That's not the point. The point is that this is gonna get stored in our glovebox, which will get hot and dry out in the heat of the sun.
Not saying that heat won't gradually degrade the other items, that's entirely possible, but if super glue is in there and decides to leak in even the slightest, it'll ruin everything else...
It's late here, I ain't about to repack the kit now, but that did cross my mind earlier. Would be nice if gloves are packed into some sort of flat-pack, as I don't have much space left.
Hope you checked my link to see what all I did manage to pack in the pocket kit..
Check the link I posted, most of that is already in there, minus the scissors. It's a mini pocket sized kit, plus I also carry a multi-tool in a different pocket, so if cutting clothes or whatever becomes necessary, I got that covered too..
You know that flap of 'webbing' skin between your thumb and your index finger? Yeah, I had that ripped down to where I could literally see my tendons working...
Here in the USA, hospital bills are ridiculous! So, after like a half hour of washing and waiting for the bleeding to slow almost to a stop, I used super glue and a piece of paper towel to patch over it.
Since it cured so fast, I had to use some acetone to rub over the top of my wound patch, to smooth out the rough dried glue. Then I went and bought a pair of bicycle gloves. I only needed the right glove, to protect my homemade bandage.
Every 2 or 3 days, I had to maintain my bandage rigup, which basically meant peel that shit off, investigate, and use tweezers to pull super glue out of the wound as it healed. I wasn't looking to have super glue get grown in under the skin ya know..
It took about a month before it fully healed, no noticeable scar and no stitches. Hand works fine too. 👍
Disclaimer: Not a doctor, I just did what I felt best, and it worked.
I'm not about to put metal tools in this kit, only to find they somehow puncture or damage the contents of the kit.
I do have a separate multi-tool that I carry in a different pocket though, so loosely speaking, I have something of equivalent tools readily available. 👍
Tourniquet? If that ever becomes necessary, I'll quickly cut my shirt and make something positive happen.
Our main travels are either in my roommate's vehicle, or me alone on my BMX bike. Yes there's snakes around, but I don't venture off far into the woods hardly ever anymore.
Honestly I don't know what the prices are on liquid bandage, the only tiny bottle I ever got was given to me. That bottle had a brush on the cap, similar to a nail polish brush.
As far as I'm aware, liquid bandage is more or less super glue with a bit of nail polish remover (acetone?) mixed in to somewhat slow curing time.
I just ended up using straight super glue on one particular wound, which indeed worked, but yeah super glue cures pretty damn fast, especially when it gets wet..
Liquid bandage is basically super glue. Not good to keep in an emergency kit, especially in a hot vehicle glove box, that stuff will either leak out or harden in the tube, if not both, and you only find out the hard way when you need it.
Don't get me wrong, liquid bandage/super glue is useful in a pinch, I've used it myself, but you don't wanna store volatile chemicals like that in an emergency kit.
My kit is basically a pocket kit 'ouch pouch' as you call it, so basically only flat-pack items in there, I don't think I can safely fit any metal items such as tweezers in there without risking puncturing one or more of the packets.
We do have a full size home first aid kit, which is where I got most of the supplies for this mini pocket kit, meant to go in our glove box for road trips.
In an absolute emergency pinch, I can only imagine that a simple plastic grocery bag would be better than nothing, we tend to keep some in the rear side door pocket in the vehicle.
If an extreme bleeding emergency happens, I guess I'd probably be using the 2x2 inch absorbent sterile pad with compression, while basically hollering to anyone nearby to call 911 and help me find some duct tape and plastic bag or something in the meantime..
You're like 90℅ of the way there to the mini kit I packed, check the link I posted.
The container I packed is rather limited in size, so I basically only packed flat-pack items. So no tweezers and no liquid bandage (which is basically super glue).
Sadly our full size home first aid kit only has one packet of burn treatment gel, so I decided to leave that in the home kit, as I figure burns are more probable at home in the kitchen, especially given my roommate's childhood kitchen injury that burned over a quarter of his back.
Question though, how the hell would I pack that in there in any useful way that wouldn't end up sticking half of everything together and make it half impossible to dump the contents out in an emergency?
Check the link I posted for the kit I packed, there's 1 large, 2 medium and 2 small bandages, along with a 2x2 inch sterile absorbent pad and some medical tape.
Amongst other things from our full size home first aid kit.
Cool cool 👍
Contents?