Anyone have recommendations for a ready to go First Aid Kit? Or do most people build their own? I'm not looking to perform surgery with this. I've found older threads on bwca.com that have more than extensive lists I can reference if I end up building my own. The other thread for upgrading their irrigation syringe got me thinking I need a better kit.

Adventure Medical Kits have some pretty decent options. We recently purchased one of these for each of our daughters to keep in their cars for easy access to light weight kits when they are out and about.

My personal kit is one that I put together, but years ago I started with the one referenced above/below. Start to build your own and pretty soon it is the size of Japan!

Adventure Medical Kits

I really like Surviveware's kits. Nothing inside is utter junk, and they are well organized and excellently labeled. Love the bags themselves, and the fact that they come well-equipped is a bonus. Links to their site below, but the kits are available on Amazon.

Small kit

Large kit

I like to build my own and this year decided to review and upgrade what we had been carrying since we will be out longer and on a more remote trip. I fit the basic kit of most commonly used items in a Pelican box (8"x6"x3") and then put together a small "trauma" kit with Sam splint, ankle brace (thanks to my notorious ankle issues), emergency blanket, ace, clotting bandage into a small dry sack. I invested in some pill bags and little portion size ziplocs to make it easy to label and organize things.

The snack portion ziplocs are used to categorize things: antiseptics, cold/flu, pills, cuts/scrapes, bleeding, burns/blisters, ointments, eye wash, dental. Then within these are pill bags or packages of the items.

I put my own together, including some things I didn't used to carry after taking a Wilderness First Aid course last year. I picked up a soft-sized zippered first aid kit case at Target, about 8x10 I would guess. Has pockets and open area. It's water resistant to splashes, but not much more as I found out after dumping in 8 inches of water at a sandy beach (isn't that always the way?).

The day bag the kit was in ended up in the water for maybe 30 seconds, but that was long enough to infiltrate the first aid kit. I had just about everything in sealed baggies so no harm, but a pain to have to take everything out and dry it. When I came home I dug through my dry bag collection (never pass up a dry bag on sale) and found one that the kit slides into.

A few things I have that aren't in standard kits
-Sterile saline - great for rinsing out an eye
-Reading glasses in a small hard case - if I'm tired or it's the end of the day and I need to read any directions in an emergency I want them right here on hand
-Allergic reaction kit, including instructions on when and how to use. You really do need to respond to allergic reactions BEFORE it all goes to heck in a hand basket, but once you use the epi-pen the trip is over
-Bleeding control - menstrual pads
-Poison ivy cleaning pads

i buy my personal kit and the kits we use for Scouts and High Adventure trips from the First Aid Gear Shop