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I just reviewed this thread. NO one mentioned "DUCK TAPE"!
Watch Myth Busters this month, you will see them survive on an inland with nothing but duck tape for use. The made a shelter, rope, weapons, clothing just from using local resources and duck tape! Even made a watercraft to get away from the island in the end.
Hard to answer because of what the booboo kit vs. FAK answer up thread gets at--there's the everyday needs, then there's the GSW/mauled by a bear/happened on a hwy accident needs.
But also, what about the SHTF+2 or 3 wks, when people have used the water in their toilets and water heaters and gotten a bit sloppy with sanitation and dysentery and bad food and such start to rear their ugly head(s).
Even if you're in a safe location, you'll probably encounter folks who're are suffering from such and need to prevent spread of whatever they've got and, hopefully, help them through as much as possible.
And there's different needs for winter vs. summer (at least, here in Michigan).
And are you thinking of stabilizing and transporting to a facility or that you're fully on your own, long-term?
And with particular medical situations in a family/group, there's be further specialized items to add to the top 5--or if there are kids or not.
BUT that said, I'd go with general categories of:
(clean) bandaging material
disinfectant/first aid ointment
pain relief/fever reducer
duct tape of first aid tape--can improvise a lot of things with that and other items: splints, blister care, etc.
last place is a tie: either a first aid guide or oral rehydration salts
Been there, done that. Then been there again several times, because apparently I never learn.
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