ON my doctor’s advice (he is an avid saltwater fisherman) I keep a small spray bottle with diluted bleach solution, he told me about 10-1. Spray it on the wound, don’t drink it 
any nick, cut or jab should get sprayed immediately to help avoid vibrio. That stuff is Nasty.
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When I fished offshore a lot we had a very well thought out and well stocked ditch bag. In the skiff things are a lot different. I do have a good first aid kit along with the safety gear. My plan on the skiff is to have save a trip items in the boat. Items like spare hull plug, ignition key, kill switch and adapters, and floating handheld VHF. Where I typically run and fish, it’s 6’ or less. I’m not trying to tempt fate, but there’s not too many times I’m not within wading or short swimming distance from dry ground, or at least somewhere I can stand out of the water.
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That’s the company we bought. Small world.
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Cylume light stiks…red,green,white
reflective tape on pfd and some to apply to boat when it hits the fan
I didn’t see it mentioned yet but Flex Seal Tape is some awesome repair tape. Especially for below the waterline, way better than duct tape or gorilla tape. But both of those have there uses too.
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That kinda tape plus a piece of napkin mades a great waterproof redneck bandaid! Don’t ask…
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Never even thought about using it that way. That’s thinking totally outside the box, nice!
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I will caution that that tape removes skin unless gently pulled off. Ask my buddy how I know😆
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I once caught the edge of a rapidly spinning drill bit and chewed the hell out of my finger. Bleeding like a stuck pig I wrapped it as good as I could and put on a nerite glove to limit the blood trail I would be leaving behind, and drove to a nearby urgent care, my kid in tow. The urgent care was closing for the night and couldn’t take me, they recommended that I go to the ER, which I really didn’t want to do since walking in the door usually means at least $1,500 bucks. I stopped by a Walgreens looking for something that may solve my issue and my kid spotted Wound Seal on the shelf and showed me, I had never heard of it. Brought it home and it worked. Since then I’ve used it and “bleed stop” many times to seal up things that I probably should have gotten stitches for. It burns like hell going on but really works.
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Some ER depts. have started using Crazy Glue or glues using the Cyanoacrylate ingredient for cuts. It closes up and seals open wounds…just a thought
Thought I heard somewhere that Crazy Glue was originally developed for medical use and then it made it to the consumers? Same thing as Liquid Bandage, which I use often, unfortunately.
Was it that show Tactical to Practical? They showed military tech that went civilian.
Ok this thread inspired me. I just ordered a mymedic myfak first aid kit for the boat. It’s pretty comprehensive
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One more thing. Two weeks ago I had a bilge pump failure in a bad storm. Fortunately I had a hand bilge pump which I will always keep on board. But when buying a replacement bilge pump I bought a spare, put long leads in it will alligator battery clips and a hose. This will now be my backup. Can also assist another craft that is taking water.
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Cynocrylate has been in medical use for a very long time.
Usually dermabond (medical crazy glue) has a blue tint, otherwise they work the same. A good rule of thumb is if you can’t clean it well, and I mean really well, it’s better not to seal a laceration entirely. Infections love an anaerobic environment. If you can get a few tubs of sterile 4x4 and a travel baby shampoo you can put clean water and baby shampoo in the tub and use the 4x4s to clean and debride the wound. When it is really clean and dry, give it a little crazy glue. As mentioned above there are some newer closures around that work pretty well but are a little pricey. A cheap alternative is a little Mastisol and steri strips. As to tourniquets, if you are going to carry one, carry two. If the first doesn’t work go higher and tighter on the second one. Quick clot really works well for bleeds you can’t fix with what I described, and they have combat gauze, 2x2s, 4x4s etc. break open the piggy bank. The gauze is more for packing penetrating wounds not in the chest/abdominal cavity so you might consider what wounds you are buying this for 
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I do most of what has been mentioned above. My self inflating vest has a small PLB that fits in it and a waterproof handheld VHF attached to it. I also carry a de-hooker. Been hooked several times before and if its not a through n through that you can cut and remove, I would prefer the tool instead of the looped piece of line removal method. Also a Shild 9mm always.
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I cannot recommend enough having some type of cutters capable of cutting though a fish hook. I recently had the fortune of having a treble hook embedded in the pointer and middle finger of my left hand.
Luckily, I keep a pair of Channellock 909’s in my tool kit! Since the cutter is in the head, as opposed to the side of the tool, it made it relatively easy to cut the hook apart so I could deal with each finger separately.
After this event, I purchased a brand new set and added it to my first aid kit.
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Two fingers on hook, that has to absolutely suck. Great suggestion BTW, I’ll add it for sure.