Adventure Medical Kits: Deals

Learn how to choose and resupply a first-aid kit for the outdoors or make your own from scratch.

Learn how to combat mosquitoes, ticks and flies with DEET, picaridin and natural lotions, air-emitted repellents and permethrin-treated clothing.

Learn the differences between wilderness and urban first aid. Also get care tips and find out how to assess a patient in the backcountry.

Learn how to use sunscreen to guard against UV radiation. Topics include ingredients, SPF, UVB, UVA, broad spectrum, and water resistance.

Our first-aid kit list of items for the outdoors includes wound coverings, medications, treatments, tools, personal care items and much more.

Chemicals in some sunscreens are harmful to coral reefs, leading sunscreen makers to offer "reef-safe" formulas. What does "reef-safe" mean? Find out.