It happens to everyone. In the end you learn to keep the emergency gear in a readily accessible place. Just a few basic first aid and survival items.

But you know ... any time something like this happens my mind always goes back to an old TV episode with Steve Irwin (the Aussie Crocodile man). He had one episode wher eis was driving around the middle of nowhere in his truck, and stopped to get something out of the back. Couldn't find it, and would up tossing all the gear he had on the ground before he located it. The point being ... he did the whole process while grinning. That guy just managed to keep the best possible attitude about life, even when things were really screwed up.

Pete