Thursday, November 15, 2012

The Travel Health (and emergency) Kit

I recently came across this posting on the CDC website, and it made me think "do most people carry a health kit?" and "what do you pack?"

I think the CDC did a great job outlining some of the necessities that one should pack when traveling from daily needs (like necessary medicines, duh!) to more mundane things we may take for granted (like Tylenol). If your medicine cabinet is filled for at-home needs, it does make sense to pack a few staples for any destination away from home too.  After all, why buy it (or look for it in a foreign land) when you have plenty at home.  Plus, most of these items have an expiration date, so if you don't use it when you need it (even if that time is when you are on vacation) you will likely have to toss it at some point in the future.

Adapting the CDC list, I have created a Journey Paradise Travel Health Kit that I plan on taking on all of our future journeys (the items marked with an asterisk (*) are for journeys longer than 1 week in length and/or outside of the USA)


  1. Advil
  2. Sinus/Allergy + Decongestant 
  3. Allergy (antihistamine) medicine*
  4. Pepto-Bismol*
  5. Antibiotics*
  6. Epi-pen* (yes, I got a prescription for one, because you never know...but this is reserved for longer journeys to foreign lands)
  7. Cough drops
  8. Vitamins
  9. Band-Aids
  10. Ace bandage/splint*
  11. Saline drops
  12. Tissues
  13. Sunscreen
  14. Aloe gel/moisturizer
  15. Bug spray
  16. Tweezers
  17. Nail clipper
  18. Q-tips
  19. Antibacterial cream
  20. Icy Hot (I love this product!)
  21. 1% hydrocortisone cream*
  22. Antibacterial hand cleaner


What else am I missing?  What should be added to this list?

Looking forward to seeing your comments!
-JP

2 comments:

  1. liquid bandage
    deoderant (or anti-chafing cream)
    cold meds
    anti-nausea meds

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