End of FSA Season. What to buy?

[Wulf202]

blow out items are not on the approved list though you may be able to substitute something. I usually laugh at the OSHA approved boo boo kits they call first aid.

Any bandages without adhesives would be pretty stable. Anything packaged with a Mylar lining would be good for about 10 years.

[rbeau30]

Wulf, Blow out items?

She called her FSA rep at work, and they said Adventure Medical Kits are authorized. I would hate to spend 3-4 hundred on a couple kits for the car come to find out they won't reimburse them. The receipt I would get does not say it is any significant discount or on sale at all.

[Wulf202]

Wulf, Blow out items?

Compressions bandages, tournequates. Most of the first aid items for gunshot wounds that go in blow out kits. IFAK's VOK's etc.

Without knowing what your needs/stocks/storage facilities are it's hard to make any specific recomendations

[rbeau30]

Compressions bandages, tournequates. Most of the first aid items for gunshot wounds that go in blow out kits. IFAK's VOK's etc.

Without knowing what your needs/stocks/storage facilities are it's hard to make any specific recomendations

Ohh, THAT kind of Blow out. My mind was in a different place. Those are the items I am lacking. Especially in each of the personal kits. If they are not authorized, I will have to peice some together of my own devising.

This is what I have. My goals are to be able to have a tuff-box with general medical supplies for just in case there are none more to be had. Also while having items that will provide general infection prevention as best I can.

Item _____________ Specifications __________ # of Packages
Tampons _________ 36 per box multi-pak _____ 11
Latex Gloves ______ 100 med gloves __________ 2
Cottom Balls ______ 200 balls ________________ 2
Gauze Pads _______ 4" x 4" 12 ply 100 pads ____ 2
Gauze Pads _______ 2" x 2" 12 ply 100 pads ____ 2
Rolled Gauze ______ 2" x 2.5 Yards ___________ 10
Paper Surgical Tape _2" x 10 Yards 6 Rolls _____ 2
Elastimull Elastic Gauze Bandage NOT STERILE 2" x 4.1 Yards 12 count 2
Oral Thermometer
Band-Aid _________ 1.16" x 2.16"Advanced Healing Blister 6 Each 10
Curad adhesive bandages Plastic band-aids 3.25" x 2 7/8" 80 count 4
Ace Elastic Bandage _ 3" wide ________________ 8
Ace Elastic Bandage _ 6" wide ________________ 2
Carex Universal Arm Sling 1 per box 30 cm ______ 2
Nasalcease ________ 5 per box _______________ 4
First Aid Water proof Tape 1/2" x 10 Yards ______ 10

[Wulf202]

Ohh, THAT kind of Blow out. My mind was in a different place. Those are the items I am lacking. Especially in each of the personal kits. If they are not authorized, I will have to peice some together of my own devising.

I'll throw out some ideas but there are no easy ways to build that kind of kit with the success rates those items have. I can show you how to macgyver some stuff together but it'd be a disservice to rely on that. A cat or swat or tk4l and an izzy are very cheap additions, if you don't have them forgo something else to get them.

Goodburbon's list is a good start except the eye patches. I'll edit this later to add some stuff from the site you posted.

edit in no particular order;
iodine ok at wound disinfecting and water treatment (make sure you have no allergies)
http://www.walgreens.com/store/c/wal...091180-product
alcohol much better at disinfecting but not fsa
http://www.walgreens.com/store/c/wal...056572-product
pedialyte oral re-hydration should be covered but not listed?
http://www.walgreens.com/store/brows...1&overlay=true
butterfly type closures
http://fsastore.com/Curad-Butterfly-...ea-P21773.aspx
moleskin blister treatment, for maintaining mobility
http://fsastore.com/Dr-Scholls-Moles...-ea-P4014.aspx
knee brace again maintaining mobility
http://fsastore.com/Bell-Horn-Knee-W...ea-P13576.aspx
ankle brace maintaining mobility. we find the corset type ones to be the best for rolled ankles.
http://fsastore.com/FLA-Orthopedics-...Ea-P13557.aspx
ab pads and maxi pads
http://fsastore.com/Tena-Serenity-Ul...f-4-P9036.aspx
bp cuff and steth, diagnostic tools, the steth can be separated
http://fsastore.com/OMRON-11-200-Adu...ue-P15385.aspx
better steth
http://fsastore.com/3M-Littmann-Sele...ch-P15392.aspx
uti over the counter treatment
http://fsastore.com/AZO-Cranberry-Su...-ea-P4997.aspx
insect repellent and sun block
http://fsastore.com/Bull-Frog-Mosqui...oz-P17972.aspx
wound gel
http://fsastore.com/Amerigel-Wound-D...Oz-P13301.aspx
wound wash
http://fsastore.com/Wound-Wash-Steri...-oz-P3712.aspx
female urinal, if there's no medical supplies it's a safe bet there's not enough water to flush
http://fsastore.com/Carex-Health-Fem...-ea-P8706.aspx
benydryl, ibuprophen and aspirin
2032 batteries, my red dot uses these.
http://fsastore.com/Duracell-Battery...PK-P17466.aspx

[rbeau30]

Wulf, You are an asset to the community, thanks for your time to put together some suggestions, I had not even seen the Iodine, or the urinal, that is a good idea. 2032 batteries! Awesome.