I am going to hunt down a Velcro backed red cross for mine. I might put a thin FAK book in mine too, I have some extras from work, that way

[AussieMark909]

@troy5690 You're very welcome Troy. I'm looking to get an FR1 bag so if you track down a suitable patch please ley me know. Take care mate.

[owais818]

great vid, nicely done.

[djeq721]

Might want to include some of them sting relief wipes :)

[AussieMark909]

@TheLazySpoiledKitty You don't need a FAK, you've got nine lives :P

[AussieMark909]

@ER720 Good to hear, cheers ER720 :)

[AussieMark909]

@ATF6281914 I find that with soft case I can usually get that little bit more in. With hard cases well, when they're full, thats pretty much it. Thanks for watching.