Originally Posted By: hikermor
I would agree that the contents of an Altoid tin won't work very well in such a situation. About the best one can do is well chosen EDC items distributed about the body. Depending upon the work environment, this might be very difficult (no wise comments about strip joints, please).


Even the dancers, no matter what they may be wearing, carry a small purse with them for the cash they earn. So the non-dancing workers, the male & female customers, etc. have no excuse not to have something on them -- in the pockets, in a purse, in a separate bag, etc.

I do think that we have to consider whether an explosion or a building collapse is something that we should have a kit for on our body. In those situations, you may not be able to make it to the briefcase in your office (or the equivalent -- the makeup room in the club). But stuff like a hard hat or a respirator are too big to have with you all the time, and most civilians like me probably would do the risk vs. inconvenience calculation and decide: nah, I'd take the risk and go with the general purpose kit.