Nice to see all the various insight to this post. For some more feedback to my original reply here it goes: Quick Clot does work, but it like anything else has its limitations, and its a [censored] to clean out of wounds (later down the trail), a scalple blade barely weighs an ounce, but if any version of a minor surgical senario arrises, at least you have clean sharp instruments (ie. lance wound, trach, dig out the splinter from hell-but again these are for the advanced practitioner so its up to you ), gloves-well waht if your not taking care of your friends and its on the side of the road/trail-that extra pair (i say 3pr) would be nice espically if you need to change them during your treatment-lets face it if you've just stopped a nice arterial bleed and have that under control, your gonna be soaked, so why not toss in that back up pair, a few ounces of glove weight is a lot less than the weight of a disease like hiv or hepatits., cpr shield-a micro shield is light weight ...but its up to you ultimately, but if your the one trying to revive that inferior MI, or choking senario-look out for the "vomit to follow!" SAM splint someone mentioned is easy to improv-true, but when you need a plint you can ask for a better one -and considering the weight is not an issue period and they can even just line the bottom of yoru kit or backpack, why not use one..........some times you DONT want to go destroy your pack to make a splint for a simple ankle fx or minor greenstick fx. Sawyer extractor not longer top choice for snake bite.........well there are several research articles out on this , but it still could prove valuable if applied immedately-the theory is that you'll do damage to the tissue by the venom being suspended in the tissue during suction-this is true but if there is the slightest chance you could help reduce the envenomation in any bite or sting...............it couldnt hurt to try............and when i think of the places i could possibly be (senario) when i may be bitten.........if im lookig at 2-3 day walk out...........you better hope ANYTHING may lessen the impact of a severe bite/sting