Spinosaurus Jacket

• Water – LifeStraw Personal Water Filter
  Allows you to drink directly from streams, ponds, or containers by removing pathogens to make raw water safer in the field.
• Shelter – Rescue Essentials Mylar Emergency Blanket
  Reflects radiant body heat and cuts wind exposure. Can be used as a wrap, improvised bivy, or ground/roof panel for basic shelter and as a high-visibility marker.
• Fire – UST BlastMatch + Vaseline cotton balls in Coghlan’s matchbox
  One-handed fire starter that works when your hands are cold or injured, paired with petroleum-jelly cotton balls for fast ignition in wet or marginal conditions.
• Light – Black Diamond Flare emergency headlamp
  Compact, long-shelf-life headlamp that keeps your hands free for navigation, first aid, and shelter work after dark. Multiple modes for close work, movement, and emergency signaling.
• Signal – UST Hear-Me Rescue Whistle + UST StarFlash Micro Signal Mirror
  Whistle provides high-intensity audible signaling without voice fatigue; mirror projects a precise visual signal to aircraft or distant ground teams in daylight.

• Scout Kit
  Includes all components of the Scout (water, shelter, fire, light, and signal tools).
• MiniWire carabiner
  Lightweight wire-gate carabiner for attaching gear to your jacket’s utility loops, hanging the Mylar blanket as a tarp, clipping light sticks, or creating quick connection points in a shelter or line system.
• Chlorination–flocculation packets
  Chemical treatment that both clarifies and disinfects dirty or silty water. Used with or before the LifeStraw, it improves water quality, protects the filter from heavy sediment, and provides a non-mechanical backup if the filter is damaged or lost (when used as directed).
• Leatherman Micra (10-tool multitool)
  Compact tool for cutting paracord, trimming and shaping tape, handling small hardware, and doing fine field repairs. Also useful for basic first-aid tasks that require scissors or tweezers instead of improvising with fingers and a knife.
• Medic Reinforcement Tape (duct-style repair tape)
  High-strength tape in a compact roll. Used to secure dressings, reinforce splints, patch torn gear, seal small leaks, reinforce grommets or tie-out points on the emergency blanket, and back up almost any weak point in your shelter or clothing.
• Fenix PD25 flashlight
  Waterproof, impact-resistant flashlight with multiple brightness levels and long runtime. Acts as a second light source if the headlamp fails, and gives a stronger, more focused beam for searching, navigation, or signaling. Best used with lithium batteries for long shelf life and cold-weather performance.
• 30 ft of 550 paracord
  Primary shelter and rigging tool: ridgelines for the Mylar blanket, tie-outs for wind, gear lashing, improvised harness points, and splint or immobilization wraps when combined with tape and the triangular bandage. One of the most versatile items in the kit.
• Triangular bandage with safety pins
  Large, clean piece of fabric that serves as a sling, pressure wrap, head covering, or anchor for dressings. Outside of medical use, it doubles as general-purpose cloth: padding, bundling, or added protection for gear.

• Scout and Trekker kits
  Includes all components of the Scout and Trekker (water, shelter, fire, light, and signal tools).
• Clear transpiration bag
  Harvest drinkable water from green vegetation when there’s no surface source—no pump, no fuel, no electronics, just sun and time.
• MiniComp II compass
  Simple, durable analog compass for bearings and deliberate movement when phones and GPS units are dead, frozen, or gone.
• Pacer beads
  Classic pace counter so you can track distance, hold a search pattern, or work back along your route instead of wandering.
• Two 4" Cyalume chem lights
  Military-standard chemical light sticks: cold-proof, waterproof, and battery-free. Use them to mark shelter, hang as low-glare area light, clip to gear for ID, or swing as a bright moving signal in rain, fog, steam, or smoke.
• HotHands warmer
  Long, steady heat to keep hands functional, support core warmth, or protect batteries from cold-related voltage drop.
• Rescue Essentials “Nick Fixer” first-aid kit
  A compact but real medical kit: bleeding control, wound care, blister/burn treatment, basic meds, tools, and PPE so you can actually treat problems instead of just covering them.

Nick Fixer – Contents

Burn treatment

• 2 × Burn gel packets

Minor wounds

• 10 × Adhesive bandages, 1" × 3"
• 3 × Plastic oval bandages, 2" × 4"
• 2 × Fingertip adhesive bandages
• 4 × Gauze sponges (2-pack), 2" × 2"
• 3 × Flexible knuckle bandages
• 5 × Butterfly wound closure strips
• 1 × Conforming gauze, 2" × 5 yds
• 1 × Conforming ABD pad, 5" × 9"
• 2 × Non-adherent pads, 2" × 3"
• 2 × Moleskin pads, 2" × 3"
• 1 × Plastic tape, 0.5" × 10 yds
• 1 × Cohesive wrap, 1" × 5 yds
• 2 × Antibiotic ointment unit doses
• 1 × Tincture of benzoin ampule
• 2 × Iodine prep pads
• 3 × Antiseptic wipes
• 1 × Antimicrobial hand wipe

OTC meds & topicals

• 1 × Poison ivy cleanser towelette
• 2 × Sting relief pads
• 2 × Acetaminophen 2-packs (325 mg)
• 2 × Antacid 2-packs
• 2 × Ibuprofen 2-packs (200 mg)
• 2 × Diamode anti-diarrheal unit doses

Tools

• 2 × Safety pins
• 1 × Mini EMT shears, 4"
• 1 × Mini vial with tweezers & 2 safety pins
• 1 × Backcountry first-aid booklet

Personal protection

• 1 × Pair nitrile gloves