Adventure Medical Kits
Authorized Dealer • Wilderness Medicine Since 1989
Adventure Medical Kits invented the wilderness first-aid kit category in 1989, building physician-curated medical kits for people operating far from hospitals, urgent care, or reliable 911 response. Keep Shooting is an authorized AMK dealer carrying the Mountain Hiker Medical Kit, the MOLLE Bag Trauma Kit 0.5, QuikClot Clotting Gauze for severe bleeding control, and the full Ben's and Natrapel insect-repellent lines — purpose-built medical gear from the Oakland, California brand that set the standard for backcountry and tactical field medicine.
About Adventure Medical Kits at Keep Shooting
Keep Shooting is an authorized Adventure Medical Kits dealer carrying a curated selection of AMK's most widely used products: the Mountain Hiker Medical Kit, the MOLLE Bag Trauma Kit 0.5, QuikClot Clotting Gauze for severe bleeding control, and the Ben's and Natrapel insect-repellent lines. Every piece is genuine AMK factory inventory from the wilderness- medicine brand that has defined the outdoor first-aid category for more than 35 years.
Adventure Medical Kits was founded in 1989 in Oakland, California — a time when the concept of a purpose-built "wilderness first aid kit" essentially didn't exist in the commercial market. The standard first-aid kit of the late 1980s was designed for household or workplace use: a box of bandages, antiseptic wipes, and pain relievers intended to handle minor cuts and headaches until professional medical help arrived in minutes. AMK's insight was that a hiker, climber, backcountry hunter, or expedition medic operating hours or days from the nearest hospital needed something fundamentally different: medical supplies designed around real wilderness emergencies — severe bleeding, broken bones, sprains, altitude sickness, hypothermia, burns, allergic reactions — all packaged for durability in a pack and organized for rapid field use under stress. That design philosophy defined the first generation of AMK kits and has guided the company's product development ever since.
AMK's kits are physician-curated, a detail that distinguishes them from the generic first-aid kits that dominate drug- store and big-box retail. Each AMK kit is developed in consultation with wilderness medicine authorities — physicians who actively practice backcountry and expedition medicine — and the kits are refined year over year based on real field-use feedback from guides, SAR teams, expedition medics, and military medical personnel. The result is kits that carry exactly what you actually need for a specific use case, organized the way wilderness medics actually work, rather than the grab-bag approach of commodity first-aid kits.
The Mountain Hiker Medical Kit is AMK's flagship backcountry kit for day hikers, trail runners, and weekend backpackers — organized into modular sections for wound care (bandages, gauze, antiseptic), bleeding control, fracture and sprain stabilization, burn treatment, and minor injury care. It's the kit we recommend as the default choice for most hunters, hikers, and outdoorsmen who want a genuinely useful field medical kit without stepping up to a full trauma loadout.
The MOLLE Bag Trauma Kit 0.5 is AMK's tactical medical platform — trauma-focused supplies packaged in a PALS/ MOLLE-compatible pouch that attaches to any plate carrier, duty belt, range bag, or chest rig. The "0.5" designation indicates the mid-size variant (smaller than the full 1.0 trauma kit, larger than the IFAK-scale units), and the kit is optimized for penetrating-trauma and severe-bleeding scenarios that law enforcement, range instructors, and competitive shooters actually face. The MOLLE Trauma Kit complements the duty- medical gear we carry from North American Rescue — for the full tactical medical catalog see our North American Rescue brand page and our First Aid category.
QuikClot Clotting Gauze is the single most important piece of modern bleeding-control equipment we stock. QuikClot is a hemostatic gauze — gauze impregnated with kaolin, an inert mineral clay that activates the body's intrinsic clotting cascade and dramatically accelerates clot formation at the injury site. The product has been issued to US military medics and combat lifesavers since 2008 and is on the Committee on Tactical Combat Casualty Care (CoTCCC) recommended list for severe hemorrhage control in both military and civilian tactical-medicine contexts. QuikClot works by physical mechanism (not by raising body temperature like first- generation hemostatic agents), making it safe for use on any patient. The 2-foot length is the standard personal-IFAK quantity — adequate for one major wound pack in a tactical or wilderness application.
AMK also owns two of the most respected insect-repellent brands in the outdoor industry: Ben's and Natrapel. Ben's is the high-potency line — Ben's Tick Repellent is a permethrin-based clothing treatment that bonds to fabric fibers and provides weeks of tick and mosquito protection per application, and the broader Ben's line includes DEET-based topical repellents for high-exposure environments (deep woods, tropical deployments, disease-vector regions). Natrapel is the gentler picaridin- based alternative — picaridin at 20% concentration provides equivalent protection to DEET against mosquitoes and ticks with less skin irritation, no plastic or synthetic-fabric damage, and a lighter feel on the skin. The 1-ounce Natrapel Picaridin Tick and Insect Repellent in our catalog is the correct personal-carry size for a pack, fanny pack, or range bag — the concentration is the same as Natrapel's larger bottles, but in a pocket-friendly format.
AMK's broader catalog extends well beyond what we currently stock — the company produces kits for ultralight backpacking, expedition medicine, marine use, family camping, professional SAR teams, and the SOL (Survive Outdoors Longer) survival- tool line that includes fire starters, emergency bivies, signaling mirrors, and compact survival kits. Keep Shooting carries the pieces most relevant to our military surplus and shooting-sports customer base: the kits and components that translate directly to range, hunting, and tactical applications.
Keep Shooting ships all Adventure Medical Kits products from our Pennsylvania warehouse with free shipping on orders over $49.95 and hassle-free returns. Whether you are assembling an IFAK for a duty belt or range bag, putting together a hunting-camp medical kit, stocking a vehicle or household first-aid bag, sourcing QuikClot for a tactical-medicine course, or stocking up on Natrapel picaridin before tick season, every Adventure Medical Kits product in our catalog is authentic AMK factory inventory from an authorized US dealer.
Frequently Asked Questions — Adventure Medical Kits
Yes, we maintain inventory of the most popular Adventure Medical Kits products. Each product listing shows real-time stock status. If an item is temporarily out of stock, you can sign up for back-in-stock notifications on the product page.
Yes! All orders over $49.95 qualify for free shipping, including Adventure Medical Kits products. Orders typically ship within 1–2 business days.
Keep Shooting offers hassle-free returns on Adventure Medical Kits products. If you're not completely satisfied, contact our customer service team for a return authorization. All products must be in original, unused condition.
Yes, Keep Shooting is an authorized Adventure Medical Kits dealer. All products are sourced directly and include full manufacturer warranty coverage.