Spring is around the corner! Even though we still have snow on the ground up north and a blizzard warning this week 😆 warm temps, bugs and adventure will be here before we know it. I try to release first aid kits every year, constantly evolving and improving the more I learn and grow. I'm especially excited for this year's kits after having completed the wilderness first aid certification a couple years ago, and almost being finished with EMT school currently. I've been formulating for years and learning new preparations that will be in this kit making it all the better 😍
These kits are a huge project, and I wanted to get them made and released BEFORE I have this baby 😂 and for that reason I only plan on putting together just what is ordered, so this will be a preorder set to release on April first with shipments going out that day, and local deliveries being done that weekend.  Preordering opens on the site today! 🥳
These kits include: 
🌿Liniment oil for inflammation and soft tissue injuries with pure DMSO to help move the liniment into the tissue. 
🌿First aid isopropyl salve for minor wounds. This method of salve making extracts the alcohol soluble constituents (best for resins) by then evaporating the alcohol during the salve making process
🌿Charcoal tin for accidental ingestions and nausea
🌿Poultice powder, raw honey and gauze (raw honey serves as a great solvent for the herbs while simultaneously promoting healing, honey was what I used during the healing process of ripping part of my finger off) This preparation is best to avoid on macerated tissue until it dries out. 
🌿Styptic powder for minor but excessive bleeding
🌿Tick and mosquito repellent
🌿Jewelweed Poison ivy relief spray
🌿Cattail and Aloe burn gel
🌿Benzoin Cleansing spray to clean and prevent infection. 
🌿Drawing salve for drawing out everything from stubborn splinters, bug bites to minor infections
🌿Tick bite tincture to be taken after a suspected worry some bite. 
🌿Tick remover tool
🌿Bamboo strip bandages, hypoallergenic and breathable. Pressure sensitive adhesive and sticky sutures.
🌿Sam splint, wrap and disposable tourniquet 
All of these will come in a handy bag and all remedies are mini size making the kit super portable for any adventure. It comes with a break down and instructions for each remedy These kits will also come with a 50+ page folder providing a completely different perspective on a variety of abundant, easily foraged plants commonly found in the Midwest (with key ID features) and ways they can support the body in acute situations, coming from a wilderness first aid perspective. From minor wounds, sprains, insect stings and bites, fire starting, water sources, bandages, cordage, burns, bleeding, pain, neutralizing effects from poisonous plants, infections and so much more.
*Wild bergamot
*Bilberry
*Birch
*Burdock
*Butterbur
*Highbush Cranberry
*Echinacea
*Elder
*Gumweed
*Horsetail
*Marshmallow
*Meadowsweet
*Mullein
*Plantain
*St Johns Wort
*Self heal
*Usnea
*Balsam fir
*Jewelweed
*White Cedar
*Red Pine
*Yarrow
*Fleabane
*Goldenrod
*Linden
*Wild cherry
The print out will include 
*Wound care (assessment, cleaning, closing wounds, infections and burns)
*Bites, stings and poisonous plants
*Shock (hypovolemic, neurogenic, anaphylactic and psychogenic)
*Fractures, dislocations and subluxations (immobilization, taping, splints and slings)
And environmental injuries (hypothermia and hyperthermia
I hope this kit helps folks feel empowered and confident in the woods, and secure in knowing how to care for themselves and loved ones when accidents happen until higher medical care can be reached 🥰