Assemble first-aid kit
4d.
Assemble a personal first-aid kit to carry with you on future campouts and hikes. Tell how each item in the kit would be used.
A first-aid kit only helps if it matches the injuries you’re actually likely to face — which is exactly what requirements 4a and 4b just covered. Building your own kit, instead of grabbing a generic one off a shelf, is what makes this requirement stick.
Personal First-Aid Kit
A starting point — build yours to match your own trips
- Adhesive bandages, several sizes: for cuts and scrapes.
- Sterile gauze pads and adhesive tape: for larger wounds.
- Moleskin or blister pads: for hot spots before they become blisters.
- Antiseptic wipes or antibiotic ointment: to clean wounds before covering them.
- Tweezers: for splinters and ticks.
- Disposable gloves: to protect both you and the person you’re treating.
- Any personal medication you or a buddy might need, labeled clearly.
- A small first-aid reference card or folded instruction sheet.
Tell How You’d Use Each Item
The requirement doesn’t just ask you to pack a kit — it asks you to explain each item’s purpose. Go through your kit item by item and connect it back to a specific injury from requirement 4a: which item treats a blister, which one you’d reach for on a nosebleed, and so on.
Size your kit to fit in your pack without adding much weight. A first-aid kit that’s too bulky to carry ends up left at home — which defeats the purpose.