To follow up on Scott's comments: Definately have a dental kit--talk to your dentist. I have a friend who made his wife a teak tooth and epoxied it in place on a passage in the South Pacific--worse part was getting the teak tooth "de-epoxied' when they got to dental care in New Zealand! I recommend that any voyager take CPR, Cardiac auto defibrillator training, at least basic first aid--and preferably a paramedic course (such as at a Junior college). Definately Cipro and Doxycycline should be in the medicine chest. Inflatable and traction splints are good. Accidents happen--I had gashed my head open and transciently was unconscious on a trans Atlantic crossing--my wife slipped in my blood and fractured her ankle. Fortunately our crew included a fire chief who got the bleeding controlled and we splinted my wife's ankle--(I couldn't find the plaster, so it had to wait a few days until we got to Barbados)--and we all stood watch that night. I would agree--there is no reason for atropine in most first aid kits. I do have some minor disagreements with some of Dr. Mark Anderson's choices. The Wilderness Medicine Society has some excellent information http://www.wms.org/ I would still include suiture material, both nylon and chromic, since there are times when wounds are deep and have to be closed in layers. Also an essential "tool" is an head lamp (I happen to like the one by Rayovac, which has red and white LED's and an intense focusing beam. This makes it much easier to suiture a moving target in a rolling boat and not having to have someone else hold the light! Regards, Bob Austin