Create a quick car emergency medical kit with 6 basic items
A physician’s assistant and TikToker with more than 100,000 followers shared a small batch of supplies that make up a perfectly fine mini medical kit. After watching ER Emily’s clip, I realized it’s a decent list of stuff to keep in a small tote in your vehicle trunk, too, to serve as a basic car emergency medical kit. Most of them are things you might already have at home.
6 basic items that make up a good medical emergency kit for your car:
- Hand sanitizer
- Bandaids
- Pain reliever
- “Tough Wrap”
- Unopened bottle of water
- First aid antiseptic
The benefit of most of these items is that they have several use cases. For instance, the water can wash an injury, sure. Of course, you can also drink it if you somehow don’t have access to clean water.
The “Tough Wrap” is nice because it stays in place without medical tape. It can be used to compress wounds, is a self-adhering gauze, and is also water-resistant. You don’t need scissors, either, to tear a section off the roll.
ER Emily recommends going for large bandaids if you don’t want to rifle through a million sizes. Keep in mind you’d likely want to add a pair of scissors in your kit to customize large bandaids for small wounds, though.
If you’re stuck injured in or near your vehicle, having a car emergency medical kit of some kind can certainly help until you obtain more formal treatment. If you want something with even more supplies that come in a specific carrying case, the American Red Cross sells good ones for less than 30 bucks. A quick search, though, and you’ll find most general or outdoor retailers sell their own kits, too.
