First Aid kit for boat

Just a reminder here… I am cleaning out one of my boats in case the guy coming to look, buys. My first aid kit that was supposed to be in a waterproof plano box is a disaster… the side cutters are so rusty I wouldn’t want to use them if I did get a hook buried and I am sure the gauze, band-aids, and tape I have in there are all shot. Glad I found it now instead of when I need it! I guess after moving from boat to boat for 20 plus years, it’s time to put a new one togeather. I probably needed to do that a few years ago! I also noticed the fire extinguisher is in the red on the gauge. I know it was good last fall. Check on you stuff guys, it won’t be long and the ice shack is going back in the loft and the boats will be out!

Good tips! Thanks!

I’ve been replacing stuff in our at home kit. Tincture of Benzoine to help keep steri-strips in place is at the top. A couple ace bandages and some large area Band-Aids and we’ll be good.

The aspirin, tylenol and Aleve get replaced each spring. The assortment of regular band aids gets replaced at the same time. I put a bottle of “new skin” in there this time around too.

This kit goes to the cabin with us and if we’re traveling it’s in the vehicle as well. Ma and I are both on several meds of which we have enough for a a 5 day emergency in the kit. They’re replace each spring.

That tincture of benzoine put on the area of a cut where a band aid or steri-strip is going to be used will keep that covering in place for days.

Great reminder.

We have one of these in every first aid kit.

They’re 100x better than Super Glue or Liquid Bandage, and have saved a few trips to the hospital for stitches.

It’s crazy what it can seal up. It’s also far more pliable and a lot longer lasting than Super Glue, and way thicker and faster curing than Liquid Bandage.

Stop the hemorrhaging, clean the wound, pinch it together, snap the pen like a glow stick and apply. It sets up in seconds.

A must have, especially when you’re somewhere remote.

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First aid kits are one of those things I take seriously. I have one in all 3 vehicles and 1 I flop between boats. Seen to much happen to not have one. And stuff in them comes in handy way more often then one would think

My dad taught me to super glue and stitch wounds when I was young so that stuff b mann posted i know is great. Had to glue the kid up a couple weeks ago after a apple slicer incident

After using the pressure bandage in the kit in the middle of nowhere and asking where we could find a pharmacy with one nearby, an ER doc told us to use maxi-pads. Sterile, very absorbent, readily available virtually everywhere and cheaper than medical grade bandages.