First Aid Kit Build and Family Medical Info Sheet
Put a first aid kit where you need it, keep it stocked, and write each family member's allergies, medicines and doctors on a printable medical info sheet.
By Randall R. Russell, USMC Veteran
Health note: This is general information, not medical advice. Follow product labels and your doctor or pharmacist.
When someone gets hurt, two things slow you down: hunting for the kit, and trying to remember a family member's allergies, medicines and doctor while your heart is pounding. This page helps with both. Put a kit where you will need it, keep it stocked, and write each person's medical information on one sheet before you need it.
This guide is about being organized, not about treating anyone. For care, call your doctor, or 911 in an emergency. The free printable has the medical info sheet and a restock log with lines to write on.
Step 1: Where Your Kits Live
Decide now where each kit goes, and tell the whole family. A kit nobody can find is not a kit.
- ☐ Home kit, in one spot every adult knows, with any medicines in it kept up and away and out of sight of young children
- ☐ A kit in each car
- ☐ A small kit in each go-bag
- ☐ Emergency phone numbers taped inside the lid of every kit
Step 2: What Goes in the Kit
The American Red Cross publishes a first aid kit list for a family of four, and says to add personal items your health care provider may suggest. You can buy a ready-made kit and add to it, or build your own from that list.
Ask your doctor or pharmacist about your household's medicines, and about anything else your family should keep in the kit.
Step 3: Keep It Stocked
The Red Cross says to check the kit regularly, check expiration dates, and replace any used or out-of-date contents. Pick a date you already remember, like the clock change in spring and fall, and check every kit the same day. The printable has a restock log with a row for each kit check.
Step 4: The Family Medical Info Sheet
One sheet per person. When someone is hurt or sick, you hand it to the paramedic or take it to urgent care, so you are not relying on memory under pressure. The printable has pages for three people (print extra copies for a bigger household), each with spaces for:
- Full name, date of birth, and blood type if known
- Allergies (medicines, foods, insects, latex)
- Medical conditions
- Medicines, written exactly as the label says
- Doctor and pharmacy, with phone numbers, and insurance with member number
- Emergency contacts
Keep the filled sheets in a folder with your important papers, and a copy in the go-bag. This is private information. It stays on your paper or your own device; we never see it. Our Severe Weather Plan covers the grab-and-go bag for papers.
Step 5: Get Trained
The best thing in any kit is someone who knows how to use it. The American Red Cross offers first aid and CPR classes, in person and online. Put a date on the calendar for at least one adult in the house. Then write the date on the printable.
Step 6: Gear for This Plan
One or two picks per item. Paid links are marked. We may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. More picks live on our field medicine gear page.
A Small Kit for Cars and Go-Bags
Adventure Medical Kits Ultralight/Watertight .7 Medical Kit (paid link). A compact, waterproof kit for cuts, blisters and the small stuff. Honest downside: it is a basic first aid kit for small injuries, not a trauma kit, so add your own items and get trained.
A Reference Book
The Survival Medicine Handbook (paid link). A reference for when help is slow to come. Honest downside: it is a book, not a kit, and it is slow to use mid-crisis. Read it before you need it, and it never replaces calling for help.
Get the Printable Sheet
The free printable has medical info pages for three people (print more as needed), a kit location list, a restock log, and a line for your first aid class date. See all of our free printable guides.
Where This Advice Comes From
- American Red Cross: Anatomy of a First Aid Kit
- American Red Cross: Take a Class
- Product details: as on our gear and deals pages
Last checked: October 11, 2026 (American Red Cross). Product details as on our gear and deals pages.
Your free printable plan
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