Polak187...Good idea about the medical tape! And I could fit a dressing in there too. I have some of both handy from a MAJOR sunburn I suffered last summer! As for the meds...The Benadryl come in a blister pack, so I left them in the original packaging, and trimmed around the blister pack so they take up very little room (hardly more than each induvidual capsule.) The Pepto Bismol are also induvidually wrapped in plastic. I just wrapped the Ibuprofen tablets in some aluminum foil.
Trusbx....D'oh! Yeah, I work in a drugstore, I should know that hydrocortisone does come in packets...we just don't stock the packets, only the tubes. Pitiful really - we have a lot of induvidual first aid stuff, but only sell one type of kit...and not a good one at that! <img src="images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" /> But the upside to my job...working there, we do business with a vendor that deleivers the next day, and they stock thousands of Rx and OTC medicines. I think I'll give them a call and see about getting those packets. It's about 15 degrees now (not counting windchill ! <img src="images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" /> ) but we have hot and bug-infested summers here, so I'm sure I could find use for what is left over after stocking my other 1st aid kits.
Thanks for the feedback, all!