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This video made me realize i dont prepare anything for possible health problems when i go on trips. That was a real eye opener! Thx!!

Brilliant video, Nadine. Thank you. I would also add a pair of tweezers for removing splinters etc, scissors and activated charcoal tablets.

I am literally the worst at packing a first aid kit. I normally just throw some band-aids in my luggage and call it a day

I'm happy that you mentioned that usually we shouldn't used anti-diarrhea medication. I'm a nurse and I do travelling vaccination and we do not recommend that type of medication because the bug that cause diarrhea needs to get out. instead we recommend that people consults a doctor or a health care specialist and get a antibiotic that they can use when they have there first signs of travelers diarrhea. But I get if you get sick before your 14 hours flight back home anti-diarrhea medication wouldn't be to bad... :)

I take lavender essential oil. It's antiseptic and mosquitos don't like it. Mosquitos like me, a lot!

and my family teases my dad for carrying all types of medicines and I be like: dont tease him, meds are important.

Things to add: Superglue! So many uses, but for 'field medicine' can be used to keep a cut that requires stitches closed! You should also add a bottle of sanitizer or a small bar of soap. Lastly, you need some kind of blade/multitool which can be a lifesaver when it comes to first aid applications - and just general usage.

You should always label those containers with medications in them. Include at least the name and strength, and add directions for taking it if you have room.

I use anti nausea pills a lot while travelling, because I get motion/car sickness very easily... Plus you'll sleep through long bus rides!

TEA TREE OIL is my go to for everything. It disinfects, but is natural, so it doesn't hurt.

In a pinch, if someone suffers a deep cut my friend says you could use a sanitary pad (new of course) as a temporary gauze to keep the cut from becoming infected with anything, use tape or a piece of cloth to tie and keep in place.

I would add some eye drops and/or saline solution, especially if you are going to a dry climate.

I need to add blister pads to my kit. I can't believe I overlooked them! Thanks for the video!

Tiny scissors, chap stick, nail clippers

Whoa...crazy. It's actually true that you can discover allergies you didn't know you had! Just this week, I was working under a bridge over a river that just flooded, leaving a layer of nasty mud and river plants all over everything. I was kicking the plants and mud off of the walkways we needed to get across, and it kicked up a bunch of allergens I didn't know I was sensitive to. I was sneezing and miserable for the rest of the day and I work outside v_v hahaha so LISTEN TO NADINE SHE KNOWS lol

I've been binge watching your videos since yesterday. Love your channel and all the tips! I've been traveling quite a lot lately and modifying my traveling habits as I go along. But there is always some tip or hack that you explain that I wasn't aware of, and now I'll be doing that too! Thanks!!

Super informative! I love the tip that you only need to bring enough supplies to last you until you get to a proper pharmacy. We're planning a two month trip to Southeast Asia and I've thought I needed to bring EVERYTHING in our bags. Ha!

I need to get myself a niffty little bag. My first aid kit is literally a ziplock bag. I always carry anti-nausea tablets for motion sickness, food reactions/allergies, etc. I throw in a ThermaCare patch (the sticky pads that heat up to help with pain) as a portable heating pad if I get period cramps or any other pain. :)

A first aid kit is so important-especially if you’re traveling to a country with a different native language or rural areas. For carryon travel, I put my first aid liquids and creams in a sandwich size baggie in my 3-1-1 bag, with a card listing the items that go in it. I leave the baggie and card in the 3-1-1 bag, so I never forget to put them back before flying!

Any laddies with bigger legs like me, anti chafe cream is a life saver!! If you are traveling and it gets hot and youre walking around and sweating a tad (i know its gross but its life) then youll probably chafe and it is veeery uncomfortable. I use monistat chafing relief powder gel and it works wonders! (especially in southeast asia!) Its like $6 at target if youre in north america like me. Safe, fun and comfortable travels everyone! (:

I always put in bandages and ankle supports as I often twist my ankels

Oh, I just thought of another. I always carry a little bit of duct tape because you can use it in a pinch on cuts and scrapes or use it to tape a finger up and if you get a hole in your bag you can easily fix it too! I wrap tape around a sharpie that lives in my bag. Came in very handy on a trip to the US when my husband's NEW bag ripped at King's Cross...we hadn't even got as far as the airport!

Very solid kit, I would feel comfortable with it. I would think of how to shrink the size but that's it!

I was surprised how many of these I've actually needed travelling! I use electrolytes on long haul flights as well, really helps a long with lots of water :)

I work as a remote/expedition Paramedic and I am honestly rather impressed with what you have in your kit for a basic first aid kit. I think some additional things to think about: Benadryl... it is a wonder drug. It's also great PO for nausea/upset stomach, insomnia/sleep loss, and even sedation if you need it. The iodine/betadine you have can also be used to treatment questionable drinking water. Other additions to this kit I would l look into is some anti-fungal cream. Things to think about taking your kit further depending on where you are traveling are some dental care items (clove oil, dental cement), a trauma kit if you are out trekking, and your own set of IV tubing/needles as many countries still re-use that type of equipment.

This was the best first aid kit i've seen on here so far.

If taking iron makes you feel less tired you might be anemic....!

nice video! I would add 3 things: Crazy/Super Glue, Rubber Gloves, Tea Tree Oil.

Making a travel playlist with all of your videos for the summer!! Thanks for all of your amazing tips Nadine 😘

Hey Nadine! We all know you don't recomend travelling on holidays, but maybe you could give us some tips on travelling abroad during christmas and new years. Love youuu

The superglue is a great suggestion. I usually end up bouldering, which tears up my hands, so I use a hand salve specifically meant for healing (made by Joshua Tree) and I also carry Tiger Balm around with me. Not only is it great for sore muscles, but a little dab under your nose can help clear up sinuses too. I also have a snake bite kit, which most people probably won't need, but for me, it lives in my outdoor bag.

Wow! Now i know that i miss a bunch of important things in my first aid kit!

Have you ever had any trouble getting all this through hand luggage?

Charcoal tablets, great for any illness that's coming on and hangovers. For ladies, yeast infection pill b/c when you take an antibiotic that can happen. Probiotics are great too especially when taking antibiotics. Oh and tree tea oil - good too get rid of mold on your clothes and even heal wounds and more :)

Hi Nadine, great video! I would like to suggest if you have an injury/burn/cut, do make sure the area and your hands are clean before applying tegaderm dressing or you will trap and incubate bacteria into the wound. Also, do not forget to monitor the area of trauma and surrounding skin for spreading infection, or if you become systemically unwell, like cold or flu, this could indicate infection in a wound too.

I wish everyone on oceanic flight 815 in Lost had these kits. Loads of deaths could’ve been avoided. 😢 great video!

Thanks, I really enjoyed your video and I think it was very helpful.

The 2 things that come to mind is Tylenol and an ACE bandage. You would think those would be easy to find but 2 years ago in the UK my husband and I couldn't find either after checking multiple pharmacies. We can't take other pain relievers and needed an ACE bandage for a sprained ankle.

Thank you so much! This video has given me a lot of ideas to help expand my first aid kit.

Sunburn relief would be a good thing to have as well.

Wow that's quite a bit of stuff! Have you ever had a "heavy duty" wound on your travels?

Hey, Nadine! LOVE your videos! I have to be at least 20 years older than you, but your advice (and bubbly attitude) has been a God-send! I am traveling with my husband and my 15 year old son for three weeks in Europe. I have forgotten nearly all my travel hacks... and I freaking LIVED in Italy for four years! Yikes! Thanks... keep those videos coming!

Tegaderm is used to cover IVs in hospitals. I don't believe it's the same "brand" but it is the same "stuff". I used to have to use Fentanyl patches and those suckers just wouldn't stay on. With the help of my pharmacist, he recommended these Tegaderms to help cover the patches and they stayed on through showers and everything!! Warning - check to see if your patch (nicotine or otherwise, needs ventilation before using!!)

This was very useful, thanks Nadine! One thing I personally would add is cystitis meds. Powder you dilute in water to drink which helps relieve it or reduce it till can get to doctor to get antibiotics. I went to America last year and pretty much packed every med possible. But was really ill from both ends and then realised I forgot Dioralyte as I don't usually need it. I had Imodium though but didn't help much as was pretty bad. Was abit worrying as had 8 hour flight back to the UK in couple of days. Thankfully I recovered in time.

I take the empty Tylenol travel bottles, take off the labels {put on prescription labels, diarrhea meds, OTC antiacid, Excedrin migraine label} a small bottle of witch hazel & aloe vera for burns, moleskin, medical wrap as I'm allergic to medical tape & band aids.

A bit on the pricy side, but I carry one or more 4-inch/10.1cm squares of Optifoam non-adhesive foam dressing and about 2 feet of folded up Hypafix (2-inch wide) self-stick dressing tape. You can cut the foam to needed size and the tape to length. Very multipurpose. Holds much better than BandAids or similar, especially for skin areas that move like elbows or knees. Available on Amazon. Thanks for the video.

A little pair of scissors comes in handy for cutting band aids to size and to cut tape

Don't put a tegaderm over a burn, or any wound. You are just trapping in any germs and not letting your wounds breath! Definitely don't leave them on for a week!

I have a really really small first aid kit and incomplete, thanks Nadine. I include a small thing of hockey tape rolled in a bobby pin, same concept as your medical tape. I use them to prevent blisters instead of using bandaids, in case I'm actually going to need those band aids! ☺️ love your snaps!

wow youre the perfect example of better safe than sorry! :D

I actually have an emergency tent in my first aid kit for when I go hiking. It's made of the same materiel as the blanket, but sewn in to a triangle with two pieces of string at each end, so you can string it up between two trees. It's been a life saver on many occasions. Yea... I get lost in the woods a lot. :/ :)

Little scissors and tweezers, they're easily forgotten but extremely necessary. On gold DofE one boy from another group fell into this plant with thousands of spikes. No one in the group had tweezers so he he had to walk the rest of the day with thousands of spikes in his arm. Luckily I had one so they spent the evening taking them out, it showed how important they are

Emergency kits are the most often forgotten item. Thanks for this reminder. I live and travel in a tiny house on wheels and carry a similar one. I should do a video on mine since it targets RV, trailers and camper van travelers.

I also take some safety pins and some really strong stripes you can put over a cut if it needs to be sewn and you don't have any access to a medical center

Hey Nadine! I don’t know how many times I have watched this video over the years! Ps I buy blister pads now because of you. They are amazing!

Hey Nadine, I was wondering do you ever have any issues with border crossing or TSA when travelling with these different pills, I am currently in the process of getting ready for my backpacking adventure and I would like to know if I should hold off on getting certain things until I am at my destination. Thanks for the informational videos and good luck on your future travels. 😊

the survival blanket is sooo cool

Great video and so nice to see that you have put some energy into knowing what you are keeping in your first aid kit. Here is my ideas about adding stuff. Tweezers, and you can put some cotton pads inside the pill containers to keep them quiet. I always keep some latex gloves ready if I need to assist others and l also keep some Vaseline which is good for closings up small kuts and brushes and a small bottle of vodka (you know the airplane/minibar size) it's for moral and keeping a situation under control.... It more to ad but I choose to think of this kit a dedicated firs aid and I'm assuming that you have a hygiene bag somewhere that will cover the rest. Like nail clippers and some general cleaning supplies Pluss pluss. Happy travels and a great weekend 👍

I probably wouldnt have thought of half of this...GREAT video for travel or even just to have in your car!!

good kit but u might want to add a tick remover

Very informative!! Haha is it weird I was hoping to see you repack everything into that tiny bag? 😅 Also I don't know if you did a video on this before, but I was interested to know your opinions or tips on purchasing travel health insurance? Thanks! X

Most of those items are necessary in a first aid kit, but I noticed that you had some in your's which pertain to you and that is good. I have a survival kit in my backpack and also have one in my vehicles as well just in case they are needed.

you might also want to include a water purifier, like drops or tablets. even a water straw is a great thing to have in countries where bottled water is hard to find and the local water could put you in the hospital.

Have you ever had issues when bringing the clear containers of pills through airport screening? Just curious, I always thought they had to be in its original packaging.

So many things I haven't even thought of! This is a super helpful video and I'll definitely be rewatching it when packing my bags for my next adventure. :)

I am loving your newest videos! I took a month long trip to Europe in January and these are the videos that I was looking for and not finding! So useful! 💜💜

Such a good video! Just added so many things to my kit. One thing I would recommend is vitamin C effervescent tabs (or Echinacea pills) to help build immunity. Like Airborne or Emergen-C

How about a tourniquet. It's a last ditch solution to a very bad bleeding problem but I believe every first aid kit should have one. There are compact ones you can get that will fit in small kits. Google CAT tourniquet to learn more.

I love how you have room for that pool table. In my experience, there's always a least one wall you always have to worry about hitting.

i usually put some little snacks like granola, nuts.... along with waterproof matches in case you need to make a fire, light!

I got a bad burn on my leg from a motorcycle tailpipe when I was out in the rural Philippines, definitely wish I had that second skin stuff at the time.

First aid is very important when travelling, i put it on my roadeavour's travel toiletry kit!

Zofran: anti-nausea medication but you need a prescription for it. Not for like seasickness/carsick nausea, although you can use it for that. More for the other reasons you get nauseous.

Double check that the meds you intend to carry are legal/uncontrolled where you are going..Pay attention to any limits on strengths/quantities....Also be aware that repackaging meds can potentially cause issues if you are searched by Customs etc...In some countries, even in Europe, certain types of common meds such as antidiarrheals and antihistamine are very expensive, so make sure everybody in your party has their own..Finally I would add some clove oil for treating toothache...

I know it's for what if situations, but I really don't see how one would need that much with them... maybe it's because I don't do all the things you do or travel a lot outside of cities outside of Europe. I would keep the band aids, medical tape and pads, some stomach meds (i think I've had some that has like bacteria to help with an upset stomach), ibuprofen (and like a couple others we have in Sweden called Alvedon which contain paracetamol instead of ibuprofen), and maybe some antibacterial wipes. Would add an hydrocortisone salve that would do for a lot of the things you packed!

Wow, thank you for this video. That alcohol and gauze tape trick was like an AHA! moment for me. Will be using that from now on and buying iron supplements.

I'm in the process of gathering my supplies for my working holiday visa in Australia and I have looked a lot for a video like that! Thank you s much for making this!!! You are amazing and your videos are fantastic!

This was so help full for me , I'm very clumsy and have many head aces

I didnt have the rehydration oral electrolyte powders. Seems super important to have so one can get back to the adventure. Aint nobody got time for that. (sickness)

So helpful!! I'm already traveling but I'll be picking up a few things along!

Gloves! Antibacterial wipes to was your hands before you touch an open wound. Maybe an elastic bandage for sprains?

Now, why didn't i see this video earlier? Nadine, you have exellent and very educational videos. Wishing you nothing but love, great health and a life filled with joy and happiness for you and your loved ones :-) x

What about oil of cloves, for toothache and a cold sore cream, the change of diet brings these problems on.

YES!!! I've finally found a Vancouver Vlogger! Well, I'm sure there are others, but you're the first I've seen. Saw a video of you on Louis channel. Will enjoy watching your videos. Love travel videos. I'm at that "Gotta build up the guts to Vlog" stage... but hopefully soon. :).

I'd get antinausea prescribed at the walk in for planes and boats in case and chewing gum for altitude/ear issues.

hey Nadine thank you sooooo much for your videos they are soooo important i feel very happy when i watch them i will travel alone this summer to egypt for 6 weeks and i wanna know if you never been there and your advices for this travel thank youuu so much and i wish you good luck for the rest

Great vid Nadine! Props on that kit, it's pretty darned complete. I also carry Loratadine (Claratin or similar) for pollen allergies.

I just discovered your channel and I love it! I love traveling and your travel video's are amazing and your tips are also really helpful. Something that's really weird yet special is that I discovered your channel after one of my best friends died... Her name was also Nadine, she loved travelling as well and you just really remind me of her😊❤️

Definitely would throw in some midol!

Tegaderms are so strong because they are used to hold in IVs, CVCs ect

Thanks for the video

Awesome kit. I’m definitely gonna add more stuff to my kit after watching this!!👌🏼

Thank you! I'm volunteering in Africa in September and I need a mini first aid kit xx

I think myself as an Eagle Scout, and you as an astute world traveler would be pretty damn well prepared going on a trip together ;) Ha.

Does anyone have any suggestions for a good snake bite kit?

I'm leaving for europe in a week and I needed this video!! thank you nadine!

Well, one iron tablet will not make you more energetic over night. It takes several daily tablets to get benefits. Those are not supposed to be in a first aid kit.

I’d add some bandage in case I, god forbid, sprain my ankle or any other limb to keep it fixed. And knowing myself and the ways I may get ill if i catch some infection that may lead to fever I take some antibiotics of wide spectrum. In my country they are less strict with selling some medicine without prescription.

Thank you!! I will bring these on my 2 week Euro trip. Have you ever had an issue at customs/border patrol with drugs not in original packaging?