Pack 2 of 8 · First 72 hours
Pack 2: Stop the Bleed
Control life-threatening bleeding
~$106
Stop life-threatening bleeding with pressure, gauze, and a real tourniquet — the skills that buy time for help.
Learn the skill: How to Stop Severe Bleeding: Tourniquets, Wound Packing, and When Seconds Count (2026) · How to Clean and Dress a Wound: Emergency Wound Care for 2026
When help is minutes away, bleeding control is the most time-critical skill you can own. Pack 2 assumes you already have water covered from Pack 1 and builds the medical layer.
All-purpose first-aid kit (298-pc) is the household baseline. 298 pieces, organized by injury type, with enough gauze and dressings to handle a bad cut without improvising from the kitchen drawer.
Hemostatic gauze and Tourniquet are the life-threat layer. Pack the wound with hemostatic gauze and hold pressure; if bleeding will not stop from an arm or leg, the tourniquet is the tool designed for it. Both ship with instructions — read them now, not during an emergency.
Hiking first-aid kit lives in the go-bag. Same first-aid depth as the household kit but packed for a daypack, so you are covered away from home too.
Budget note: the household kit alone is a solid start at about $18. Add the tourniquet and hemostatic gauze next paycheck to complete the bleed-control layer.
Zero-dollar move tonight: unseal the tourniquet, practice seating it one-handed on your own leg, and stage both kits where the whole household can grab them.
Next step: Pack 3 — See and Start.
What is in this pack
First Aid & Health
- All-purpose first-aid kit (298-pc)
A 298-piece soft-case kit for minor cuts, burns, and sprains. Add household prescriptions and replace used or expired supplies.
- Hemostatic gauze
Two-foot Z-fold kaolin hemostatic gauze for packing severe junctional wounds when a tourniquet cannot be used. Follow the package pressure time and get hands-on training before an emergency.
- Tourniquet
Commercial windlass tourniquet designed for life-threatening bleeding from an arm or leg. The Gen 7 can be routed for one-handed use and has a TIME strap for recording when it was applied.
- Hiking first-aid kit
Lightweight 66-piece trail kit with a trauma pad, elastic bandage, and a wilderness first aid guide, organized in labeled pockets inside a water-resistant bag.