It's always advisable to geocache with certain items. The "Ten Essentials" is a good starting point. This is the eighth of a series of caches that will cover the ten essentials.
FIRST AID
"The Ten Essentials" were first identified by The Mountaineers in 1930. They were updated in the early 2000s and now include Ten Essential "Systems":
1. Navigation (map and compass)
2. Sun protection (sunglasses and sunscreen)
3. Insulation (extra clothing)
4. Illumination (headlamp/flashlight)
5. First-aid supplies
6. Fire (waterproof matches/lighter/candles)
7. Repair kit and tools
8. Nutrition (extra food)
9. Hydration (extra water)
10. Emergency shelter
They even have a cool limerick to help you remember the essentials, and it has nothing to do with a man from Nantucket…
“The Mountaineers Ten Essentials Limerick”
By Steve McClure
To navigate, head for the sun,
With first aid and knife on the run,
Bring fire and shelter,
Extra food is a helper,
But water and clothes weigh a ton.
A first aid kit is something I’m never lacking, in my gym bag, my house or elsewhere. My car has a full trauma kit, tourniquets, hemostatic bandages, and needles for lung decompression. Chalk it up to being an emergency medical technician for the last quarter century and a registered nurse for the past two decades.
My favorite color is orange. When we got to our stopping point in Iraq in 2003, we didn’t have red spray paint. We had to use “international orange” to spray a cross on the building we had turned into a small hospital, to let everyone know where it was located. It’s been my favorite color ever since.