What should I include in a first aid kit for the car?

[ballmode]

Something that can withstand G forces of moving around haha and can handle extremes of cold/heat from the different seasons.

Besides band-aid gauze and tape... what else should I include?

 

[herm0016]

adventure medical makes some of the best kits I have found.

maybe something like this: http://www.adventuremedicalkits.com/product.php?catname=Marine&prodname=Marine 250&product=112

it has a more sturdy case than just a bag.

you may even go for one of the smaller kits.

 

[_Rick_]

In Germany, cars are required to be equipped with a specifically spec'ed first aid kit.
You could use that as an orientation.

Also, gloves are a good addition, and a thermo-foil-blanket (in case of burns, car getting stuck in the snow). Scissors are convenient too, and possibly pincers. If you want to go fancy, there's resuscitation masks. A seat belt cutter can also be useful.

If you have the space, you might want to add a woolen blanket, which can help to extinguish people, or even carry more heavily injured parties.

The only thing, that could possibly be impacted by the thermal stress, that an outside environment poses, is an antiseptic.

You could also add a booklet of lifesaving measures (pictograms?) to your pack, so that there is a guide on how to get someone onto their side, how to treat a shock, or how to tie off a heavily bleeding wound.

Some plastic bags can also be helpful, to collect severed limbs.

 

[Zap]

More of a "car emergency kit" and not a "first aid kit."

Normal stuff from first aid kit
Moist wipes
Latex/Nitrile gloves (seriously if you stop to help someone, you DON'T want to be touching their body fluids)
Fire extinguisher
Blanket
Folding shovel
Flashlight (multi-mode LED wouldn't hurt)

Just suggestions.

<-- Only carries flashlight, cell phone and AAA card in car.

 

[M0oG0oGaiPan]

I saw a first aid kit somewhere and everything was in a bottle that you could use to drink water out of. Maybe include matches or flares. I read that if you're lost somewhere you can use the flares to light your spare tire on fire and it'll smoke up so people can find you. This was in reference to that father/daughter stuck in the blizzard in japan the other day.

 

[exdeath]

A REAL LED flashlight. Something with a Cree bulb and 150+ lumens powered by CR123 or similar batteries , not one of those silly photon lights.