CAR KIT
Automobile Survival Kit
by R. Hansen
~ a list of what I have rattling around in the trunk of my car ~
| Miscellaneous Loose Stuff | |
| Jumper Cables | Wool Blanket |
| Large Screwdriver | Poncho |
| Vice-grips | "Space" blanket (aluminized mylar) |
| Leather work gloves | "Space" sleeping bag |
| Tire Gauge | Magnesium bar/flint |
| Tire pump | Parka with 2 pr. gloves |
| Ground cloth (4 mil plastic drop cloth) | Handkerchief |
| Spinner wrench | KA-BAR knife |
| Tow rope w/hooks | 1 gal. of water |
| Flares | Wool scarf |
| Machete | Paper |
| Folding shovel/pick | Pen |
| Box of heavy trash bags. | Pencil |
| Fire extinguisher | Wood for splints |
| Spare fans belts, fuel filter, oil filter, oil, wiper blades | Plastic reinforced tarp w/grommets, one side camo, other side aluminized mylar |
| Cheapo $9.95-style 40 pc. socket set English and metric | Wristlets (sock with toe removed to cover up the wrist between glove and sleeve) |
| Plank of wood (to use under car jack on soft ground) | 12 volt DC spot light, fluorescent light, and work light (magnetic mount) |
| Medical kit (13" X 10 1/2" X 2 1/4" box) | |
| Cotton swabs | 6 - 2" X 3" pads |
| Fever Thermometer | 7 - 2" X 3" adhesive pads |
| "Kling" rolled gauze 4" X 5 yards | 4 - Butterfly closures |
| Wet-proof adhesive tape 1/2" X 10 yards | 5 - 1 1/2" X 2" pads |
| 4 oz. drinking water, retort pack | 10 - 3" X 4" adhesive pads |
| Neosporin (antibiotic cream) | 7 - 4" X 4" pads |
| Eye bath cup (1 Tbl capacity) | 5 - 2" X 3" Biolclusive dressings |
| Paper adhesive tape 1/2" 5 yards | 1 - triangle bandage |
| Cylume sticks 1 red, 1 yellow | 12 - safety pins |
| 4 pr. disposable gloves | 1 - Cold compress, crush to activate type |
| Vial of Witch Hazel | 2 - 2 gal. zip-loc bags |
| Vial of Alcohol | Vial of Hydrogen Peroxide |
| 80 assorted strip and spot Band-Aids | Pump style snake venom remover |
| TRIAGE - EMERGENCY CARE HANDBOOK 191 pages 7" x 9" | Vial of Dr. Orient's electrolyte replacement formula |
| Vial of Boric Acid Powder (mix 1/64 tsp. of B(OH)3 to 1 Tbl. for eyewash) | |
| Contents of 1 - 15" X 5 1/2" X 11" mortar box or 2 - 7" X 5 1/2" X 11" 50 cal. boxes (weight of mortar box 7.625 pounds, contents 10.625 lb., total 18.25 lb.) | |
| Wool Balaclava (pullover for head and neck) | GI leather/fabric mittens long wrist w/ wool liner gloves |
| Israeli gas mask w/filter | Wool socks |
| 8 oz. butterscotch | Wire saw |
| Ontario pilot knife w/sheath and stone | Dental floss, waxed (50 yd.) and unwaxed (200 yd.) |
| 3" X 5" signal mirror | Dental floss handle |
| Funnel w/filter paper holder | Filter paper (fast and slow) |
| 3 - survival candles 2"D X 3/4" in metal cup | Cylume sticks, 12 hr. 2-red, 2-yellow, 1-green |
| 5 feet glow in the dark string | Toothbrush |
| Vial of Metallic Iodine crystals | Pocket Knife |
| Multi-sizing Wrench | 5 pr. Disposable Gloves |
| Doz. Balloons | Potassium Iodide |
| Magnesium bar w/flint insert | 3 boxes Waterproof Matches |
| 6 ft. Tape Ruler | Whistle w/lanyard |
| Folding camper's stove with 2 packs of hexamine | "Dynamo" flashlight (hand squeezed generator flashlight) |
| "Space" Blanket | Pocket purifier water straw |
| 500 aspirin | 36 - 100mg caffeine tablets |
| 5 sticks gum | 1 lb. baking soda |
| Butane lighter | 7:1 block and tackle w/ 60 feet of rope |
| 4 - 2 gal. zip-loc bags | |