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AVIATION SURVIVAL GEAR
After months of researching and thinking
of different scenarios, here is what my survival gear
kit contains (all packed in a daypack):
Front of the backpack, for easy access:
- Two packs of CELOX Gauze Roll, 5-Foot
by 3-Inch (link
here). This is a gauze that contains a rapid
blood-clotting agent. In case of massive injuries with
heavy bleeding, this can save your life.
- Quikclot Clotting Sponge (link
here). This is a packet that needs to be applied to
a large wound in order to stop the bleeding.
- Big self-adhesive gauze for keeping the Quikclot
packet in place.
- McMurdo Fast Find 210 Personal Locator Beacon with GPS
(link here).
This is a tiny device that once activated, it will
acquire its GPS location and then transmit it to the
emergency service providers via satellites. This device
should only be used in life-threatening situations,
since the cost of an emergency response can be very high
(tens of thousands of dollars).
The rest of the backpack:
- ducktape
- knife (a big hunting one)
- folding saw for cutting wood (9 inch)
- bear spray sealed in a waterproof bag (so it does not
leak out in flight)
- waterproof matches
- iodine tablets for water purification
- 2 platypus water containers (one liter each)
- 4 lithium AA and 4 lithium AAA batteries
- 2 headlamps
- hiking GPS as backup for the main navigation GPS and
in a survival situation
- steel pot for boiling water or melting snow (250 mL
capacity, very light)
- two whistles
- space blankets/bags
- ziplock and trash bags
- rope (50 feet)
- freeze dried food (two meals)
- lots of generic first-aid stuff (gauze, pads, bandaids,
neosporin, alcohol wipes, tape, ibuprofen, tylenol...)
- a bar of soap
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