Wounds/First-Aid
* Clean water and mild antibacterial soap ... treatment of mild wounds
* Neosporin and hydrogen peroxide ... for mild wounds. These are kid-friendly. Hydrogen peroxide is heavy to carry!
* Shur-Clens: Used for cleaning acute wounds (we are still evaluating this item).
Provodone-Iodine Swabs?
BZK Wipes??
Alcohol Prep Pads and/or bottle of isopropal?
Cold/Flu
* Thera-flu packets work well. Individual team members typically bring their own preferred cold meds.
Pseudoephedrine? Decongestant, also useful as a mild stimulant
Guaifenesin? Expectorant
Eyes:
Visine for eye lubrication
*Gentamicin sulfate opthalmic solution for problems like conjunctivitis and pink eye
Sterile Saline Solution? Available in several sizes as an eye wash, also works for flushing wounds.
Diarrhea:
* Bring several clean towels! Explosive diarrhea is really messy.
* Immodium AD. Helps in mild cases.
* Both antibiotics below (esp. Cipro) help a lot when things are serious
Also baby wipes and extra underwear!
Antibiotics:
* Ciproflaxacin: Good for skin infections, respiratory and urinary tract infections, bad diarrhea and infectious diarrhea
* Doxycycline ("doxy")": Used by our team as a daily anti-malarial preventive (works well), also effective against travelers diarrhea, some respiratory and urinary tract infections
Nitazoxanide? Treatment for giardiasis and cryptosporidiosis
Also, how much are you going to carry? 500mg BID for 28 days is a lot of meds. Maybe consider Azithromycin Z-Packs or Tri-Packs for faster action/less bulk?
Note from the CDC: Agents such as trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole and
doxycycline are no longer considered effective antimicrobial agents against enteric bacterial pathogens.
Special Meds:
* Malarone for real malaria cases (Lariam NOT recommended, though it does work).
* Epi-pens: We sometimes have these, but have not needed one. Essential if you really do have an anaphylactic shock problem.
Diphenhydramine? Antihistamine
Potassium Iodide? Possibly worthwhile given the recent events in Japan
Just throwing some ideas out there. Unfortunately, keeping a sufficient and fresh supply of antibiotics is problematic for me.