First Aid Kit

For people who like to put together their own first aid kits, the metal tackle boxes are great, as are metal lunch boxes for smaller kits. Here is a list of items you absolutely should keep in your kit of emergency supplies:
Scissors
Soap or other sanitizer
Safety pins
Sunscreen
Latex gloves
Bandages:
Sterile adhesive bandages
3 rolls of 2-inch roller bandages
3 rolls of 3-inch roller bandages
2-inch gauze pads
4-inch gauze pads
triangular bandages
non-prescription drugs including aspirin, aceteaminophin, anti-diarrhea medicine, antacid, laxative
tweezers
needles
moistened towelettes
antiseptic
thermometer
tongue depressors
tube of petroleum jelly or other lubricant
First-Aid manual

You can then add on some other additions that are good and practical but not necessary: plastic zip-lock baggies, cotton balls, Q-tips.