Reading this forum, and our current squirrely yellow alert (or whichever one it is) situation inspired me to haul my "big" first aid kit out of the car trunk and look through it - for the first time in, ummm, years. It's amazing what being stored in a high-heat, non-temperature-controlled environment can do to things. Bandage packets that were stuck together, pain pills crumbled to dust, latex tourniquent that had melted. Nothing would have been there when I needed it the most. So take heed, periodically examinig your emergency kits is time well spent!