I would suggest reading "Wilderness Medicine, Beyond First Aid" by Dr. William W. Fogery, if you haven't already. It's excellent - in fact I have the lead review up on amazon for "Wilderness Medicine."

As it's your personal kit - meds wise, carry what YOU use

I'll second "why scissors and shears" BUT will also say, make sure the group kit has backup

"two is one, one is none"

My "Backup" scissors in most cases is the small pair on my leatherman

I ASSUME you'll be carrying a multitool

Get rid of some of that tape, Duct and paper med. tape will do it all.
IMO dump the asst pads and carry the roll gauze.
Kotex pads make a great bandage.
Why take baby asprin when you can take regular asprin, just cut them.
A few more gloves would be nice.
A small light for your 1st aid kit.
Possilily something to flush crap out of someones eye?
Mag. lense.
needles for slivers.

Paper tape (micropor) is very, very bad tape for a FAK. It just won't stick to anything, especially in a wet enviroment (canoe guide). You can never have enough tape.

The gauze rolls aren't really used directly on a wound unless it's a very large injury, because they stick to a wound so it's very painful to remove it.

Normally you have a gauze pad that's on the wound which is fixated using a gauze roll or tape.

Ow, and kotex pads make reasonable improvised bandages, but since he already listed 2 pressure-dressings I think kotex a bit redundant (unless he also wants to use them if there are females in the group).

HI Gang
THank you for the replies I did post a similar thread somewhere else but did not get as much input as here!!! THis is great

THe advanced first aid course is an excellent idea, I amm actually speaking to my supervisors about it. But I will definetly have the 80 hours course for next season. (its nice to see some canadians on the forum too!!)

Also good call on the liquid tablets for benadryl they will be going in!

On an other note what is your input on trench foot (there seems to be a lot of stuff out there not to sure what is right).

Vader

Yeah well, a lot of people are registered to both ETS and Zombie Squad.

from what i understand to get real trench foot you need to
be in cold water not moving around much for a long time.
as in a filthy fox hole--canoeing around for sport you should
be able to care for your feet every nite..what some people
think as trench foot is just city feet in wet boots getting
blisters.

...Also, I'd pack all this in a pelican case or similar. Canoe trips get wet and wet FAK gear is pretty awful.