Hello out there in Cyberland's survival world! As you can tell, I'm new to this forum after finding this cool website and realizing that it has a forum...COOL! Are there any other forums that you all frequent regarding the same subject? This is actually the first that I've seen as such. <br><br>Anyway, after doing a little searching on these cool Altoid PSK I decided to put one together for myself. THe reason being, a couple of years ago i was taking my daughter downtown via the train. While waiting, she skinned her knee and I had notthing to patch her up with. Luckily a good samaritan had some bandages that she gave to me to fix her up. Since then I've carried all kinds of little first aid kit's and added to it things that I thought I needed. Over time this became unweilding since I tried to prepare for every apocalyptic event. I pretty much had a crash bag that I couldn't carry anything else in! I've slimmed it down to the essentials to what I think I need and I carry it routinely now. I finished a tin of altoids off, (it certainly took a while :-) ) and started filling it with "survival gear" which turned out more of a first aid kit I think. Hopefully I won't bore you with details but here it goes:<br>1-2x3" moleskin (for hiking around the city)<br>1-2x3" gauze pad (patching up and using and kindling)<br>4-7/8x3" elastic bandaids<br>1-iodine swab (antiseptic, water treatment?)<br>2-alcohol swabs (antiseptic and fuel for a fire)<br>2-antibacterial wipes (full size sheets)<br>1-knuckle bandaid<br>1-packet ibuprofen *<br>1-packet acetaminophen* <br>(*can be alternated for fever relief and pain relief)<br>1-packet anti-acid<br>2-Claridin (antihistime/decongenstant, allergeries 24 hr. ea.)<br>5-water proofed matches (dipped in parafin, cut down and sealed in a plastic baggy)<br>4 ft of black and white thread wrapped around a 1/4"x1/4" cardboard<br>1 needle<br>1 straight razor<br>1-$50 bill<br>3 quarters<br>2 dimes<br>1 nickel<br>2-medium safety pins.<br>2ft- duct tape (folded over itself 2x3x1/4")<br>all in an altoids box that has elertic tape wrapped about the edges (about 3 ft) to seal the contents. I also plan to use some ranger bands on the ends to keep the 10ft. of 550 paracord from slipping off the ends. <br><br>Along with this stuff I typically carry a Swiss Army knife (Climber) and I need to get a small flashlight (thinking of a photon 3) for my key chain. I chose these things since I don't thing I'll need snares or fishing equipment on State Street but I would faster need first aid stuff. <br><br>What do you think? I'm a newbie at this so I'm sure there are lots of flaws. I'd be interested in what you all have in your PSK's and is there anything vitally important that I should have or missed?? Size in important because I really can't be toting around an alice pack with tactical gear while pushing a stroller or going to work with it in place of my leather soft sided brief case. :-) The altoids box looks like a wallet in the back pocket which si nice. I've had the bigger pack and found that they were never around when I needed them. This is convient and always around. Sorry for the long first post and I look forward to your replies. Have a great day!<br>-Mustang