Recommended Medical Kit

  • Water disinfectant: Iodine pills
  • Sunscreen
  • Wound Disinfectant: Povidone-iodine
  • Blister treatment: Ex: Moleskin. However, I have never had a problem with blisters as long as I am hiking in well worn in shoes.
  • Adhesive strips: Band-Aids
  • Cloth adhesive tape and Gauze roll
  • Thermometer
  • Scissors: A Swiss army knife would do
  • Matches: Waterproof and Windproof
  • Space Blanket
  • Aspirin or Tylenol
  • Anti-inflammatory: such as Advil
  • Antibiotics: Bactrim DS or Speptra DS
  • Antidiarrheal: Pepto Bismol tablets (Don’t ask me how many of these I took on the trail!), or Lomatil
  • Antinausea Drugs: Compazine or Phenergan
  • Antihelminthic for worms: Mebendezole
  • Antihistamine: Diphenhydramine, or chlorpheniramine
  • Decongestant: Sudafed
  • High Altitude Medication: Diamox, or Decadron