Keeping your backpack up-to-date with the best supplies is important in an emergency. You will likely have a separate bag with just first aid supplies for larger emergency situations. Be sure to carry with you at all times:
- Medical gloves
- Face mask – N95
- Tourniquet
- Compression (Israeli style) bandage
- Gauze squares (4×4 and 5×9)
- Gauze rolls
- Coban tape
- Permanent marker
- Triangular bandage
- Cold pack
- Emergency thermal (foil) blankets
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